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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785973703321

Titolo

Bioarchaeology and behavior [[electronic resource] ] : the people of the ancient Near East / / edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012

ISBN

0-8130-4344-1

0-8130-4253-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives

Altri autori (Persone)

PerryMegan A

LarsenClark Spencer

Disciplina

939.4

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Middle East

Ethnoarchaeology - Middle East

Human remains (Archaeology) - Middle East

Human skeleton - Analysis

Middle East Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. On the tail end of variation in late Neolithic burial practices: Halaf feasting and cannibalism at Domuztepe, Southeastern Anatolia / Suellen C. Gauld, James S. Oliver, Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Elizabeth Carter -- 2. An exploration of infant burial practices at the site of Kish, Iraq / Christina Torres-Rouff and William J. Pestle -- 3. The burial customs of early Christian Cyprus: a bioarchaeological approach / Sherry C. Fox, Ioanna Moutafi, Eleni Anna Prevedorou, and Despo Pilides -- 4. A bioarchaeological perspective on the burials and basilicas of medieval Polis, Cyprus / Brenda J. Baker and Amy papalexandrou -- 5. Condemned to metallum? Illuminating life at the Byzantine mining camp at Phaeno in Jordan -- Megan A. Perry, Drew S. Coleman, David L. Dettman, and Abdel Halim al-Shiyab -- 6. Food for thought: isotopic evidence for dietary and weaning practices in a Byzantine urban monastery in Jerusalem / Lesley A. Gregoricka and Susan Guise Sheridan -- 7. Buccal dental microwear as an indicator of



dietary habits of the Natufian people of el-Wad and el-Kebarah / Mohammad Alrousan and Alejandro Prez-Prez -- 8. Daily activity and lower limb modification at Bab Edh-Dhra{ha}, Jordan, in the early Bronze Age -- Jaime M. Ullinger, Susan G. Sheridan, and Donald J. Ortner.

Sommario/riassunto

An archaeological exploration of the ancient inhabitants of the circum-Mediterranean region exploring their migration patterns, health, and diet.