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1、TheArchaeologyofHumanBonesThemostdirectevidencewehaveconcerningearlierhumanpopulationsisthephysicalremainsofthepeoplethemselves.Thisvolumeprovidesapragmaticandup-to-dateaccountofscientificanalysisofhumanskeletalremains,anditsapplicationintacklingmajorhistoricalandarchaeologicalissues
2、.TheArchaeologyofHumanBonesstartswithabriefintroductiontotheanatomy,structureanddevelopmentofbonesandteeth.Itanalysesthebiasingeffectsofdecayandincompleterecoveryonburialdatafromarchaeologicalsites,anddiscusseswhatwemaylearnaboutancientburialritualsfromhumanremains.Subsequentchapters
3、focusonthedemographicanalysisofancientpopulations,normalskeletalvariation,ancientdiseaseandinjury,thechemicalanalysisofbone,thestudyofancientDNA,andthestudyofcrematedremains.Examplesaretakenfromarchaeologicalstudiesaroundtheworld.TheArchaeologyofHumanBonesisawell-illustratedtextbookf
4、orstudentsofarchaeology,explainingcurrentscientificmethods—technicaljargonkepttoaminimum—alongsidecriticaldiscussionoftheirstrengthsandweaknesses.SimonMaysisaHumanSkeletalBiologistintheAncientMonumentsLaboratory,EnglishHeritage.THEARCHAEOLOGYOFHUMANBONESSimonMaysLondonandNewYorkFirst
5、published1998byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EEThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2002.SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001©1998SimonMaysAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformo
6、rbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritish
7、LibraryLibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationDataMays,Simon.Thearchaeologyofhumanbones/SimonMays.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.1.Anthropometry.2.Humanremains(Archaeology)—Methodology.3.Paleopathology.I.Title.GN70.M391998599.9’4–dc21ISBN0-415-16621-7(hbk)0-415-17407-4(p
8、bk)ISBN0-203
