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Cambridge Manuals in ArchaeologySeries

This series offers authoritative handbooks delving into the world of archaeology, focusing on current practices and essential methodologies. Each volume provides deep insights into fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and theoretical approaches. It serves as an invaluable resource for professionals and students alike, aiming to understand contemporary archaeological sciences. These are fundamental reference works for anyone invested in uncovering humanity's past.

Palaeopathology
Demography in Archaeology
Teeth

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  • Teeth

    • 373 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
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    Archaeological discoveries of teeth provide remarkable information on humans, animals and the health, hygiene and diet of ancient communities. In this fully revised and updated 2005 edition of his seminal text, Simon Hillson draws together a mass of material from archaeology, anthropology and related disciplines to provide a comprehensive manual on the study of teeth. The range of mammals examined has been extended to include descriptions and line drawings for 325 mammal genera from Europe, North Africa, western, central and northeastern Asia, and North America. The book also introduces dental anatomy and the microscopic structure of dental tissues, explores how the age or season of death is estimated and looks at variations in tooth size and shape. With its detailed descriptions of the techniques and equipment used and its provision of tables and charts, this book is essential reading for students of archaeology, zoology and dental science.

    Teeth

  • Demography in Archaeology

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
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    Demography in Archaeology, first published in 2006, is a review of current theory and method in the reconstruction of populations from archaeological data. The book covers a wide span of evidence, from the evolutionary background of human demography to the influence of natural and human-induced catastrophes on population growth and survival.

    Demography in Archaeology

  • Palaeopathology

    • 279 pages
    • 10 hours of reading
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    Based on modern clinical knowledge Palaeopathology is designed to help bone specialists with diagnosis of diseases in skeletal assemblages.

    Palaeopathology