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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828544503321

Titolo

Egyptian bioarchaeology : humans, animals, and the environment / / edited by Salima Ikram, Jessica Kaiser, Roxie Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, [Netherlands] : , : Sidestone Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-8890-288-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

573.0932

Soggetti

Human remains (Archaeology) - Egypt

Animal remains (Archaeology) - Egypt

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.

Nota di contenuto

Abstracts; Preface; Burials under the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep II - 19 Luxor, West Thebes; Bioarchaeology, TT 65 Project, Hungarian Mission in Thebes; The Bioarchaeology of Akhetaten: Unexpected Results from a Capital City; Birth in Ancient Egypt: Timing, Trauma, and Triumph? Evidence from the Dakhleh Oasis; Studying Egyptian Mummies in the Field; A Case of Metastatic Carcinoma in an Old Kingdom-Period Skeleton from Saqqara; Study of Growth Arrest Lines upon Human Remains from Kharga Oasis

From Egypt to Lithuania: Marija Rudzinskaitė-Arcimavičienė's Mummy and its Radiological Investigation Canopic Jars: A New Source for Old Questions; A Decade of Advances in the Paleopathology of the Ancient Egyptians; Resolving a Mummy Mismatch; The People of Sayala During the Late Roman to Early Byzantine Period; Royal Musical Chairs: To Whom Does the New Pyramid in Saqqara Belong?; "Behind Every Mask there is a Face, and Behind that a Story." Egyptian Bioarchaeology and Ancient Identities; Dogs at El Deir

Feline Descendant of the Red or the Black Land: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of an unusually largeAncient Egyptian Cat MummyCarolin Johansson, GeoffreyThe Potential of Dendrochronology in Egypt: Understanding Ancient Human/Environment Interactions; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Although the bioarchaeology (study of biological remains in an archaeological context) of Egypt has been documented in a desultory



way for many decades, it is only recently that it has become an inherent part of excavations in Egypt. This volume consists of a series of essays that explore how ancient plant, animal, and human remains should be studied, and how, when they are integrated with texts, images, and artifacts, they can contribute to our understanding of the history, environment, and culture of ancient Egypt in a holistic manner.Topics covered in this volume relating to human remains