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The osteology of infants and children
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ISBN: 1299053432 1603446184 9781603446181 9781299053434 1585444286 9781585444281 1585444650 9781585444656 Year: 2005 Publisher: College Station Texas A & M University Press

The human bone manual
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ISBN: 9780120884674 0120884674 Year: 2005 Publisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier academic press,

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Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone Manual is intended for use outisde the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the key information needed for identification purposes, including hundreds of photographs designed to show a maximum amount of anatomical information. * Features more than 500 color photographs and illustrations in a portable format; most in 1:1 ratio * Provides multiple views of every bone in the human body * Includes tips on identifying any human bone or tooth * Incorporates up-to-date references for further study

Ritual and domestic life in prehistoric Europe
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ISBN: 1134282567 1280150793 0203023714 9780203023716 9780415345507 0415345502 9780415345514 0415345510 9786610150793 6610150796 0203567048 9780203567043 0415345510 0415345502 0415235510 9781134282562 9781280150791 9781134282517 9781134282555 1134282559 Year: 2005 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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This fascinating study explores how our prehistoric ancestors developed rituals from everyday life and domestic activities. This book examines farming, craft production and the occupation of houses, which were all ritualized in prehistoric Europe.

The first Americans : race, evolution, and the origin of Native Americans
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ISBN: 0521823501 0521530350 0511525664 Year: 2005 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Who were the first Americans? What is their relationship to living native peoples in the Americas? What do their remains tell us of the current concepts of racial variation, and short-term evolutionary change and adaptation. The recent discoveries in the Americas of the 9000-12000 year old skeletons such as 'Kennewick Man' in Washington State, 'Luzia' in Brazil and 'Prince of Wales Island Man' in Alaska have begun to challenge our understanding of who first entered the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. New archaeological and geological research is beginning to change the hypothesis of land bridge crossings and the extinction of ancient animals. The First Americans explores these questions by using racial classifications and microevolutionary techniques to better understand who colonized the Americas and how. It will be required reading for all those interested in anthropology, and the history and archaeology of the earliest Americans.

Forensic archaeology : advances in theory and practice
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ISBN: 0415273129 0415273110 9780415273114 9780415273121 9780203970300 1134482272 1280244518 9786610244515 0203970306 6610244510 9781134482221 9781134482269 9781134482276 1134482264 Year: 2005 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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This updated edition of a textbook universally hailed as an indispensable guide, is a complete introduction to the methods and means of forensic archaeology.Incorporating new advances in the field, new case studies, and charting the growth and development of the subject, Forensic Archaeology examines the four main fields of recovery, search, skeletal analysis and analytical science, and how the concepts and methods of traditional archaeology can by utilized within criminal investigations.The authors provide in-depth chapters that discuss:search and locatio

Indigenous archaeologies
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ISBN: 1134391544 1134391552 1280256222 9786610256228 0203009894 9780203009895 0203215052 9780203215050 9780415309653 0415309654 6610256225 0415309654 9781134391509 9781134391547 9781134391554 9780415589062 Year: 2005 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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With case studies from North America to Australia and South Africa and covering topics from archaeological ethics to the repatriation of human remains, this book charts the development of a new form of archaeology that is informed by indigenous values and agendas. This involves fundamental changes in archaeological theory and practice as well as substantive changes in the power relations between archaeologists and indigenous peoples. Questions concerning the development of ethical archaeological practices are at the heart of this process.

Human sacrifice, militarism, and rulership : materialization of state ideology at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan
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ISBN: 9780511489563 9780521780568 0511113250 9780511113253 0511489560 128041507X 9781280415074 9786610415076 6610415072 052178056X 0511112742 9780511112744 1107129079 0511299338 0511181604 0511198434 Year: 2005 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Teotihuacan was one of the earliest and more populous preColumbian cities, and the Feathered Serpent was its vital monument, erected circa 200 AD. This work explores the religious meanings and political implications of the pyramid with meticulous and thorough analyses of substantially new excavation data. Challenging the traditional view of the city as a legendary, sacred, or anonymously-governed centre, the book provides significant new insights on the Teotihuacan polity and society. It provides interpretations on the pyramid's location, architecture, sculptures, iconography, mass sacrificial graves and rich symbolic offerings, and concludes that the pyramid commemorated the accession of rulers who were inscribed to govern with military force on behalf of the gods. This archaeological examination of the monument shows it to be the physical manifestation of state ideologies such as the symbolism of human sacrifice, militarism, and individual-centred divine authority, ideologies which were later diffused among other Mesoamerican urban centres.


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Histoire (s) de squelettes : archéologie, médecine et anthropologie en Alsace
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ISBN: 2351250001 9782351250006 Year: 2005 Publisher: Strasbourg Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg

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