Part I introduction and concepts -- An Introduction to the development of Palaeopathology -- Basic assumption -- Health and disease -- Diagnosis -- Part II pathology -- Joint Diseases 1: Osteoarthritis -- Joint Diseases 2: The Erosive arthropathies -- Spinal Pathology -- Infection Diseases -- Metabolic Diseases -- Trauma -- Neoplastic Diseases -- Disorders of growth and development -- Spacial Pathology -- Dental Disease -- Part III -- Analysis -- Interpretation