Bioarchaeology and behavior : the people of the ancient Near East / edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perry, Megan A.

Larsen, Clark Spencer.

Series:

Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives.

Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Human skeleton--Analysis.

Human skeleton.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Ethnoarchaeology.

Middle East.

Ethnoarchaeology--Middle East.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Middle East.

Middle East--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xiv, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]

Summary:

An archaeological exploration of the ancient inhabitants of the circum-Mediterranean region exploring their migration patterns, health, and diet.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813042299

0813042291

OCLC:

777602097