Author: Webb, Stephen
Title: Prehistoric Stress in Australian Aborigines: A Palaeopathological Study of a Hunter-Gatherer Population
Description: Oxford, UK: British Archaeological Reports, 1989. First edition. Pp. i-x, 1-197, F1-F50, T1-T38, (10, appendices); 31 black-and-white photo-plates, numerous graphs and tables. Publisher's original red stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front page, 4to. British Archaeological Reports International Series, no. 490. A detailed study of pathology in the skull and limb bones of Australian aboriginal skeletons dating back at least 35,000 years ago. There are excellent black-and-white photos showing the pathologies. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Rare work seldom offered. Some staining to the inside front wrapper and the inside rear wrapper, the text and plates are very bright and clean with no signs of use; a tight copy in very good condition..

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