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Research methods in human skeletal biology /

Research Methods in Human Skeletal Biology serves as the one location readers can go to not only learn how to conduct research in general, but how research is specifically conducted within human skeletal biology. It outlines the current types of research being conducted within each sub-specialty of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: DiGangi, Elizabeth A. (Editor ), Moore, Megan K. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to skeletal biology
  • Application of the scientific method to skeletal biology
  • Age-at-death estimation
  • Sex estimation and assessment
  • Ancestry estimation
  • Stature estimation
  • Paleopathology
  • Investigation of skeletal trauma
  • Taphonomy
  • Dental anthropology
  • Demography
  • Geometric morphometrics
  • Bone and dental histology
  • Functional morphology and medical imaging
  • Isotopes
  • Molecular methods
  • Library research, presenting, and publishing
  • Future research considerations in human skeletal biology.