Oxford Textbook of the Newborn, a Cultural and Medical History

show how this, in particular, can enhance infant, childhood, and maternal health studies. Overall, the Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology would make a worthwhile contribution to the library of archaeologists, bioarchaeologists, historians, medical researchers, and forensic anthropologists of all levels. Human biology does not exist in a vacuum, and a holistic and highly contextualised approach to studies of health and disease in the past highlights the complexity of interpreting health in the past. This volume provides a strong introduction to paleopathology, outlining the opportunities, concepts, and aspects of life that can be explored through skeletal analyses and those that cannot.