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Biological distance analysis : forensic and bioarchaeological perspectives / [edited by] Marin A Pilloud; Joseph T Hefner
London : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016
xxix, 487 pages. : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Ký hiệu phân loại (DDC): 577.88
Biological Distance Analysis: Forensic and Bioarchaeological Perspectives synthesizes research within the realm of biological distance analysis, highlighting current work within the field and discussing future directions. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section clearly outlines datasets and methods within biological distance analysis, beginning with a brief history of the field and how it has progressed to its current state. The second section focuses on approaches using the individual within a forensic context, including ancestry estimation and case studies. The final section concentrates on population-based bioarchaeological approaches, providing key techniques and examples from archaeological samples. The volume also includes an appendix with additional resources available to those interested in biological distance analyses. Defines datasets and how they are used within biodistance analysisApplies methodology to individual and population studiesBridges the sub-fields of forensic anthropology and bioarchaeologyHighlights current research and future directions of biological distance analysisIdentifies statistical programs and datasets for use in biodistance analysisContains cases studies and thorough index for those interested in biological distance analyses.
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Developmental juvenile osteology / Louise Scheuer; Craig Cunningham; Sue M Black
London : Elsevier Academic Press, 2016
xi, 618 pages. : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Ký hiệu phân loại (DDC): 611.71
Developmental Juvenile Osteology was created as a core reference text to document the development of the entire human skeleton from early embryonic life to adulthood.
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Neolithic cave burials : agency, structure and environment / Rick Peterson
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019
xiii, 256 pages. : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Ký hiệu phân loại (DDC): 936.1
This is the first book-length treatment of Neolithic burial in Britain to focus primarily on cave evidence. It interprets human remains from forty-eight caves and compares them to what we know of Neolithic collective burial elsewhere in Britain and Europe. It reviews the archaeology of these cave burials and treats them as important evidence for the study of mortuary practice. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, anthropology, osteology and cave science, the book demonstrates that cave burial was one of the earliest elements of the British Neolithic. It also shows that Early Neolithic cave-burial practice was highly varied, with many similarities to other burial rites. However, by the Middle Ne olithic, a funerary practice which was specific to caves had developed
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