Gebundenes Buch

Bones of Complexity

Bioarchaeological Case Studies of Social Organization and Skeletal Biology

Herausgeber: Klaus, Haagen D; Cohen, Mark N; Harvey, Amanda R

Beschreibung

This volume examines the various interrelationships between social structures, skeletal biology, and health outcomes in antiquity. Bringing together studies by physical anthropologists, archaeologists, and economists, the volume attempts to gain a better understanding of the potential effects of social complexity on human biology from ancient Egypt to South America.

Autor

Haagen D. Klaus, associate professor of anthropology at George Mason University, is coeditor of Ritual Violence in the Ancient Andes: Reconstructing Sacrifice on the North Coast of Peru. Amanda R. Harvey is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Mark N. Cohen, University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Plattsburgh, is coeditor of Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Seitenzahl: 510
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 942g
• ISBN-13: 9780813062235
• ISBN-10: 0813062233
• Artikelnr.: 45997448