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245 00 Biological anthropology of Latin America :|bhistorical
development of recent advances /|cedited by Douglas H.
Ubelaker and Sonia E. Colantonio.
264 1 Washington :|bSmithsonian Institution Scholarly Press,
|c2019.
264 4 |c©2019
300 xiv, 385 pages :|billustrations (chiefly colour), maps
(some colour) ;|c29 cm.
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
490 1 Smithsonian contributions to anthropology,|vnumber 51
520 Despite significant positive developments within topics of
biological anthropology, archaeology, and related academic
areas in Latin America, we noted a lack of coordination
and communication among them. Available publications
provide syntheses within different areas of biological
anthropology, yet few have attempted integration of the
distinct subfields. We decided to address the development
and current issues of most major areas of Latin American
biological anthropology in a single volume with chapters
by distinguished, experienced scholars who live and work
in Latin America, are knowledgeable about the topics, have
published extensively on them, and who were recommended by
specialists within six geographical regions of interest:
Brazil and Northeast South America, Mexico, Central
America, the Caribbean, Northwestern South America, and
Southern South America. Six subdisciplines within
biological anthropology were defined for academic coverage
: (1) biodemography/epidemiology; (2) bioarchaeology/
skeletal biology; (3) paleopathology; (4) forensic
anthropology; (5) population genetics; and (6) growth and
development/health and nutrition. Although these six
subdisciplines overlap to some extent, each offers a
distinct history of development and currently presents
unique issues to address. Chapters generally cover topics
of history, state of knowledge, methodological perspective,
and areas in need of additional research. Although the
text is written in English, abstracts of English, Spanish
and Portuguese are included--Provided by publisher.
546 Contributions in English, with abstracts in English,
Spanish and Portuguese.
650 0 Physical anthropology|zLatin America.
650 0 Epidemiology|zLatin America.
650 0 Human remains (Archaeology)|zLatin America.
650 0 Paleopathology|zLatin America.
650 0 Forensic anthropology|zLatin America.
650 0 Population genetics|zLatin America.
650 0 Nutritional anthropology|zLatin America.
700 1 Ubelaker, Douglas H.,|eeditor.
700 1 Colantonio, Sonia,|eeditor.
710 2 Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press,|epublisher.
830 0 Smithsonian contributions to anthropology ;|vno. 51. 0081-
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