Standards for Data Collection from Human Skeletal Remains: Proceedings of a Seminar at the Field Museum of Natural History (Arkansas Archeological Report Research Series)

Front cover is 90% ripped off from the spiral bounding. Other than that, everything is in good shape. 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. 1. The Need For Data Recording Standards -- 2. Rationale And Scoring Procedures For Skeletal Inventory -- 3. Documentation Of Sex Differences And Age Changes In Adults -- 4. Immature Remains : Maturation And Measurement -- Dental Data Collection I : Inventory, Pathology, And Cultural Modifications -- 6. Dental Data Collection Ii : Dental Morphology, Measurements Of The Secondary Dentition -- 7. Measurement Of Adult Remains -- 8. Nonmetric Skeletal Traits -- 9. Postmortem Changes : Human Taphonomy -- 10. Paleopathology -- 11. Cultural Modifications Of The Living : Trapanation And Artificial Cranial Deformation -- 12. Biochemical And Microstructural Techniques : Conservation Of Dental, Skeletal Samples -- 13. Concluding Statement. Volume Editors, Jane E. Buikstra And Douglas H. Ubelaker, Assistant Editor, David Aftandilian ; Contributions By D. Aftandilian ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [185]-202) And Index. Standards for Data Collection has indeed become a standard for use as a manual in physical anthropology, bioarcheology, and human osteology research laboratories and college courses across North America. Originally created in anticipation of the need to document skeletal collections prior to NAGPRA repatriation, the volume is now a popular favorite among practitioners and students. Now in its 10th printing with a new, more durable plastic coil spiral binding.