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HUMAN BIOLOGISTS IN THE ARCHIVES
DEMOGRAPHY, HEALTH, NUTRITION AND GENETICS IN HISTORICAL POPULATIONS |
| By: |
D. Ann Herring (Editor), Alan C. Swedlund (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£140.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521801044 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521801041 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 December, 2002 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology No.35 |
| Pages: |
360 |
| Description: |
This book explores the use of historical and other records to expand the horizons for anthropological research. |
| Synopsis: |
Many physical anthropologists study populations using data that come primarily from the historical record. For this volume's authors, the classic anthropological 'field' is not the glamour of an exotic locale, but the sometimes tedium of the dusty back rooms of libraries, archives and museum collections. This book tells of the way in which archival data inform anthropological questions about human biology and health. The authors present a diverse array of human biological evidence from a variety of sources including the archaeological record, medical collections, church records, contemporary health and growth data and genetic information from the descendants of historical populations. The papers demonstrate how the analysis of historical documents expands the horizons of research in human biology, extends the longitudinal analysis of microevolutionary and social processes into the present and enhances our understanding of the human condition. |
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84 b/w illus. 38 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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