The Archaeology of Disease | 
 enlarge | Authors: Charlotte Roberts, Keith Manchester
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 349495
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 338
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0801473888
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9780801473883
ASIN: 0801473888
Publication Date: February 2007
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The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries from which humans suffered in antiquity. Charlotte Roberts and Keith Manchester offer a vivid picture of ancient disease and trauma by combining the results of scientific research with information gathered from documents, other areas of archaeology, art, and ethnography. The book contains information on congenital, infectious, dental, joint, endocrine, and metabolic diseases. The authors provide a clinical context for specific ailments and accidents and consider the relevance of ancient demography, basic bone biology, funerary practices, and prehistoric medicine. This fully revised third edition has been updated to and encompasses rapidly developing research methods of in this fascinating field.
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Disease is not a modern era problem September 23, 2008
The book The Archeology of Disease is a good text to have in the study of paleopathology. It is not the only one, but it is a good one because the explanation of scientific practice in paleopathology is easy to understand.
Well-written and intelligible October 2, 2001
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Well-written and intelligible book on the archaeology of disease.
Good discussions both of manifestations of disease in individual
skeletal remains, and in populations. Mostly oriented towards
disease per se, but there's a good chapter on trauma, as well.
Especially good coverage of dental disease. Oriented towards an
academic, rather than towards a lay, audience, but I found it
very readable nonetheless.
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