The Global History of Paleopathology Pioneers and Prospects

The Global History of Paleopathology is the first comprehensive global compendium on the history of paleopathology, an interdisciplinary scientific discipline that focuses on the study of ancient disease. Offering perspectives from regions that have traditionally had long histories of paleopathology, such as the United States and parts of Europe, this volume also presents important work by an international roster of scholars who are writing their own regional and cultural histories in the field. The book identifies major thinkers and figures who have contributed to paleopathology, as well as significant organizations and courses that have sponsored scientific research and communication, most notably the Paleopathology Association. The volume concludes with an eye towards the future of the discipline, discussing methods and research at the leading edge of paleopathology, particularly those that employ the analysis of ancient DNA and isotopes.

Part I: Biographies; Chapter 1; John Lawrence Angel (1915-1986); Jane E. Buikstra and Eleanna Prevedorou; Chapter 2; Arthur C. Aufderheide (1922- ); Kenneth C. Nystrom and Larry Cartmell; Chapter 3; Don Brothwell (1933-); Keith Dobney; Chapter 4; T. Aidan Cockburn (1912 - 1981) and Eve Cockburn (1924 - 2003); Charlotte A. Roberts, Mary Lucas Powell, and Jane E. Buikstra; Chapter 5; Jens Peter Hart Hansen (1936-1998); Niels Lynnerup; Chapter 6; Joseph Jones (1833-1896); Mary Lucas Powell and Jane E. Buikstra; Chapter 7; Keith Manchester (1938- ); Charlotte A. Roberts; Chapter 8; Charles <"Chuck>" Merbs (1936- ); Phillip Lee Walker, Jane E. Buikstra, and Stephanie McBride-Schreiner; Chapter 9; Roy L. Moodie (1880-1934); Della Collins Cook; Chapter 10; George Daniel Morse (1906-1985); Jerome C. Rose and Dolores L. Burke; Chapter 11; Donald J. Ortner (1938- ); Mary Lucas Powell; Chapter 12; Walter G. J. Putschar (1904-1987); Donald J. Ortner and Bruce D. Ragsdale; Chapter 13; Sir Marc Armand Ruffer (1859-1917); Andrew T. Sandison (reprint); Chapter 14; Shelley Rae Saunders (1950-2008); M. Anne Katzenberg; Chapter 15; T. Dale Stewart (1901-1997); Douglas H. Ubelaker; Chapter 16; Eugen Strouhal (1931-); Albert R. Zink; Chapter 17; Phillip Lee Walker (1947-2009); Patricia Lambert; Chapter 18; Calvin Wells (1908-1978); Charlotte A. Roberts and Keith Manchester; Part II: Moments; Chapter 19; Trevor Anderson (1955 - 2005); Jacqueline I. McKinley; Chapter 20; David Birkett (1934-1990); Charlotte A. Roberts and Keith Manchester; Chapter 21; Alice Mossie Brues (1913 - 2007); Mary K. Sandford, Lynn Kilgore, and Diane L. France; Chapter 22; Domingo Campillo Val?ro (1927-); Conrado Rodr?guez-Mart?n and Miguel Botella-L?pez; Chapter 23; Mahmoud Yousef K. El-Najjar (1942-2009); Abdulla A. Al-Shorman and Jerome C. Rose; Chapter 24; Ernest Albert Hooton (1887-1954); Eugene Giles; Chapter 25; Ales? Hrdli?ka (1869-1943); Jane E. Buikstra, Donald J. Ortner, and Stephanie McBride-Schreiner; Chapter 26; Juliet Margaret Rogers (1940-2001); Louise Loe and Lucy Rogers; Chapter 27; A.T. <"Sandy>" Sandison (1923-1982); Don Brothwell; Chapter 28; Adolph Hans Schultz (1891-1976); Nancy C. Lovell; Chapter 29; Robert Wilson Shufeldt, M.D. (1850-1934); Della Collins Cook; Chapter 30; Lucille E. St. Hoyme (1924-2001); David R. Hunt; Chapter 31; Herbert Upham Williams (1866-1938); Della Collins Cook; Part III: Regions; Africa; Chapter 32; Nile Valley; Brenda J. Baker and Margaret A. Judd; Chapter 33; South Africa; Alan G. Morris and Maryna Steyn; The Americas; Chapter 34; Canada; Jerome S. Cybulski; Chapter 35; American Midcontinent; Della Collins Cook; Chapter 36; American Southeast; Clark Spencer Larsen; Chapter 37; American Southwest; Ann L. W. Stodder; Chapter 38; Mexico; Vera Tiesler and Mar?a Teresa Ja?n; Chapter 39; Peru and Northern Chile; Sonia E. Guill?n; Chapter 40; Argentina and Brazil; Sheila Maria Ferraz Mendon?a de Souza and Ricardo A. Guichon; Eurasia; Chapter 41; China; Ekaterina A. Pechenkina; Chapter 42; Denmark; Pia Bennike; Chapter 43; France; Jo?l Blondiaux, Olivier Dutour, and Montserrat Sansilbano-Collilieux; Chapter 44; Germanic Countries; Maria Teschler-Nicola and Gisela Grupe; Chapter 45; Hungary; Gy?rgy P?lfi, Antonia Marcsik, and Ildik? Pap; Chapter 46; Italy; Gino Fornaciari, Valentina Giuffra, and Simona Minozzi; Chapter 47; Israel; Israel Hershkovitz; Chapter 48; Japan; Parthenia Giannakopoulou and Takao Suzuki; Chapter 49; Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan; Megan A. Perry; Chapter 50; Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; Rimantas Jankauskas and Guntis Gerhards; Chapter 51; Mongolia; Naran Bazarsad; Chapter 52; The Netherlands; George J. R. Maat; Chapter 53; Norway; Per Holck; Chapter 54; Poland; Tomasz Kozlowski; Chapter 55; Portugal; Anna Lu?sa Santos and Eug?nia Cunha; Chapter 56; Russia; Alexandra Buzhilova; Chapter 57; Southeast Asia; Nancy Tayles, Sian Halcrow, and Natthamon Pureepatpong; Chapter 58; Spain; Conrado Rodr?guez-Mart?n; Chapter 59; Sweden; Torbj?rn Ahlstr?m and Caroline Arcini; Chapter 60; Switzerland; Philipp Gruber, Thomas B?ni, Frank J. R?hli; Chapter 61; United Kingdom; Charlotte A. Roberts; Oceania; Chapter 62; Australia; Helen Cekalovic, Kate Dommett, and Judith Littleton; Chapter 63; Pacific; Michael Pietrusewsky and Michele Toomay Douglas; Part IV: Topics; Chapter 64; The First Dental Pathologists and Paleopathologists; Simon Hillson and Jerome C. Rose; Chapter 65; Mummies and Bog Bodies; Niels Lynnerup; Chapter 66; Non-Human Paleopathology; Richard Thomas; Part V: Organizations, Key Congresses, and Education in Paleopathology; Chapter 67; The History of the Paleopathology Association (PPA); Mary Lucas Powell; Chapter 68; International Congresses on the Evolution & Paleoepidemiology of Infectious (ICEPIDS); Olivier Dutour, Gy?rgy P?lfi, and Charlotte A. Roberts; Chapter 69; Special Courses in Human Skeletal Paleopathology; Donald J. Ortner, Christopher Kn?sel, and Charlotte A. Roberts; Chapter 70; The World Congresses on Mummy Studies; Niels Lynnerup; Part VI: Future Developments; Chapter 71; Ancient DNA and Paleopathology; Alicia K. Wilbur and Anne C. Stone; Chapter 72; Isotope analysis and Paleopathology: A short review and future developments; Mike Richards and Janet Montgomery; Chapter 73; Imaging: the history of radiography, current issues and future trends; Frank J. R?hli; Chapter 74; A Short History of Paleohistology; Michael C. Schultz; Chapter 75; Synthesizing Parasitology with Archaeology in Paleopathology; Karl J. Reinhard and Aduato Ara?jo; Chapter 76; Conclusions; Charlotte A. Roberts and Jane E. Buikstra

Jane Buikstra is Regents' Professor of Bioarchaeology and Director of the Center for Bioarchaeological Research at Arizona State University. Charlotte Roberts is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham. She is the President-Elect of the Paleopathology Association.