Medical Biology and Etruscan Origins [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Symposium CIBA Foundation
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 573.09375
• Soggetto topico: Etruscans; Physical anthropology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Medical Biology and Etruscan Origins
• ISBN: 0-470-71524-3; 0-470-71493-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830048503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Novartis Foundation Symposia