Bone Modification

by Robson Bonnichsen (Editor), Marcella H. Sorg (Editor)

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 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.

534 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989