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Titolo: | Bioarchaeology and behavior [[electronic resource] ] : the people of the ancient Near East / / edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen |
Pubblicazione: | Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
Disciplina: | 939.4 |
Soggetto topico: | Excavations (Archaeology) - Middle East |
Ethnoarchaeology - Middle East | |
Human remains (Archaeology) - Middle East | |
Human skeleton - Analysis | |
Soggetto geografico: | Middle East Antiquities |
Altri autori: | PerryMegan A LarsenClark Spencer |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Bioarchaeology and behavior |
ISBN: | 0-8130-4344-1 |
0-8130-4253-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910785973703321 |
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