English Heritage’s bone expert, Simon Mays, gives a scholarly guided tour
of the skeleton, dating techniques (the other kind) and ways to analyse ancient
bones in Archaeology of Human Bones. Professionals are his audience, but the
meat is in the memorable tales: gold dentures from 630 BC, cremation
temperatures that turn human hair to clinker. Published by Routledge,
£19.99/$32.99, ISBN 0415174074.
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