Standards for data collection from human skeletal remains : proceedings of a seminar at the Field Museum of Natural History, organized by Jonathan Haas /

"For human remains that are likely to be repatriated or otherwise made unavailable for future research, an exhaustive and thorough data collection protocol (standardization of minimal amounts of information that should be recorded) was developed, reviewed, and tested by specialists. Procedures...

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Corporate Author: Field Museum of Natural History
Other Authors: Haas, Jonathan, 1949-, Buikstra, Jane E., Ubelaker, Douglas H., Aftandilian, David
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Fayetteville, Ark. : Arkansas Archeological Survey, 1994.
Series:Arkansas Archeological Survey research series ; no. 44.
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Summary:"For human remains that are likely to be repatriated or otherwise made unavailable for future research, an exhaustive and thorough data collection protocol (standardization of minimal amounts of information that should be recorded) was developed, reviewed, and tested by specialists. Procedures include inventory, sexing and aging, dental collection and study, measurement, nonmetric traits, postmortem changes, paleopathology, cultural modifications, and conservation of samples. Twenty-nine easy-to-use data recording forms are attached."--Page ii.
Physical Description:1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-202) and index.
ISBN:1563490757
9781563490750