Bioarchaeology and behavior : the people of the ancient Near East / / edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen
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| Titolo: |
Bioarchaeology and behavior : the people of the ancient Near East / / edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen
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| Pubblicazione: | Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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
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| 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.: | 9910819615503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past.