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Pp. xi, 535; 300+ black-and-white photos and halftones, numerous line-drawings of bones and stone artifacts. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in white on the spine, dark blue pictorial dust jacket, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, 4to. From the book series: Peopling of the Americas. The editors of this volume have assembled 28 studies of cultural and natural bone modification processes from all over the world, ranging from trampling, burning, butchering processes, fracturing and tool manufacture. This work will aid any field worker with great examples of bone modification. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Now a scarce work.
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Bone Modification
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Center for the Study of the First Americans, Orono, Maine, 1989
ISBN 10: 0912933062
ISBN 13: 9780912933061
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Biblio Baggins, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Any serious student of Archaeology should have this book. It has been called the Bible of bone modification studies. Expanding on the pioneering work of William Nathaniel Irving, Bonnichsen and Sorg have assembled 28 studies of cultural and natural bone modification processes from all over the world, ranging from trampling, burning, butchering processes, fracturing and tool manufacture. A must for any field worker. Both book and jacket grade to Near Fine, previous owners name on FFEP, shelf wear to the intact blue jacket. The jacket is encased in an archival Brodart jacket protector. All our books ship bundled in multiple layers of bubble wrap inside a sturdy box. Seller Inventory # 000883