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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

    $205.99 CAD

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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

    $33.99 CAD

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  • The Archaeology of Disease

    by Charlotte A. Roberts, Mary E. Lewis, Jacalyn Duffin, Keith Manchester ...
    This revised fourth edition of The Archaeology of Disease focuses on reconstructing the origin, evolution, and history of disease as seen mainly through human skeletons from archaeological sites. In addition, this edition addresses new concepts in medicine and explores the challenges faced by individuals and populations, including their children.Integrating conceptual frameworks from ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Lancet: Zoonoses

    Global Health Series

    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

    $102.99 CAD

  • 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

    $36.99 CAD

  • 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

    $85.99 CAD

  • 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

    $59.99 CAD

  • 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

    $55.99 CAD

  • 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

    $151.99 CAD

  • Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture

    Edited by Ron Pinhasi, Jay T. Stock ...
    A holistic and comprehensive account of the nature of the transition from hunting to farming in prehistory. It addresses for the first time the main bioarchaeological aspects such as changes in mobility, behaviour, diet and population dynamics.This book is of major interest to the relevant audience since it offers for the first time a global perspective on the bioarchaeology of the transition to ... Read more

    $187.99 CAD

  • A Companion to Paleopathology

    Edited by Anne L. Grauer ...
    Series Book 34 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
    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 historyDemonstrates how paleopathology sheds light on the past through the analysis of human and non ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD