ABSTRACT

A broad understanding of bone and tooth microstructure is necessary for constructing the biological profile of an individual or individuals within a population. Bone Histology: An Anthropological Perspective brings together authors with extensive experience and expertise in various aspects of hard tissue histology to provide a comprehensive discuss

chapter 1|22 pages

Bone Remodeling, Histomorphology, and Histomorphometry

BySAM STOUT, CHRISTIAN CROWDER

chapter 2|22 pages

Growth and Development: Morphology, Mechanisms, and Abnormalities

ByJAMES H. GOSMAN

chapter 4|18 pages

Histological Features of Dental Hard Tissues and Their Utility in Forensic Anthropology

ByDEBBIE GUATELLI-STEINBERG AND MICHAELA HUFFMAN

chapter 5|26 pages

Differentiating Human from Nonhuman Bone Microstructure

ByDAWN M. MULHERN, DOUGLAS H. UBELAKER

chapter 6|18 pages

Histological Age-at-Death Estimation

ByMARGARET STREETER

chapter 8|20 pages

Bone Fracture: Biomechanics and Risk

ByAMANDA M. AGNEW AND JOHN H. BOLTE IV

chapter 9|12 pages

Histotaphonomy

ByLYNNE S. BELL

chapter 10|44 pages

Light Microscopic Analysis of Macerated Pathologically Changed Bones

ByMICHAEL SCHULTZ

chapter 11|16 pages

Histological Analyses of Human Bone from Archaeological Contexts

BySUSAN PFEIFFER, DEBORRAH PINTO

chapter 12|14 pages

Bone Histology Collections of the National Museum of Health and Medicine

ByBRIAN F. SPATOLA, FRANKLIN E. DAMANN, BRUCE D. RAGSDALE

chapter 15|33 pages

Technological Developments in the Analysis of Cortical Bone Histology: The Third Dimension and Its Potential in Anthropology

ByDAVID M. L. COOPER, C. DAVID L. THOMAS, AND JOHN G. CLEMENT