Princeton University Press, 2000 New Jersey. «The dead tell no tales. Or do they? In this fascinating book, Clark Spencer Larsen shows that the dead can speak to us-about their lives, and ours-through the remarkable insights of bioarchaeology, which reconstructs the lives and lifestyles of past peoples based on the study of skeletal remains. The human skeleton is an amazing storehouse of information. It records the circumstances of our growth and development as reflected in factors such as disease, stress, diet, nutrition, climate, activity, and injury. Bioarchaeologists, by combining the methods of forensic science and archaeology, along with the resources of many other disciplines (including chemistry, geology, physics, and biology), «read» the information stored in bones to understand what life was really like for our human ancestors. They are unearthing some surprises…» 4ºm (24×16 cm) 272 págs. Cartoné. No incluye sobrecubierta. Buen estado general.