Sex and gender in paleopathological perspective / edited by Anne L. Grauer, Patricia Stuart-Macadam.
| Other author | Grauer, Anne L. |
| Other author | Stuart-Macadam, Patricia, 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. |
| Description | xi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: sex, gender and health status in prehistoric and contemporary populations / George J. Armelagos -- Sex-related patterns of trauma in humans and African apes / Robert Jurmain and Lynn Kilgore -- Osteoporosis in the bioarchaeology of women / David S. Weaver -- Iron deficiency anemia: exploring the difference / Patricia Stuart-Macadam -- Sex differences in trace elements: status or self-selection? / Della Collins Cook, and Kevin D. Hunt -- Male-female immune reactivity and its implications for interpreting evidence in human skeletal paleopathology / Donald J. Ortner -- Infectious disease, sex and gender: the complexity of it all / Charlotte A. Roberts, Mary E. Lewis, and Philip Boocock -- Gender differences in health and illness among rural populations in Latin America / Thomas L. Leatherman -- The mothers and daughters of a patrilineal civilization: the health of females among the late Classic Maya of Copan, Honduras / Rebecca Storey -- A history of their own: patterns of death in a nineteenth-century poorhouse / Anne L. Grauer, Elizabeth M. McNamara, and Diane V. Houdek -- Gender, health and activity in foragers and farmers in the American southeast: implications for social organization in the Georgia Bight / Clark Spencer Larsen. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 98026485 |
| ISBN | 0521620902 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | RB212 .S49 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |