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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778830103321

Titolo

Bioarchaeological studies of life in the age of agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : a view from the Southeast / / edited by Patricia M. Lambert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8173-8314-X

0-585-36025-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LambertPatricia M. <1958->

Disciplina

614.4/275

975.01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Southern States - Antiquities

Indians of North America - Health and hygiene - Southern States

Indians of North America - Anthropometry - Southern States

Mississippian culture

Southern States Antiquities Congresses

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 (p. [219]-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Patricia M. Lambert -- Ancient diseases, modern perspectives : treponematosis and tuberculosis in the age of agriculture / Mary Lucas Powell -- Warfare-related trauma in the late prehistory of Alabama / Patricia S. Bridges, Keith P. Jacobi, Mary Lucas Powell -- Transitions at Moundville : a question of collapse / Margaret J. Schoeninger, Lisa Sattenspiel, Mark R. Schurr -- Dental health at early historic Fusihatchee Town : biocultural implications of contact in Alabama / Marianne Reeves -- Agricultural melodies and alternative harmonies in Florida and Georgia / Dale L. Hutchinson ... [et al.] -- Inferring iron-deficiency anemia from human skeletal remains : the case of the Georgia Bight / Clark Spencer Larsen, Leslie E. Sering -- A comparison of degenerative joint disease between upland and coastal prehistoric agriculturalists from Georgia / Matthew A. Williamson -- Dental health and late woodland subsistence in coastal North Carolina / Elizabeth Monahan Driscoll, David S. Weaver -- Life on the periphery : health in farming communities of interior North Carolina and Virginia / Patricia M. Lambert -- "Utmost confusion" reconsidered :



bioarchaeology and secondary burial in late prehistoric interior Virginia / Debra L. Gold.

Sommario/riassunto

Investigations of skeletal remains from key archaeological sites reveal new data and offer insights on prehistoric life and health in the Southeast. The shift from foraging to farming had important health consequences for prehistoric peoples, but variations in health existed within communities that had made this transition. This new collection draws on the rich bioarchaeological record of the Southeastern United States to explore variability in health and behavior within the age of agriculture. It offers new perspectives on human adaptation to various geogr

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819014703321

Autore

Aracil Varón María Beatriz

Titolo

"Yo, don Hernando Cortés" : reflexiones en torno a la escritura cortesiana / / Beatriz Aracil Varón

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid ; ; Frankfurt am Main : , : Universidad de Navarra : , : Iberoamericana : , : Vervuert, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

3-95487-896-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations

Collana

Biblioteca indiana ; ; 42

Disciplina

972.02092

Soggetti

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Índice -- Nota Preliminar -- Introducción -- I. El Discurso Cortesiano En El Tiempo: Avatares De Un Corpus Textual Complejo -- II. El Conquistador Frente A Su Escritura -- III. El Ingreso En La Historia Y La Configuración De La Imagen Heroica -- IV. De Héroe Conquistador A Marqués Del Valle: La Alteridad Y La Construcción Del Sujeto -- Epílogo -- Bibliografía

Sommario/riassunto

Estudio de conjunto de la escritura cortesiana (desde los documentos de 1519 hasta el testamento) que esclarece el proceso de construcción del yo que Hernán Cortés lleva a cabo a lo largo de su propio discurso.



Se pone así de manifiesto la peculiar manera en que pretendió mostrarse a sí mismo este controvertido personaje que manifestó a lo largo de su vida una verdadera obsesión por la palabra escrita.