Skulls and Skeletons (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Trade paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
271
Utgivningsdatum
2008-09-10
Förlag
McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensioner
251 x 175 x 18 mm
Vikt
477 g
ISBN
9780786438884

Skulls and Skeletons

Human Bone Collections and Accumulations

av Christine Quigley
Häftad,  Engelska, 2008-09-10
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Of the parts of the human body, the bones have a unique durability that lends itself to collection. Skeletal remains can be recovered even millions of years after death, cleaned of debris, studied at length, and stored indefinitely. Motivations for collecting human skeletal material range from the practical (in anthropology, medicine, forensics) to the ritualistic (phrenology, in the relics of martyrs and saints). This book is an examination of those motivations and the collections they have brought about--catacombs, ossuaries, mass graves, prehistoric excavations, and institutional and private collections. The book contains sections on procuring, handling, storing, transporting, cleaning, and identifying skeletal remains. The repatriation of remains is also addressed.

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The late Christine Quigley authored books and articles, wrote an eclectic blog called Quigley's Cabinet and reviewed books for Fortean Times.

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