Palaeopathology of Aboriginal Australians - Health and Disease across a Hunter-Gatherer Continent (Hardcover, New)

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. It represents the first continental survey of its kind and is 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 also describes 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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Stephen Webb (Professor of Australian Studies)
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	338
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-46044-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
LSN:	0-521-46044-1
Barcode:	9780521460446

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