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  • The Bioarchaeology of Urbanization

    The Biological, Demographic, and Social Consequences of Living in Cities

    Edited by Tracy K. Betsinger, Sharon N. DeWitte ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Urbanization has long been a focus of bioarchaeological research, but what is missing from the literature is an exploration of the geographic and temporal range of human biological, demographic, and sociocultural responses to this major shift in settlement pattern. Urbanization is characterized by increased population size and density, and is frequently assumed to produce negative biological ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast

    Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past

    by Shannon Chappell Hodge, Kristrina A. Shuler, Tracy K. Betsinger, Steven N. Byers, Della Collins Cook, Carlina de la Cova, J. Lynn Funkhouser, Mark C. Griffin0, Barbara Thedy Hester1, Emily Jateff2, Christopher Judge3, Ginesse A. Listi4, Eric C. Poplin5, Rebecca Saunders6, Eric Sipes7, Maria Ostendorf Smith8, William D. Stevens9, Matthew A. Williamson0, Christopher Young1, Ralph Bailey Jr.2, Charles F. Philips Jr.3 ...
    A timely update on the state of bioarchaeological research, offering contributions to the archaeology, prehistory, and history of the southeastern United States.Building on the 1991 publication What Mean These Bones? Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology, this new edited collection from Shannon Chappell Hodge and Kristrina A. Shuler marks steady advances over the past three decades in the theory, ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Anthropology of the Fetus

    Biology, Culture, and Society

    Edited by Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, Amy B. Scott ...
    Series Book 37 - Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
    As a biological, cultural, and social entity, the human fetus is a multifaceted subject which calls for equally diverse perspectives to fully understand. Anthropology of the Fetus seeks to achieve this by bringing together specialists in biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology. Contributors draw on research in prehistoric, historic, and contemporary sites in Europe, Asia, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Anthropology of the Fetus

    Biology, Culture, and Society

    Edited by Tracy K. Betsinger, Amy B. Scott, Sallie Han ...
    Series Book 37 - Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
    As a biological, cultural, and social entity, the human fetus is a multifaceted subject which calls for equally diverse perspectives to fully understand. Anthropology of the Fetus seeks to achieve this by bringing together specialists in biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology. Contributors draw on research in prehistoric, historic, and contemporary sites in Europe, Asia, ... Read more

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  • Plagues Upon the Earth

    Disease and the Course of Human History

    by Kyle Harper ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues Upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in our evolutionary past, and why its growth is accelerated by ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • The Lancet: Zoonoses

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    Edited by The Lancet ...
    Endemic and enzootic zoonoses cause about a billion cases of illness in people and millions of deaths every year, and emerging zoonoses are a rising threat to global health. Zoonoses – pathogenic organisms such as bacteria or viruses which we share with animals – cause more than 60% of human infectious diseases, and have been responsible for some of the most devastating disease outbreaks in recent ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Syndemics

    A Critical Systems Approach to Public and Community Health

    by Merrill Singer ...
    This book explains the growing field of syndemic theory and research, a framework for the analysis and prevention of disease interactions that addresses underlying social and environmental causes. This perspective complements single-issue prevention strategies, which can be effective for discrete problems, but often are mismatched to the goal of protecting the public's health in its widest sense. ... Read more

    $76.00 USD

  • The Science of Roman History

    Biology, Climate, and the Future of the Past

    Edited by Walter Scheidel ...
    How the latest cutting-edge science offers a fuller picture of life in Rome and antiquityThis groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive look at how the latest advances in the sciences are transforming our understanding of ancient Roman history. Walter Scheidel brings together leading historians, anthropologists, and geneticists at the cutting edge of their fields, who explore novel ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Resurrecting Pompeii

    by Estelle Lazer ...
    Resurrecting Pompeii provides an in-depth study of a unique site from antiquity with information about a population who all died from the same known cause within a short period of time.Pompeii has been continuously excavated and studied since 1748. Early scholars working in Pompeii and other sites associated with the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius were seduced by the wealth of artefacts and wall ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • An Unnatural History of Emerging Infections

    by Ron Barrett, George Armelagos (the late) ...
    This book traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Neolithic to the present day. Despite recent high profile discoveries of new pathogens, the major determinants of these emerging infections are ancient and recurring. These include changing modes of subsistence, shifting populations, environmental disruptions, and social inequalities. The recent ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • Social Bioarchaeology

    Edited by Sabrina C. Agarwal, Bonnie A. Glencross ...
    Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variationOffers a wide array of research on past populations around the globeExplains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world ... Read more

    $43.00 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Childhood

    Edited by Sally Crawford, Dawn Hadley, Gillian Shepherd ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Real understanding of past societies is not possible without including children, and yet they have been strangely invisible in the archaeological record. Compelling explanation about past societies cannot be achieved without including and investigating children and childhood. However marginal the traces of children's bodies and bricolage may seem compared to adults, archaeological evidence of ... Read more

    $129.59 USD