Examines current understandings of human population histories, adaptations, dietary changes, and health variations within the geographical context of ancient east Asia.
Examines current understandings of human population histories, adaptations, dietary changes, and health variations within the geographical context of ancient east Asia.
Examines current understandings of human population histories, adaptations, dietary changes, and health variations within the geographical context of ancient east Asia.
Introduction to bioarchaeology : history to present -- Bone biology and human osteology : basics to understanding osteological research -- Reconstructing activity patterns : making dead people move -- Health and disease : understanding morbidity from the skeleton -- Trauma : acc…
This book presents the diverse ways in which ancient Near Eastern civilizations memorialized and honored their dead, using mortuary rituals, human skeletal remains, and embodied identities as a window into the memory work of past societies. In six case studies, teams of research…