Handbook of Middle American Indians Volume 9

<p><i>Physical Anthropology</i> is the ninth volume in the <i>Handbook of Middle American Indians</i> published in cooperation with the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University under the general editorship of Robert Wauchope (1909-1979). The volume editor is T. Dale Stewart (1901-1997) senior physical anthropologist of the United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution former director of its Museum of Natural History and a past president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.</p> <p>The articles in this volume together with illustrations tabular data bibliographies and index constitute an invaluable reference work on the human biology of Middle America and its relationships to human society and culture.</p> <p>Contents include the following articles:</p> <ul> <li>History of Physical Anthropology by Juan Comas</li> <li>Preceramic Human Remains by Arturo Romano</li> <li>Anthropometry of Late Prehistoric Human Remains by Santiago Genovés T.</li> <li>Dental Mutilation Trephination and Cranial Deformation by Javier Romero</li> <li>Pre-Hispanic Osteopathology by Eusebio Dávalos Hurtado</li> <li>Anthropometry of Living Indians by Johanna Faulhaber</li> <li>Distribution of Blood Groups by G. Albin Matson</li> <li>Physiological Studies by D. F. Roberts and Marshall T. Newman</li> <li>Skin Hair and Eyes a series including Introduction by T. D. Stewart; Dermatoglyphics by Marshall T. Newman; Hair by Mildred Trotter and Oliver H. Duggins; and Color of Eyes and Skin by T. D.</li> <li>Stewart</li> <li>Physical Plasticity and Adaptation by T. D. Stewart</li> <li>Pathology of Living Indians as Seen in Guatemala by Nevin S. Scrimshaw and Carlos Tejada</li> <li>Psychobiometry by Javier Romero</li> </ul> <p>The <i>Handbook of Middle American Indians</i> was assembled and edited at the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University with the assistance of grants from the National Science Foundation and under the sponsorship of the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology.</p>