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7 - Human Osteology

from Part III - Bioarchaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2019

Michael P. Richards
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Kate Britton
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
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Summary

The osteological study of human remains from archaeological contexts can provide a wealth of information on past peoples, principally because it involves examining the primary data: the people themselves. Human osteologists use the physical remains of the human body to reconstruct behaviour, demography, growth and development, and health at both the individual and the population level, working from a biocultural perspective (Goodman and Leatherman 1998).

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Archaeological Science
An Introduction
, pp. 147 - 169
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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