- Paperback: 271 pages
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc; illustrated edition edition (15 Oct 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0786438886
- ISBN-13: 978-0786438884
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 17.5 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,612,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Of the parts of the human body, the bones have a unique durability that lends itself to collection. Provided a body has not been cremated, the skeletal remains can be recovered even millions of years after death, cleaned of flesh and debris, studied at length, and stored indefinitely without the maintenance that wet specimens require.Motivations for collecting human skeletal material range from the practical (in anthropology, medicine, forensics) to the ritualistic (phrenology, in the relics of martyrs and saints). This book is an examination of those motivations and the collections they have brought about - catacombs, ossuaries, mass graves, prehistoric excavations, private collections, and institutions. The book contains sections on procuring, handling, storing, transporting, cleaning, and identifying skeletal remains. The repatriation of remains and legislation covering the topic are also addressed.
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Dry Bones
20 Jun 2010
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The title of this review implies exactly what you will find in Christine Quigley's latest endeavor, "Skulls and Skeletons: Human Bone Collections and Accumulations." If the length and monotany of the book's title wasn't warning enough, I found it hard to stifle the yawns after the first couple of chapters. Granted Ms. Quigley has spent the last twenty-five years exploring and documenting her subject. She earns two stars for her impressive knowledge alone even if it is creepy. Unfortunately her knowledge and love for all things morbid does nothing to help the fact it reads drier than yesterday morning's toast. If you are a medical student, mortician or hopeful CSI Agent this might be for you, if not, pass the butter and move on.
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