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1、HumanBiologistsintheArchivesManyphysicalanthropologistsstudypopulationsusingdatathatcomeprimarilyfromthehistoricalrecord.Forthisvolume’sauthors,theclas-sicanthropological‘field’isnottheglamourofanexoticlocale,butthesometimestediumofthedustybackroomsoflibrari
2、es,archivesandmu-seumcollections.Thisbooktellsofthewayinwhicharchivaldatainformanthropologicalquestionsabouthumanbiologyandhealth.Theauthorspresentadiversearrayofhumanbiologicalevidencefromavarietyofsourcesincludingthearcheologicalrecord,medicalcollections,
3、churchrecords,contemporaryhealthandgrowthdataandgeneticinformationfromthedescendantsofhistoricalpopulations.Thechaptersdemonstratehowtheanalysisofhistoricaldocumentsexpandsthehorizonsofresearchinhumanbiology,extendsthelongitudinalanalysisofmicroevolutionary
4、andsocialprocessesintothepresentandenhancesourunderstandingofthehumancondition.D.AnnHerringisAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofAnthro-pologyatMcMasterUniversityinHamilton,Canada.Hercurrentinterestscenterontheanthropologyofinfectiousdisease,historicaldemogr
5、aphyandepidemiology,environmentalhealthandAboriginalhealthinCanada.Shehasco-authoredAboriginalHealthinCanada:Historical,CulturalandEpidemiologicalPerspectives(1995)withJamesWaldramandT.KueYoung,andco-editedStrengthinDiversity:AReaderinPhysicalAnthro-pology(
6、1994)withLeslieK.-Y.Chan,andGraveReflections:PortrayingthePastThroughCemeteryStudies(1995)withShelleyR.Saunders.AlanC.SwedlundisProfessorofAnthropologyandResearchAssociateintheSocialandDemographicResearchInstituteattheUniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst.Heisal
7、soaResearchAssociateattheNewMexicoStateMuseumofIndianArtsandCulture/LaboratoryofAnthro-pology.Hisresearchinterestsareinanthropologicaldemography,histor-icalepidemiology,andthehistoryofphysicalanthropology.CambridgeStudiesinBiologicalandEvolutionaryAnthropol
8、ogySeriesEditorsHUMANECOLOGYC.G.NicholasMascie-Taylor,UniversityofCambridgeMichaelA.Little,StateUniversityofNewYork,BinghamtonGENETICSKennethM.Weiss,PennsylvaniaStateUniversityHUMANEVOLUTIONRobertA.Fol
