Human biologists in the archives: demography, health, nutrition and genetics in historical populations
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521801041
Date de publication :
5 déc. 2002
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,8 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
700 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this book, the 'field' is not an exotic locale but the sometimes dusty back rooms of libraries, archives and museums. These largely untapped resources however reveal how the study of human biology through historical documents can expand the horizons of anthropological research.