Wauchope Robert, Stewart T. Dale (Eds.). Handbook of Middle American Indians: Volume 9: Physical Anthropology

University of Texas Press, 1970. — 343 p.Physical Anthropology is the ninth volume in the Handbook of Middle American Indians, 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.
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.Contents include the following articles:
History of Physical Anthropology - Juan Comas
Preceramic Human Remains - Arturo Romano
Anthropometry of Late Prehistoric Human Remains - Santiago Genovés T.
Dental Mutilation, Trephination, and Cranial Deformation - Javier Romero
Pre-Hispanic Osteopathology - Eusebio Dávalos Hurtado
Anthropometry of Living Indians - Johanna Faulhaber
Distribution of Blood Groups - by G. Albin Matson
Physiological Studies - D. F. Roberts and Marshall T. Newman
Skin, Hair, and Eyes: a series including
Introduction - T. D. Stewart
Dermatoglyphics -y Marshall T. Newman
Hair - Mildred Trotter and Oliver H. Duggins
Color of Eyes and Skin - T. D. Stewart
Physical Plasticity and Adaptation - T. D. Stewart
Pathology of Living Indians as Seen in Guatemala - Nevin S. Scrimshaw and Carlos Tejada
Psychobiometry - Javier Romero