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## Meet the editor

Alessio Vovlas received a Ph.D. in Science and Technology from Turin University, Italy, in 2014 with a thesis on "Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Conservation," and an MS in Natural Science from Bari University, Italy, with a thesis on "Mitochondrial DNA Variability of Indonesian Populations." He is an effective member of A.P.S. Polyxena, an NGO that is part of the Butterfly Conservation Europe, European Citizen Science Association

(ECSA), and Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL). He is also a member of the Society for Conservation Biology and part of the membership committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Education and Communication (CEC). Dr. Vovlas' main research interests are molecular biology, ecology, zoology, science communication, and education. He has published several scientific, national, and international publications and was a coordinator of some nature conservation and citizen science projects in natural park areas.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Section 4**

**Section 5**

*by Alessio Vovlas*

in Puglia (Cerignola, FG, Italy)

Forensic Anthropology

and VI Century in Southern Italy

*and Sandro Sublimi Saponetti*

*by Sandeep Sitaram Kadu*

**Preface XI**

Introduction: General Statement of Scope and Problems **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Anthropological and Paleodietary Analysis of Human Remains **11**

**Chapter 2 13**

Forensic Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis and Techniques **43**

**Chapter 3 45**

Ancient Cranial Surgery: Cranial Trepanation **57**

**Chapter 4 59**

DNA Fingerprinting **79**

**Chapter 5 81**

Anthropological and Paleodietary Analysis of Human Remains: A Case Study from the Teutonic Settlement of Torre Alemanna

*by Fabrizia Andriani, Francesca Baldassarre, Grazia Sassanelli, Sandro Sublimi Saponetti, Cristina Valdiosera and Ilaria Vigliarolo*

Cranial Trepanation: Case Studies between the IV Century BC

*by Alessio Vovlas, Nunzio Di Nunno, Ginevra Panzarino* 

DNA Finger-Printing: Current Scenario and Future

*by Purva Wagisha Upadhyay and Amarnath Mishra*

Introductory Chapter: Biological Anthropology

## Contents


Preface

This book presents a well-defined picture of the current state of the art in the field of biological anthropology. The issues presented in this volume comprise five sections, each focusing on a certain aspect of biological anthropology. Each chapter provides an overview of background information on some aspect of biological

This book will serve principally as a handbook for graduate and Ph.D. students. It is also useful for a broader audience, including academic researchers and practitioners in biological anthropology. Although this volume was written by several hands, the approach given by the authors managed to give the book a more cohesive form. For that, I am deeply grateful to Dolores Kuzelj at IntechOpen for her guidance in the

> **Alessio Vovlas** APS Polyxena, Bari, Italy

anthropology as well as presents relevant case studies.

preparation and publication of this book.
