| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 302 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments and photo credits; Chapter 1: Foreword; Chapter 2: Introduction; Chapter 3: Basic concepts; Chapter 4: History of studying pathological animal remains; Chapter 5: Differences between human and animal palaeopathology; 5.1 Divergent research traditions; 5.2 Differences in objectives; 5.3 Differences between selection pressures on human and animal populations; 5.4 Specifics of skeletal morphology and function; 5.5 Differences in archaeological deposition; 5.6 Fragmentation, fossil diagenesis and bone preservation; 5.7 Pseudopathologies |
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Chapter 6: Methodology6.1 Reference collections and sampling; 6.2 Review of the literature; 6.3 Classification of pathological phenomena in archaeozoology; 6.4 Techniques; Chapter 7: Growth, development and aging; 7.1 Age, animal exploitation and morbidity; 7.2 Age, bone preservation and diagnosis; Chapter 8: Traumatic lesions; 8.1 Bone fractures; 8.2 Skeletal trauma and conflict; Chapter 9: Inflammatory diseases and bone; 9.1 Non-specific infection; 9.2 General infection; 9.3 Bone specific infection; Chapter 10: Arthropathies; 10.1 Main types of articulations |
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10.2 Osteological symptoms of joint disease10.3 The anatomical distribution of arthropathies; Chapter 11: Pathological lesions in working animals; 11.1 Symptoms in the axial skeleton; 11.2 Symptoms in the appendicular skeleton; 11.3 Mapping the anatomical distribution of pathological lesions in cattle; Chapter 12: Diseases connected to the environment; 12.1 Nutrition; 12.2 Bone deformations caused by parasites; 12.3. Environmental stress and incremental structures; Chapter 13: Dental anomalies and oral pathology; 13.1 Caries; 13.2 Irregularities of tooth wear; 13.3 Parodontal disease |
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Chapter 14: Inherited disorders14.1 The skull; 14.2. Postcranial anomalies; Chapter 15: Neoplastic and tumorous bones; 15.1 Benign and malignant tumours; 15.2 The aetiology of tumours; Chapter 16: Pathological changes in bird bones (Erica Gál); 16.1 Fractures; 16.2 Trauma resulting in the thickening of bone; 16.3 Intraspecific conflict; 16.4 Amputation; 16.5 Infections; 16.6 Osteopetrosis; 16.7 Rickets; 16.8 Spondylolisthesis; 16.9 Bone necrosis; 16.10 Arthropathy; 16.11 Inherited disorders; 16.12 Discussion; Chapter 17: Pathological lesions in fish remains; Chapter 18: Concluding remarks |
| Summary |
The analysis of animal bone assemblages from archaeological sites provides much valuable data concerning economic and husbandry practices in the past, as well as insights into cultural and symbolic or ritual activity. Animal palaeopathology can identify diseases in archaeozoological assemblages but little interest has been expressed in investigating and understanding the cultural aspects of the diseases identified. Such assemblages represent the cumulative effects of human attitudes, decisions and influences regarding the keeping, care, treatment, neglect and exploitation of animals which resu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-288) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Animal remains (Archaeology)
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Animals -- Diseases.
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Archaeology.
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Dead.
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Archaeology
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Cadaver
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Animals
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Animal Diseases
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archaeology.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Dead
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Archaeology
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Animal remains (Archaeology)
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Animals -- Diseases
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Animalosteologi.
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Paleopatologi.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gál, Erika
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| ISBN |
9781782971948 |
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1782971947 |
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9781782971962 |
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1782971963 |
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