A perspective on human osteoarchaeology in Britain

✍ Scribed by S. A. Mays

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 85 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1047-482X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199711/12)7:6<600::aid-oa342>3.0.co;2-6

✦ Synopsis

Using counts of papers published in academic journals, an attempt will be made to discern something of the character of the research carried out by British workers on human skeletal remains from archaeological sites. An aim is to try to assess the degree of emphasis that there is on paleopathology as opposed to other areas of osteoarchaeological study, and to determine more closely the nature of paleopathological enquiry in the UK. Comparisons will be drawn with research carried out in other nations.