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9780816518555

What the Bones Tell Us

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  • ISBN13:

    9780816518555

  • ISBN10:

    0816518556

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-02-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr
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Summary

A physical anthropologist exposes the inner workings of archaeology and anthropology, illustrating what can be learned from fossils and fragments of ancient cultures and civilizations. Schwartz ranges from digs in the Negev Desert through Africa and Europe to the local coroner's office to explain how interpretations of the past are made.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments ix
PART I THE PRESENT AND THE RECENT PAST 3(114)
1. Everything You Wanted to Know About Bones (and More)
3(25)
2. Infants, Burned Bones, and Sacrifice at Ancient Carthage
28(30)
3. Bones and the Law
58(35)
4. Fetusgate
93(24)
PART II THE EVOLUTIONARY PAST AND PRESENT 117(150)
5. Human Evolution: Dart, Huxley, and Darwin
117(34)
6. Coping with Neandertals: The First Twelve Decades
151(42)
7. Still Coping with Neandertals: Are They One of Us, or Not?
193(43)
8. Final Reflections
236(31)
Epilogue 267(2)
References 269(12)
Index 281

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