Human osteology / text by Tim D. White ; images by Pieter Arend Folkens

Author:: White, T. D. (Timothy D.)
Published:: San Diego, Calif. London : Academic Press, [2000]
Copyright Date:: ©2000
Edition:: 2nd ed.
Physical Description:: xxiii, 563 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Additional Creators:: Folkens, Pieter A.

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Contents:

Bone biology -- Anatomical terminology -- Skull -- Dentition -- Hyoid and vertebrae -- Thorax : sternum and ribs -- Shoulder girdle : clavicle and scapula -- Arm : radius and ulna -- Hand : carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges -- Pelvic girdle : sacrum, coccyx, and os coxae -- Leg : femur, patella, tibia, and fibula -- Foot : tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges -- Recovery , preparation, and curation of skeletal remains -- Analysis and reporting of skeletal remains -- Ethics in osteology -- Assessment of age, sex, stature, ancestry, and identity -- Osteological and dental pathology -- Postmortem skeletal modification -- The biology of skeletal populations : discrete traits, distance, diet, disease, and demography -- Molecular osteology -- Forenesic case study : homicide : "We have the witnesses but no body" -- Forensic case study : child abuse, the skeletal perspective -- Archeological case study : the bioarcheology of the Stillwater Marsh, Nevada -- Archeological case study : Anasazi remains from Cottonwood Canyon -- Paleontological case study : the Pit of the Bones -- Paleontological case study : Australopithecus mandible from Maka, Ethiopia -- Photographic methods and provenance -- Glossary.

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ISBN:

0127466126

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Previous ed.: 1991.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-554) and index.

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