Bioarchaeology and behavior
Subtitle: the people of the ancient Near East
By: edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen
Series: Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813042299
Subjects: Human skeleton; Ethnoarchaeology; Human remains (Archaeology); Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; Analysis
Description: An archaeological exploration of the ancient inhabitants of the circum-Mediterranean region exploring their migration patterns, health, and diet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 2. An exploration of infant burial practices at the site of Kish, Iraq / Christina Torres-Rouff and William J. Pestle; title: 3. The burial customs of early Christian Cyprus: a bioarchaeological approach / Sherry C. Fox, Ioanna Moutafi, Eleni Anna Prevedorou, and Despo Pilides; title: 4. A bioarchaeological perspective on the burials and basilicas of medieval Polis, Cyprus / Brenda J. Baker and Amy papalexandrou; title: 5. Condemned to metallum? Illuminating life at the Byzantine mining camp at Phaeno in Jordan; title: Megan A. Perry, Drew S. Coleman, David L. Dettman, and Abdel Halim al-Shiyab; title: 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; title: 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; title: 8. Daily activity and lower limb modification at Bab Edh-Dhra{ha}, Jordan, in the early Bronze Age; title: Jaime M. Ullinger, Susan G. Sheridan, and Donald J. Ortner.