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Cephalometry. --- Head --- Anthropometry --- Measurement
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"The meanings of ritualized head treatments among ancient Mesoamerican and Andean peoples is the subject of this book, the first overarching coverage of an important subject. Heads are sources of power that protect, impersonate, emulate sacred forces, distinguish, or acquire identity within the native world. The essays in this book examine these themes in a wide array of indigenous head treatments, including facial cosmetics and hair arrangements, permanent cranial vault and facial modifications, dental decorations, posthumous head processing, and head hunting. They offer new insights into native understandings of beauty, power, age, gender, and ethnicity. The contributors are experts from such diverse fields as skeletal biology, archaeology, aesthetics, forensics, taphonomy, and art history"--
Indians --- Anthropometry. --- Craniology.
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Children --- Child development. --- Anthropometry.
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This updated edition represents an innovative book that has been used by forensic specialists for over a decade. It is intended to be used as a guide to the various methods for locating human remains. Most of the information is applicable to both archaeological and forensic situations. The intended audience are those who become actively involved in the hunt for human bodies, such as historic and prehistoric archaeologists and the law enforcement community, including coroner or medical examiner investigators and search and rescue teams. The book contains guidelines for the investigation of miss
Forensic anthropology. --- Criminal investigation. --- Anthropometry.
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Forensic anthropologists need this book to provide quick access to information pertinent to procedures involved in human identification, especially of the sort not easily consigned to memory. This is a reference guide for the professional forensic anthropologist to utilize in the field, presupposing an expert knowledge of human skeletal and dental anatomy. This manual is divided into the four most fudamen-tal areas of human identification: ethnic affiliation, attribution of sex and estimations of age and stature. Because many new techniques and modifications have been developed since this fiel
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"By centering its attention on the measurement of the human body and its parts, anthropometry uses diverse methods and instruments, and is useful for a variety of purposes. In a permanently changing world, with science having a fundamental role in modern societies, this book gathers important anthropometric related research from around the globe in a wide field of applications. Readers will be able to get closer to experimental data and literature reviews on different areas, from medical dentistry and podiatry to health and sport sciences. This book will be of interest to graduates, teachers, researchers and general workers in medicine, kinesiology, ergonomics, orthopaedics, motor development and sport sciences and health. In addition, coaches and strength and conditioning staff can use this data to improve the training process. The fifteen chapters allow a better grasp on the science behind anthropometrics and permit to make the bridge between theory and practice by revisiting basic theory and introducing highly specialized topics. Chapters feature helpful tables and illustrations, and a wide list of bibliographic references and key points are presented in the Conclusion for ease of comprehension"--
Human body --- Anthropometry --- Composition --- Measurement. --- Methodology.
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Biometric identification. --- Biometric person authentication --- Biometrics (Identification) --- Anthropometry --- Identification
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Biometric identification. --- Biometric person authentication --- Biometrics (Identification) --- Anthropometry --- Identification
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A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Until recently, archaeological projects that included analysis of human remains had often lacked active collaboration between archaeologists and physical anthropologists from the planning stages onward. During the 1980's, a conjunctive approach developed; known as ""bioarchaeology,"" it draws on the methodological and theoretical strengths of the two subdisciplines to bridge a perceived communications gap and promote a more comprehensive understanding of prehistoric and historic cultures. This volume addresses questions
Indians of North America --- Anthropometry --- Antiquities. --- Southern States
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During the last 20 years new techniques in osteology have yielded findings on Maya diet and health that challenge the ecological model of collapse. This volume, which includes an index bibliography of the first 150 years of Maya osteology, brings together for the first time, a broad spectrum of bioarchaeologists and reveals remarkable data on Maya genetic relationship, demographic, and diseases. Contributors: Carl Armstrong, Jane E. Buikstra , Diane Z. Chase Mark N. Cohen , Della Collins Cook, Marie Elaine Danforth, Andres del Angel
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Mexico
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