Bioarchaeology and behavior : the people of the ancient Near East / edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.
An archaeological exploration of the ancient inhabitants of the circum-Mediterranean region exploring their migration patterns, health, and diet.
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| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
[2012], ©2012.
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| Series: | Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past : local, regional, and global perspectives
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 211 pages : illustrations, maps. |
| Format: | Book |
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 P¿rez-P¿rez
- 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.