Egyptian bioarchaeology : humans, animals, and the environment / edited by Salima Ikram, Jessica Kaiser, Roxie Walker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ikram, Salima, editor.

Kaiser, Jessica, editor.

Walker, Roxie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human remains (Archaeology)--Egypt.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Animal remains (Archaeology)--Egypt.

Animal remains (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] : Sidestone Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the bioarchaeology (study of biological remains in an archaeological context) of Egypt has been documented in a desultory way for many decades, it is only recently that it has become an inherent part of excavations in Egypt. This volume consists of a series of essays that explore how ancient plant, animal, and human remains should be studied, and how, when they are integrated with texts, images, and artifacts, they can contribute to our understanding of the history, environment, and culture of ancient Egypt in a holistic manner.Topics covered in this volume relating to human remains

Contents:

Abstracts; Preface; Burials under the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep II - 19 Luxor, West Thebes; Bioarchaeology, TT 65 Project, Hungarian Mission in Thebes; The Bioarchaeology of Akhetaten: Unexpected Results from a Capital City; Birth in Ancient Egypt: Timing, Trauma, and Triumph? Evidence from the Dakhleh Oasis; Studying Egyptian Mummies in the Field; A Case of Metastatic Carcinoma in an Old Kingdom-Period Skeleton from Saqqara; Study of Growth Arrest Lines upon Human Remains from Kharga Oasis

From Egypt to Lithuania: Marija Rudzinskaitė-Arcimavičienė's Mummy and its Radiological Investigation Canopic Jars: A New Source for Old Questions; A Decade of Advances in the Paleopathology of the Ancient Egyptians; Resolving a Mummy Mismatch; The People of Sayala During the Late Roman to Early Byzantine Period; Royal Musical Chairs: To Whom Does the New Pyramid in Saqqara Belong?; "Behind Every Mask there is a Face, and Behind that a Story." Egyptian Bioarchaeology and Ancient Identities; Dogs at El Deir

Feline Descendant of the Red or the Black Land: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of an unusually largeAncient Egyptian Cat MummyCarolin Johansson, GeoffreyThe Potential of Dendrochronology in Egypt: Understanding Ancient Human/Environment Interactions; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 5, 2015).

ISBN:

90-8890-288-7

OCLC:

904132455