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

Webb, Stephen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521460441 ISBN 13 : 9780521460446

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This 1995 book is a compelling study of the health of Australia's original inhabitants over 50,000 years.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

While their health has suffered enormously because of the arrival of the Europeans, it is assumed that Aboriginal people enjoyed good health before 1788. Using data collected from all parts of the continent, this 1995 book studies 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 key aspects of Australian hunter-gatherer health. The book takes a theoretical approach to Upper Pleistocene regional epidemiology and presents empirical data of the health of late Pleistocene and Holocene populations. Major categories of disease described are: stress, osteoarthritis, fractures, congenital deformations, neoplasms and non-specific and treponemal infections. The author also describes surgical techniques used by Aboriginal people. Offering fresh insight into the study of Australian prehistory and Aboriginal culture, this book will be accessible to specialists and general readers alike. It illuminates the origins of human disease, and will fill a gap in our knowledge of health in the Australasian region.

Revue de presse

"Well written; extensive bibliography; excellent and highly instructive photographs and data tables. A worthwhile acquisition." N. Krusko, Choice

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521460441
• ISBN 13: 9780521460446
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne