ANCIENT HEALTH Skeletal Indicators of Agricultural & Economic Mark Nathan Cohen

Description: Ancient Health: Skeletal Indicators of Agricultural and Economic Intensificationedited byMark Nathan Cohen & Gillian M.M. Crane-Kramer1st Edition Other than my namewritten inside the cover,this book is in mint condition. Part of a cull of some fine anthropology and archaeology books from my library... see my other listings! No returns - All sales final - sold-as-is "Pulls together a global sampling of excellent research on a topic of great interest to scholars of prehistory that otherwise would be difficult to assemble or in some cases to even access."--Patricia M. Lambert, Utah State University Twenty years ago Mark Nathan Cohen coedited a collection of essays that set a new standard in using paleopathology to identify trends in health associated with changes in prehistoric technology, economy, demography, and political centralization. Ancient Health expands and celebrates that work. Confirming earlier conclusions that human health declined after the adoption of farming and the rise of civilization, this book greatly enlarges the geographical range of paleopathological studies by including new work from both established and up-and-coming scholars. Moving beyond the western hemisphere and western Eurasia, this collection involves studies from Chile, Peru, Mexico, the United States, Denmark, Britain, Portugal, South Africa, Israel, India, Vietnam, Thailand, China, and Mongolia. Adding great significance to this volume, the author discusses and successfully rebuts the arguments of the "osteological paradox" that long have challenged work in the area of quantitative paleopathology, demonstrating that the "paradox" has far less meaning than its proponents argue. Mark Nathan Cohen is University Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. Gillian M. M. Crane-Kramer is visiting assistant professor of anthropology at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. Product IdentifiersPublisherUniversity Press of FloridaISBN-100813044030ISBN-139780813044033eBay Product ID (ePID)113366058Product Key FeaturesAuthorGillian M. M. CRANE-KramerPublication NameAncient Health : Skeletal Indicators of Agricultural and Economic IntensificationFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishSeriesBioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Ser.Publication Year2012TypeTextbookNumber of Pages464 PagesDimensionsItem Length9.2in.Item Height0.9in.Item Width6.1in.Item Weight16 OzAdditional Product FeaturesCopyright Date2012Target AudienceScholarly & ProfessionalTopicArchaeology, Agriculture / General, Anthropology / General, PaleontologyDewey Decimal930.1Dewey Edition23IllustratedYesGenreTechnology & Engineering, Science, Social ScienceEmailed queries welcomed! General Sales Policies:Some or most of my items have come from barns, old houses and estate sales... UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, I MAKE NO CLAIMS AS TO ITEMS being "SMELL-FREE" or HAVING COME FROM SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS! Emailed questions always welcomed! FAST Shipping! Check my perfect positive feedback! Shipping discount for multiple orders.In order to qualify for a refund-on-return, item must be in the same condition as when shipped to buyer.

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