Companion to Paleopathology

Informationen zum Autor Anne L. Grauer is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Loyola University Chicago. She is the editor of Bodies of Evidence: Reconstructing History Through Skeletal Analysis (1995) and co-editor of Sex and Gender in Paleopathological Perspective (with Stuart-Macadam, 1998). She has served on the editorial board of the American Journal  of Physical Anthropology , the executive board of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, and is a past President of the Paleopathology Association. Klappentext A Companion to Paleopathology offers a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing sub- field of physical anthropology.* Presents a broad overview of the field of paleopathology, integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to understand biological and disease processes throughout human history* Demonstrates how paleopathology sheds light on the past through the analysis of human and non-human skeletal materials, mummified remains and preserved tissue* Integrates scientific advances in multiple fields that contribute to the understanding of ancient and historic diseases, such as epidemiology, histology, radiology, parasitology, dentistry, and molecular biology, as well as archaeological, archival and historical research.* Highlights cultural processes that have an impact on the evolution of illness, death and dying in human populations, including subsistence strategies, human environmental adaptations, the effects of malnutrition, differential access to resources, and interpersonal and intercultural violence Zusammenfassung A Companion to Paleopathology offers a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades into an exploration of disease processes in the human skeleton. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations xi List of Tables xvii Notes on Contributors xix Acknowledgements xxviii 1 Introduction: The Scope of Paleopathology 1 Anne L. Grauer Part I Approaches, Perspectives and Issues 15 2 Ethics and Issues in the Use of Human Skeletal Remains in Paleopathology 17 Patricia M. Lambert 3 Evolutionary Thought in Paleopathology and the Rise of the Biocultural Approach 34 Molly K. Zuckerman, Bethany L. Turner, and George J. Armelagos 4 The Bioarchaeological Approach to Paleopathology 58 Michele R. Buzon 5 The Molecular Biological Approach in Paleopathology 76 James H. Gosman 6 The Ecological Approach: Understanding Past Diet and the Relationship Between Diet and Disease 97 M. Anne Katzenberg 7 An Epidemiological Approach to Paleopathology 114 Jesper L. Boldsen and George R. Milner 8 The Promise, the Problems, and the Future of DNA Analysis in Paleopathology Studies 133 Mark Spigelman, Dong Hoon Shin, and Gila Kahila Bar Gal 9 The Analysis and Interpretation of Mummifi ed Remains 152 Michael R. Zimmerman 10 The Study of Parasites Through Time: Archaeoparasitology and Paleoparasitology 170 Katharina Dittmar, Adauto Araújo, and Karl J. Reinhard 11 More Than Just Mad Cows: Exploring Human-Animal Relationships Through Animal Paleopathology 191 Beth Upex and Keith Dobney 12 How Does The History of Paleopathology Predict its Future? 214 Mary Lucas Powell and Della Collins Cook Part II Methods and Techniques of Inquiry 225 13 A Knowledge of Bone at the Cellular (Histological) Level is Essential to Paleopathology 227 Bruce D. Ragsdale and Larisa M. Lehmer 14 Differential Diagnosis and Issues in Disease Classifi cation 250 Donald J. Ortner 15 Estimating Age and Sex from the Skeleton, a Paleopathological Perspective 268 George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen 16 ...

List of contents

List of Illustrations xi
 
List of Tables xvii
 
Notes on Contributors xix
 
Acknowledgements xxviii
 
1 Introduction: The Scope of Paleopathology 1
Anne L. Grauer
 
Part I Approaches, Perspectives and Issues 15
 
2 Ethics and Issues in the Use of Human Skeletal Remains in Paleopathology 17
Patricia M. Lambert
 
3 Evolutionary Thought in Paleopathology and the Rise of the Biocultural Approach 34
Molly K. Zuckerman, Bethany L. Turner, and George J. Armelagos
 
4 The Bioarchaeological Approach to Paleopathology 58
Michele R. Buzon
 
5 The Molecular Biological Approach in Paleopathology 76
James H. Gosman
 
6 The Ecological Approach: Understanding Past Diet and the Relationship Between Diet and Disease 97
M. Anne Katzenberg
 
7 An Epidemiological Approach to Paleopathology 114
Jesper L. Boldsen and George R. Milner
 
8 The Promise, the Problems, and the Future of DNA Analysis in Paleopathology Studies 133
Mark Spigelman, Dong Hoon Shin, and Gila Kahila Bar Gal
 
9 The Analysis and Interpretation of Mummifi ed Remains 152
Michael R. Zimmerman
 
10 The Study of Parasites Through Time: Archaeoparasitology and Paleoparasitology 170
Katharina Dittmar, Adauto Araújo, and Karl J. Reinhard
 
11 More Than Just Mad Cows: Exploring Human-Animal Relationships Through Animal Paleopathology 191
Beth Upex and Keith Dobney
 
12 How Does The History of Paleopathology Predict its Future? 214
Mary Lucas Powell and Della Collins Cook
 
Part II Methods and Techniques of Inquiry 225
 
13 A Knowledge of Bone at the Cellular (Histological) Level is Essential to Paleopathology 227
Bruce D. Ragsdale and Larisa M. Lehmer
 
14 Differential Diagnosis and Issues in Disease Classifi cation 250
Donald J. Ortner
 
15 Estimating Age and Sex from the Skeleton, a Paleopathological Perspective 268
George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen
 
16 The Relationship Between Paleopathology and the Clinical Sciences 285
Simon Mays
 
17 Integrating Historical Sources with Paleopathology 310
Piers D. Mitchell
 
18 Fundamentals of Paleoimaging Techniques: Bridging the Gap Between Physicists and Paleopathologists 324
Johann Wanek, Christina Papageorgopoulou, and Frank Rühli
 
19 Data and Data Analysis Issues in Paleopathology 339
Ann L.W. Stodder
 
Part III Diseases of the Past: Current Understandings and Controversies 357
 
20 Trauma 359
Margaret A. Judd and Rebecca Redfern
 
21 Developmental Disorders in the Skeleton 380
Ethne Barnes
 
22 Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases 401
Tomasz KozBowski and Henryk W. Witas
 
23 Tumors: Problems of Differential Diagnosis in Paleopathology 420
Don Brothwell
 
24 Re-Emerging Infections: Developments in Bioarchaeological Contributions to Understanding Tuberculosis Today 434
Charlotte Roberts
 
25 Leprosy (Hansen's disease) 458
Niels Lynnerup and Jesper Boldsen
 
26 Treponematosis: Past, Present, and Future 472
Della Collins Cook and Mary Lucas Powell
 
27 Nonspecifi c Infection in Paleopathology: Interpreting Periosteal Reactions 492
Darlene A. Weston
 
28 Joint Disease 513
Tony Waldron
 
29 Bioarchaeology's Holy Grail: The Reconstruction of Activity 531
Robert Jurmain, Francisca Alves Cardoso, Charlotte Henderson, and Sébastien Villotte
 
30 Oral Health in Past Populations: Context, Concepts and Controversies 553
John R. Lukacs
 
Index 582

Report

"The book charts developing maturity reflecting theexcellent work of the early pioneers but emphasising the biggerquestions which research today facilitates such as how and whydiseases develop, determining their frequency in the past andidentifying how humans respond under different conditions andcircumstances. Such questions have relevance for understandingdiseases and their trajectories in contemporarypopulations." ( Chromatographia , 1 August2013)

Product details

• Authors: GRAUER, Al Grauer, Anne L. Grauer, Anne L. (EDT) Grauer, Anne L. (Loyola University of Chicago Grauer
• Assisted by: Anne L. Grauer (Editor), Grauer Anne L. (Editor), Ann L Grauer (Editor), Anne L Grauer (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2011
• EAN: 9781444334258
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3425-8
• No. of pages: 632
• Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology; Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology; Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology; Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Anthropologie, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Biologische Anthropologie, Biological Anthropology, Paläopathologie