Paleoradiology : imaging mummies and fossils /

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Author / Creator:Chhem, Rethy.
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2008.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 163 p.) : ill.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8884678
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Other authors / contributors:Brothwell, Don R.
ISBN:9783540488323 (alk. paper)
3540488324 (alk. paper)
9783540488330
3540488332
9786611118303
6611118306
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"This is an important work on a topic of huge interest to archaeologists and related scientists, since the use of imaging techniques in the field has been expanding rapidly in recent decades." "Paleoradiology involves the use of X-rays and advanced medical imaging modalities to evaluate ancient human and animal skeletons as well as biological materials from archaeological sites." "Paleoradiological studies have been performed on mummies, skeletal remains and fossils to determine their sex and age at death." "Diagnostic paleoradiology is the use of X-ray studies to detect ancient diseases. The broad range of themes and imaging techniques in this volume reflects four decades of research undertaken by Don Brothwell in the fields of anthropology, human paleopathology, and zooarchaeology, combined with two decades of skeletal radiology experience during which Rethy Chhem read over 150,000 skeletal X-ray and CT studies."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Chhem, Rethy. Paleoradiology. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2008 9783540488323 3540488324