The Archaeology of Disease - Couverture souple

Roberts, Charlotte; Manchester, Keith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801473888 ISBN 13 : 9780801473883

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2007

Synopsis

The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries from which humans suffered in antiquity. Charlotte Roberts and Keith Manchester offer a vivid picture of ancient disease and trauma by combining the results of scientific research with information gathered from documents, other areas of archaeology, art, and ethnography. The book contains information on congenital, infectious, dental, joint, endocrine, and metabolic diseases. The authors provide a clinical context for specific ailments and accidents and consider the relevance of ancient demography, basic bone biology, funerary practices, and prehistoric medicine. This fully revised third edition has been updated to and encompasses rapidly developing research methods of in this fascinating field.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries that humans suffered from in antiquity. In order to give a vivid picture of ancient disease and trauma the authors present the results of the latest scientific research and incorporate information gathered from documents, from other areas of archaeology and from art and ethnography. This comprehensive approach to the subject throws fresh light on the health of our ancestors and on the conditions in which they lived, and it gives us an intriguing insight into the ways in which they coped with the pain and discomfort of their existence.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Charlotte Roberts is Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the University of Bradford. Books she has contributed include An Introduction to Forensic Archaeology and Burial Archaeology. Her main interest lies in the biocultural approach to palaeopathology.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0801473888
• ISBN 13: 9780801473883
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 352