The Archaeology of Disease

Third Edition

von

Roberts, CharlotteManchester, Keith

BuchKartoniert, Paperback

Verkaufsrang33610in

CHF43.50

Beschreibung

The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries that humans suffered from in antiquity.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-7524-5750-5

ProduktartBuch

EinbandKartoniert, Paperback

VerlagThe History Press Ltd

Erscheinungsdatum06.07.2010

Auflage3 ed

Seiten352 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 172 mm, Höhe 247 mm, Dicke 22 mm

Gewicht996 g

Artikel-Nr.4358641

KatalogBuchzentrum

Datenquelle-Nr.20122956

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Autor

Roberts, CharlotteManchester, Keith

CHARLOTTE ROBERTS is a Professor of Archaeology and director of the MSc Palaeopathology in the Department of Archaeology, at Durham University. She has authored/co-authored over 100 scientific papers, and books, including Introduction to forensic archaeology (1996), Burial archaeology: Current research, methods and developments (1989), The Past and Present of Leprosy (2002), Health and disease in Britain: From prehistory to the present day (2003), The bioarchaeology of tuberculosis: A global perspective on a reemerging disease (2003), and Human remains: A Handbook (2009). KEITH MANCHESTER is a General Practitioner in Bradford, and Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford where the human remains laboratory in the Biological Anthropology Research Centre is named after him. He has published over 50 papers on palaeopathology, co-edited The Past and Present of Leprosy (2002), and contributed significantly to debates about the recognition of, and antiquity of, leprosy and tuberculosis.