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 InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Descriptionxi, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98026485
ISBN0521620902

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RB212 .S49 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold