Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia : a century in review / edited by Ryan Metcalfe, Jenefer Cockitt, and Rosalie David.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Metcalfe, Ryan, editor.

Cockitt, Jenefer, editor.

David, A. Rosalie (Ann Rosalie), editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Archaeopress Egyptology ; 6.

Archaeopress Egyptology ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleopathology--Egypt--Congresses.

Paleopathology.

Paleopathology--Nubia--Congresses.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Egypt--Congresses.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Human remains (Archaeology)--Nubia--Congresses.

Mummies--Egypt--Congresses.

Mummies.

Mummies--Nubia--Congresses.

Egypt.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 169 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, [2014]

Contents:

Sir Grafton Elliot Smith : palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia / Rosalie David

Whose body? : the human remains from the 1908-1909 season of the Archaeological Survey of Nubia / Jenefer A. Cockitt

The more things change? : the archaeological work of Alfred Lucas / Ryan Metcalfe

Harris lines, ill health during childhood, poor diet, emotional stress or normal growth patterns? / Abeer Eladany

An interesting example of a condylar fracture from ancient Nubia suggesting the possibility of early surgical intervention / Mervyn Harris, Tristan Lowe and Farah Ahmed

An overview of the evidence for tuberculosis from ancient Egypt / Lisa Sabbahy

Palaeopathology, disability and bodily impairments / Sonia Zakrzewski

Dental infections in ancient Nubia / Roger J. Forshaw

A case of sever ankylosis of temporomandibular joint from New Kingdom necropolis (Saqqara, Egypt) / Ladislava Horáčková and Frank Rühli

Occlusal macrowear, antemortem tooth loss, and temporomandibular joint arthritis at Predynastic Naqada / Nancy C. Lovell

How to make a mummy : a late hieratic guide from Abusir / Jiři Janák and Renata Landgráfová

Studying mummies : giving life to a dry subject / Michael R. Zimmerman

Microstructural analysis of a Predynastic iron meteorite bead / Diane Johnson, Monica M. Grady, Tristan Lowe and Joyce Tyldesley

Imaging and analysis of skeletal morphology : new tools and techniques / Norman MacLeod

Mummies on rails / Ahmad Alam, Ian Dunlop, Robert Stevens, Andrew Brass, Jenefer Cockitt, Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe

Mummy website and database / Barbara Zimmerman, Sukeerthi Shaga, Pavitra Kaveri Ramnath, and Sai Phaneendra Vadapalli.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at a workshop held at the Natural History Museum in London, August 29-30, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1784910260

9781784910266

OCLC:

898911610

Publisher Number:

99961344703