This volume presents a truly integrated methodological
and biocultural approach to the expanding discipline of human
palaeopathology. The book provides researchers and practitioners
with a comprehensive guide to the main methods and techniques that
are currently available for studying diseases and related
conditions from human skeletal remains. It also describes the ways
in which these methods can be applied to the reconstruction of
health and disease in the past.
The first part of the book deals with the survival of
palaeopathological evidence and provides an up-to-date account of
some of the latest techniques for studying disease in ancient
remains. These include imaging techniques, such as radiography and
CT scanning, and biochemical and histological analyses. Part two
discusses the diagnosis and interpretation of particular classes of
disease. The emphasis here is on what can be learnt by taking a
biocultural or holistic approach to the study of disease
frequencies at a population level.
* Combines theoretical, methodological and diagnostic aspects
with key biocultural approaches.
* Includes overviews of the latest applicable techniques from
molecular biology, biochemistry, histopathology and medical
imaging.
* Written by an international team of experts.
This book is an invaluable resource for biological
anthropologists and archaeologists who study health and disease in
past populations. It is also of interest to medical researchers
dealing with epidemiological, diagnostic and pathophysiological
aspects of diseases, who need a perspective upon the ways in which
particular diseases affected earlier generations.
Praise from the reviews:
‘… This book offers an impressive amount of
information for both students and more advanced researchers.
Its value lies in the vast expertise the contributors have to
offer, with all of them being experts with long-standing
careers in their respective fields, as well as the
geographical distribution of examples that are given to
illustrate specific diseases… outstanding and it truly
is an important resource for anyone interested in
palaeopathology.’ PALEOPATHOLOGY NEWSLETTER
‘The strengths of the book are numerous, but I am
especially impressed with the clarity of presentation… I
strongly recommend the book, and plan on using it in my classes as
assigned reading to emphasize the very complex nature of diagnosis
and its essential role of providing baseline information for
interpreting health profiles of ancient populations.’ THE
QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY
‘It may be asked if we really need yet another book on
paleopathology, especially because there are many acclaimed sources
available. In this case, the answer must be a resounding
”Yes!”…Visually and textually, this
volume is of exceptional value for guiding future generations of
paleopathologists.’ AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
‘Pinhasi and Mays have produced an excellent, balanced
compilation that reflects what is currently happening in
paleopathology research and that nicely addresses paleopathology as
both discipline and tool, highlighting technical advanced and
schooling us on how disease manifests in the human skeleton.
This is valuable resource that students and professionals
interested in human paloepathology should consider adding to their
libraries.’ AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY
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Preface (Simon Mays and Ron Pinhasi).
Contributors.
Part 1: Analytical Approaches in Palaeopathology.
1. The Chemical and Microbial Degradation of Bones and Teeth
(Gordon Turner-Walker).
2. How Representative Are Human Skeletal Assemblages for
Population Analysis? (Ron Pinhasi and Chryssi Bourbou).
3. Epidemiological Approaches in Palaeopathology (Ron Pinhasi
and Katy Turner).
4. Macroscopic Analysis and Data Collection in Palaeopathology
(Anne L. Grauer).
5. Radiography and Allied Techniques in the Palaeopathology of
Skeletal Remains (Simon Mays).
6. Computed Tomography Scanning and Three-Dimensional
Visualization of Mummies and Bog Bodies (Niels
Lynnerup).
7. Histological Studies on Ancient Bone (Gordon Turner-Walker
and Simon Mays).
8. Molecular Palaeopathology of Human Infectious Disease
(Helen D. Donoghue).
9. Databases (William White).
Part 2: Diagnosis and Interpretation of Disease in Human
Remains.
10. Differential Diagnosis of Skeletal Lesions in Infectious
Disease (Donald J. Ortner).
11. Metabolic Bone Disease (Simon Mays).
12. Tumours and Tumour-like Processes (Don
Brothwell).
13. Advances in the Palaeopathology of Teeth and Jaws (Alan
Ogden).
14. Trauma (Pia Bennike).
15. Congenital Anomalies (Ethne Barnes).
16. Growth in Archaeological Populations (Ron
Pinhasi).
Index.
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Ron Pinhasi received his Ph D from the University of
Cambridge, England in 2003. He spent two years in a Lise Meitner
postdoctoral position at the Natural History museum, Vienna,
examining the health status of early medieval Austrian populations.
He is currently a lecturer in Archaeology, University College Cork,
Ireland. His research focuses on growth and development in past
populations, the origin and spread of leprosy in Eurasia, and the
origins and spread of farming in the Near East. he carries out
fieldwork in Israel and directs prehistoric excavations in Armenia.
Key publications include ‘Morbidity, rickets, and long bone growth
in post-medieval Britain – a cross-population analysis’ (with Shaw,
White and Ogden), Annals of Human biology, 2006; ‘A
cross-population analysis of the growth of long bones and the os
coxae of three early medieval Austrian populations’ (with
Teschler-Nicola, Knaus and Shaw), American Journal of Human
biology, 2005; ‘Tracing the origin and spread of agriculture in
Europe’ (with Fort and Ammerman), PLo S Biology, 2005; and ‘A
regional biological approach to the spread of farming in Europe:
Anatolia, the Levant, south-eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean’
(with Pluciennik), Current Anthropology, 2004. He is a member of
the European Archaeological Association, and the Paleopathology
Association.
Simon Mays received his Ph D from the University of
Southampton, England, in 1987. He is currently Human Skeletal
Biologist for English Heritage and is a Visiting Lecturer at the
University of Southampton. His research encompasses most areas of
human osteoarchaeology. Key publications include: the Archaeology
of Human Bones (Routledge, 1998); Human Osteology in Archaeology
and Forensic Science (Greenwich Medical Media, 2000, co-edited with
M.Cox); ‘Palaeopathological and bimolecular study of tuberculosis
in a mediaeval skeletal collection from England (with Taylor,
Legge, Shaw & Turner-Walker), American Journal of Physical
Anthropology, 2001; Skeletal manifestations of rickets in infants
and young children in an historic population from England’ (with
Brickley and Ives), American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
2006. He is a member of the managing committee of the British
Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology
(BABAO), of the Human Remains Advisory Panel of the UK Governmental
Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and is Secretary of the
Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Christian Burials in
England.
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