The Skull of the South African Negro: A Biometrical and Morphological Study
by de Villiers, Hertha
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1968 Black hardcover, gilt spine title. Edgeworn and bumped, some dents and creases, small faded area. Jacket worn, rubbed and chipped, with a few tears and associated creasing, spine a bit faded. Text clean. 342 pages, index, bibliography, 149 tables, charts, b/w photo plates, line drawings, maps. Serious scientific effort, pre-DNA testing, to analyze the skulls of four South African 'tribal groups' using Raymond Dart's meticulously catalogued collection, to see if those groups, distiguished by culture, language and geography, can also be distinguished by cranial characteristics.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8½" by 11".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u2055
- Title
- The Skull of the South African Negro: A Biometrical and Morphological Study
- Author
- de Villiers, Hertha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Witwatersrand University Press
- Place of Publication
- Johannesburg
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Anthropology, Anatomy, Osteology, Osteometry
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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