Ubelaker, curator of anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian, is one of America's very top 'bone-men', often called upon by the FBI to investigate and help to identify the corpses and body parts of possible victims of foul play. Upon the dozens and dozens of true stories in this book, there are accounts of ...
Many anthropologists and even some archeologists have asked, "Why excavate skeletons? What information can we gain to merit the disturbance of human interments?" Human Skeletal Remains answers such questions. Douglas H. Ubelaker demonstrates the range of data and interpretations potentially obtainable from human skeletal remains and shows how this ...
This landmark book brings together diverse viewpoints of leading international anthropologists and demographers on the patterns of populations and disease in the Americas both before and after 1492. Recent demographic literature has depicted America before European contact as a disease-free paradise, but the literature in physical anthropology and ...
"Environment, Origins, and Population" covers the natural environment of the continent to which Indian cultures adapted in prehistoric and historic times, natural resources utilized by these cultures, current knowledge of the earliest Indian occupation (before 9,000 B.C.), and the human biology of Indian and Eskimo populations, prehistoric, ...
A top FBI consultant and a forensic detective show how archaeological discoveries can help solve 20th-century crimes in this fascinating collection of cases for true-crime buffs. This thilling adventure shows how forensic science has made the bones of the dead speak.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Date Published: 2003
Description: Large softcover, minor exterior wear. 28 cm, 224 pp. Large softcover, minor exterior wear. Overview and individual records of over 700 bodies disinterred from a Pennyslyvania cemetary in 1999. Most died between 1840 and 1860. Illustrated with photos, charts and drawings. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology #46, no longer available from the Smithsonian. Keywords: Anthropology. read more
Edition: Not Stated
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Smithsonian Institute Press
Date Published: 2003
Description: Photos. Very Good. No Jacket. Soft Cover Text block and soft covers solid, clean and unmarked but for an old bookstore stamp on the title page together with an "issue" date stamp. This dig came about because of a planned highway construction project. Cemetery was in use from 1833 to 1861. read more
Binding: S Softcover
Publisher: Smithsonian Institute Press
Date Published: 1982
Description: Fine. 7 3/4" x 10 1/4" A Collection of Essays in Honor of John C. Ewers and Waldo R. Wedel. A fine softcover copy. Light shelf wear. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages. Not ex-library. 218pg. read more
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