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1	Excavation more books like this by James Rollins add to wishlist The discovery of a corpse five centuries dead in the South American jungle portends the a wonderful and terrifying secret waiting to be unleashed upon humankind. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead more books like this by Heather Pringle add to wishlist Pringle's thoroughly researched survey into the preserved dead reveals not only the religious and cultural compulsion to mummify in, for example, the Egyptian tradition, but also time-worn mummification practices, the phenomenon of natural mummification, historical mummies, and the modern mummy black market. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Hidden History of the Human Race: The Condensed Edition of Forbidden Archeology more books like this by Michael Cremo, Richard L Thompson add to wishlist Over the past two centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts showing that people existed on earth millions of years ago. Deploying an unexpectedly great number of suppressed but convincing facts, Cremo and Thompson challenge readers to rethink their understanding of human origins, identity and destiny. 69 illustrations. see all copies from $12.28! new only from $12.28! \| SVS
4	The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist more books like this by Mary H Manhein add to wishlist In this professional memoir, a forensic scientist details how her daily detective work--studying bones to determine the cause of death--fascinates, disturbs, and inspires her. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton more books like this by Clark Spencer Larsen add to wishlist Human remains recovered from archaeological sites can help us interpret lifetime events such as disease, physiological stress, injury and violent death, physical activity, tooth use, diet and demographic history of once-living populations. This is the first comprehensive synthesis of the emerging field of bioarchaeology. A central theme is the ... see all copies from $31.99! new only from $36.00! \| SVS
6	The Human Bone Manual more books like this by Tim D White, Pieter A Folkens add to wishlist Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' "The Human Bone Manual" is intended for use outside 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 ... see all copies from $19.27! new only from $37.64! \| SVS
7	Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art more books like this by Dr. Bob Brier add to wishlist With 125 photos and illustrations, this book examines the myths, sacred rituals, and hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. Demystifying an ancient world, a noted Egyptologist provides a thorough historical context, and analyzes the lost art of mummification. The author of Ancient Egyptian Magic, Brier here offers descriptions of the known royal mummies, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
8	Making faces : using forensic and archaeological evidence more books like this by John Prag, Richard Neave add to wishlist In recent years, the authors have performed pioneering work reconstructing the facial appearance of ancient people using the evidence provided by their remains. Some were victims of sudden death, like the Minoan priest and priestess crushed in an earthquake while carrying out a human sacrifice around 1700 BC, or Lindow Man, the Iron Age body found ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $6.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Archaeology of Death and Burial more books like this by Mike P Pearson add to wishlist see all copies from $19.67! new only from $30.55!
10	The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory more books like this by Kenneth L Feder add to wishlist Ideal for Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory courses, and geared toward students with little-to-no previous coursework in the subject area, The Past in Perspective, Fourth Edition is an engaging, up-to-date, chronological introduction to human prehistory. Written in a conversational, appealing tone, Kenneth L. Feder introduces ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $69.00! \| first editions
11 view cover	Bones: Discovering the First Americans more books like this by Elaine Dewar add to wishlist A journalist crisscrosses the Americas, digging beneath the orthodox theory that our North American ancestors crossed the Bering Straight, and offers startling evidence to the contrary. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.10! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	No Bone Unturned: Inside the World of a Top Forensic Scientist and His Work on America's Most Notorious Crimes and Disasters more books like this by Jeff Benedict add to wishlist The author of "Without Reservation" investigates the world of the Smithsonian's top forensic scientist, Doug Owsley, who has worked with remains from ancient times to some of the most notorious cases today. 35 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	Tombs, Graves and Mummies more books like this by Paul G. Bahn add to wishlist Bodies and graves present a unique and exciting aspect of archaeology, providing much information about social status through the quality and quantity of goods found in graves and tombs. This book surveys the great variety of this archaeological form from around the world, from the earliest fossil humans to the royal burials of Ur and the victims ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $47.22! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Human Origins: What Bones and Genomes Tell Us about Ourselves more books like this by Professor Rob DeSalle, PH.D., Ian Tattersall add to wishlist Ever since the recognition of the Neanderthals as an archaic form of human in the mid-nineteenth century, the fossilized bones of extinct humans have been used by paleoanthropologists to explore human origins. These bones told the story of how the earliest humans - bipedal apes, actually - first emerged in Africa some 6 to 7 million years ago. ... see all copies from $11.95! new only from $18.95! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Body as Material Culture: A Theoretical Osteoarchaeology more books like this by Joanna R Sofaer add to wishlist Bodies intrigue us. They promise windows into the past that other archaeological finds cannot by bringing us literally face to face with history. Yet 'the body' is also highly contested. Archaeological bodies are studied through two contrasting perspectives that sit on different sides of a disciplinary divide. On one hand lie science-based ... see all copies from $21.61! new only from $25.00! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Encyclopedia of Preserved People: Pickled, Frozen, and Mummified Corpses from Around the World more books like this by Natalie Jane Prior add to wishlist With sections on Egyptian mummies, bog bodies, Einstein's brain, and the Ice Man, this volume provides a fascinating look at people around the world whose bodies have been preserved until the present day. Full-color photos. Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 8, 3 Points. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Analysis of Human Remains more books like this by Jane E Buikstra (Editor), Lane Anderson Beck (Editor) add to wishlist The core subject matter of bioarchaeology is the lives of past peoples, interpreted anthropologically. Human remains, contextualized archaeologically and historically, form the unit of study. Integrative and frequently inter-disciplinary, bioarchaeology draws methods and theoretical perspectives from across the sciences and the humanities. ... see all copies from $96.44! new only from $96.44!
18 view cover	The Molecule Hunt: Archaeology and the Search for Ancient DNA more books like this by Martin Jones add to wishlist A leading expert at the forefront of bio-archaeology explains how this pioneering science is rewriting human history and unlocking stories of the past that could never have been told before. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.30! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Riddle of the Bones more books like this by Roger Downey add to wishlist From its discovery in the Columbia River shallows three years ago, reporter Roger Downey has chronicled the epic adventures of the skeleton called "Kennewick Man": first as pretext for a media feeding-frenzy, then as centerpiece of a legal circus pitting celebrated scientists against Native Americans, the Corps of Engineers, and the Clinton White ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.34! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Meet the Ancestors: Unearthing the Evidence That Brings Us Face to Face with the Past more books like this by Julian D. Richards add to wishlist The world is a vast graveyard; our ancestors are all around us, a human link between past and present. Every year many burials are excavated in the course of building work or archaeological research - possibly of a medieval monk found boxed up below a herbacious border, or a couple of 4000-year-old skulls discovered deep beneath the Yorkshire ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $73.35! \| first editions
21 view cover	Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines more books like this by Jeannine Davis-Kimball, PH.D., Mona Behan add to wishlist This text explores the lost world of women warriors that stretches from Europe to Asia. Through her work, Jeannine Davis-Kimball has unearthed an entire ancient class of women who defy historical assumptions because for centuries women wielded tremendous power in territories from China to the ancient Celtic lands. In her search for the truth, she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.17! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Mummies, Bones & Body Parts more books like this by Charlotte Wilcox add to wishlist Describes the wide variety of human remains, the use and abuse of them, what they reveal about life in the past, and contemporary attitudes toward the dead. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Forensic Archaeology: Advances in Theory and Practice more books like this by John Hunter, Margaret Cox add to wishlist This new and updated edition of a textbook universally hailed as an indispensible 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, "Advances in Forensic Archaeology" examines the four main fields of ... see all copies from $36.41! new only from $38.78!
24 view cover	People of the Great Ocean: Aspects of Human Biology of the Early Pacific more books like this by Philip Houghton add to wishlist Human settlement of the western fringes of the Pacific began at least 40,000 years ago. Long, hazardous sea voyages were the only way of reaching the tiny islands scattered through this vast expanse of ocean. Food and shelter were hard to come by, even on land. This book, first published in 1996, documents how these settlers adapted culturally and ... see all copies from $33.97! new only from $33.97! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	What the Bones Tell Us more books like this by Jeffrey H. Schwartz add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.90! \| first editions

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