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 INDICE: List of Illustrations xi .List of Tables xvii .Notes on Contributors xix .Acknowledgements xxviii .1 Introduction: The Scope of Paleopathology 1Anne L. Grauer .Part I Approaches, Perspectives and Issues 15 .2 Ethics and Issues in the Use of Human Skeletal Remains in Paleopathology 17Patricia M. Lambert .3 Evolutionary Thought in Paleopathology and the Rise of the Biocultural Approach 34Molly K. Zuckerman, Bethany L. Turner, and George J. Armelagos .4 The Bioarchaeological Approach to Paleopathology 58Michele R. Buzon .5 The Molecular Biological Approach in Paleopathology 76James H. Gosman .6 The Ecological Approach: Understanding Past Diet and the Relationship Between Diet and Disease 97M. Anne Katzenberg .7 An Epidemiological Approach to Paleopathology 114Jesper L. Boldsen and George R. Milner .8 The Promise, the Problems, and the Future of DNA Analysis in Paleopathology Studies 133Mark Spigelman, Dong Hoon Shin, and Gila Kahila Bar Gal .9 The Analysis and Interpretation of Mummifi ed Remains 152Michael R. Zimmerman .10 The Study of Parasites Through Time: Archaeoparasitology and Paleoparasitology 170Katharina Dittmar, Adauto Araújo, and Karl J. Reinhard .11 More Than Just Mad Cows: Exploring Human Animal Relationships Through Animal Paleopathology 191Beth Upex and Keith Dobney .12 How Does The History of Paleopathology Predict its Future? 214Mary 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 227Bruce D. Ragsdale and Larisa M. Lehmer .14 Differential Diagnosis and Issues in Disease Classifi cation 250Donald J. Ortner .15 Estimating Age and Sex from the Skeleton, a Paleopathological Perspective 268George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen .16 The Relationship Between Paleopathology and the Clinical Sciences 285Simon Mays .17 Integrating Historical Sources with Paleopathology 310Piers D. Mitchell .18 Fundamentals of Paleoimaging Techniques: Bridging the Gap Between Physicists and Paleopathologists 324Johann Wanek, Christina Papageorgopoulou, and Frank Rühli .19 Data and Data Analysis Issues in Paleopathology 339Ann L.W. Stodder .Part III Diseases of the Past: Current Understandings and Controversies 357 .20 Trauma 359Margaret A. Judd and Rebecca Redfern .21 Developmental Disorders in the Skeleton 380Ethne Barnes .22 Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases 401Tomasz Koz³owski and Henryk W. Witas .23 Tumors: Problems of Differential Diagnosis in Paleopathology 420Don Brothwell .24 Re–Emerging Infections: Developments in Bioarchaeological Contributions to Understanding Tuberculosis Today 434Charlotte Roberts .25 Leprosy (Hansen s disease) 458Niels Lynnerup and Jesper Boldsen .26 Treponematosis: Past, Present, and Future 472Della Collins Cook and Mary Lucas Powell .27 Nonspecifi c Infection in Paleopathology: Interpreting Periosteal Reactions 492Darlene A. Weston .28 Joint Disease 513Tony Waldron .29 Bioarchaeology?s Holy Grail: The Reconstruction of Activity 531Robert Jurmain, Francisca Alves Cardoso, Charlotte Henderson, and Sébastien Villotte .30 Oral Health in Past Populations: Context, Concepts and Controversies 553John R. Lukacs .Index 582
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