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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876793403321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation Symposium on Medical Biology and Etruscan Origins / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1959

ISBN

0-470-71524-3

0-470-71493-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)

Disciplina

573.09375

Soggetti

Etruscans

Physical anthropology

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICAL BIOLOGY AND ETRUSCAN ORIGINS; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Chairman's introductory address; The principal cities of southern Etruria and their special characteristics; Etruscans and Umbrians; Archaeological evidence for the origin of the Etruscans; Group Discussion; From the Villanovan civilization to that of the Etruscans; Oriental characteristics of the Etruscan religion; The scientists' contributions to Etruscology; Future research on the origin of the Etruscans; Group Discussioti; Historical method and the Etruscan problem

Movements of populations in Etruria since the beginning of the Roman RepublicGroup Discussion; The principle of ethnic substratum. dialects Traces of Etruscan in Tuscan; Discussion; The evaluation of metrical data in the comparison of ancient and modem bones; Discussion; The use of genetical characters as indices of population distribution; Discussion; Blood groups and haematological data as a source of ethnic information; Discussion; Distribution of blood groups in Italy; Discussion; Effect of a single gene difference on the pattern of some physical measurements

Distribution of serum haptoglobin types in some Italian populationsGroup Discussion; General Discussion