Palaeopathology of Aboriginal Australians: Health and Disease across a Hunter-Gatherer Continent Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Palaeopathology of Aboriginal Australians: Health and Disease across a Hunter-Gatherer Continent Book

Using data collected from all parts of the continent, this book is a study of the health of Australia's original inhabitants over 50,000 years. The first continental survey of its kind it is also the first to quantify and describe important aspects of Australian hunter-gatherer health. Major categories of disease described are: stress, osteoarthritis, fractures, congenital deformations, neoplasms and non-specific and treponemal infections. The author describes too some surgical techniques used by Aboriginal people. A broad-ranging book offering fresh insight into the study of Australian prehistory and Aboriginal culture, the book also illuminates the origins and ecology of human disease.Read More

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  • 0521110491
  • 9780521110495
  • Stephen Webb
  • 7 May 2009
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 340
  • 1
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