About this title: The dead tell no tales. Or do they? In this fascinating book, Clark Spencer Larsen shows that the dead can speak to us - about their lives, and ours - through the remarkable insights of bioarchaeology, which reconstructs the lives and lifestyles of past peoples based on the study of skeletal remains. The human skeleton is an amazing storehouse of information. It records the circumstances of our growth and development as reflected in factors such as disease, stress, diet, nutrition, climate, activity, and injury. Bioarchaeologists, by combining the methods of forensic science and archaeology, ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780691092843ISBN:0691092842
Description: New. "This book represents a unique and valuable contribution to public scientific education, to bridging the gaps in our society between 'science' and 'history', and most importantly, to illustrating just how fully the dead can tell the stories of their lives to us, the living. "— Mary Lucas Powell, University of Kentucky"If my ancient Greek ancestors, who defined the skeleton as 'withered' or 'dried up, ' had read Clark Spencer Larsen's "Skeletons in Our Closet, " they would surely ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691092843ISBN:0691092842
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780691092843ISBN:0691092842
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. "This book represents a unique and valuable contribution to public scientific education, to bridging the gaps in our society between 'science' and 'history', and most importantly, to illustrating just how fully the dead can tell the stories of their lives to us, the living. "— Mary Lucas Powell, University of Kentucky"If my ancient ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691092843ISBN:0691092842
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