Lindow Man /anglais - Couverture souple

Joy, Jody

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0714128171 ISBN 13 : 9780714128177

Editeur : British Museum Press, 2009

Synopsis

This compact book; packed with glorious colour photography joins a series on the stand out holdings of the British Museum. It describes the discovery; conservation and analysis of the corpse of Lindow Man; Britain's best preserved bog body; dating to the late Iron Age. The book also looks at the modern reconstruction of Lindow Man's face; and how this was done; as well as the evidence for diet; medical history and for his brutal death; examined in the context of Iron Age society.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jody Joy is a Senior Curator at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, where he is responsible for the European Archaeology collections. Prior to that, he was Curator of the European Iron Age at the British Museum. He has curated numerous exhibitions over the past 20 years on subjects as varied as the Archaeology of Childhood and the Mesolithic site of Star Carr. He has published widely on numerous topics including, the archaeology and art of the European Iron Age and the ethics of displaying human remains in museums.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: British Museum Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0714128171
• ISBN 13: 9780714128177
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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