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Bioarchaeology and behavior the people of the ancient Near East

Title
Bioarchaeology and behavior [electronic resource] : the people of the ancient Near East / edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Perry, Megan A.
  • Larsen, Clark Spencer.
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 211 p.) : ill.
Summary
An archaeological exploration of the ancient inhabitants of the circum-Mediterranean region exploring their migration patterns, health, and diet.
Series Statement
Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives
Uniform Title
Bioarchaeology and behavior (Online)
Subject
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Middle East
  • Ethnoarchaeology > Middle East
  • Human remains (Archaeology) > Middle East
  • Human skeleton > Analysis
  • Middle East > Antiquities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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 PÅrez-PÅrez -- 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.
LCCN
2012018875
OCLC
ssj0000757613
Title
Bioarchaeology and behavior [electronic resource] : the people of the ancient Near East / edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.
Series
Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Perry, Megan A.
Larsen, Clark Spencer.
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