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A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave, Greece

Author : Anastasia Papathanasiou
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave, Greece by : Anastasia Papathanasiou

Download or read book A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave, Greece written by Anastasia Papathanasiou and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers a bioarchaeological study of the Late and Final Neolithic Age site of Alepotrypa Cave, one of the richest Neolithic sites in Greece. It is of special importance because it belongs to the later phases of the Neolithic, when transformations were fully developed, and it contains both habitation debris and an uncommon variety of mortuary loci. Four main aspects of analysis are undertaken. First, the palaeodemographic and palaeopathological profile of the Neolithic population is reconstructed. The present sample of 161 individuals provides a robust data base from which to determine the demographic and pathological characteristics of the population, the stresses that it was subjected to, and the interaction between culture, health, and environment. Second, the various burial practices represented at Alepotrypa Cave are examined, and their possible meaning explored. Third, comparative stable isotope evidence offers information on diet. Finally, the results of all these analyses are integrated.

Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave in the Mani, Greece

Author : Anastasia Papathanasiou
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781785706486
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave in the Mani, Greece by : Anastasia Papathanasiou

Download or read book Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave in the Mani, Greece written by Anastasia Papathanasiou and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First definitive publication on the major Neolithic settlement, cemetery and ceremonial site of Alepotrypa Cave, Greece, which is virtually unique in its preservation of undisturbed archaeological deposits including biological material, a wealth of artefacts and burials, following collapse of the cave roof.

A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Health, Subsistence, and Funerary Behavior in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin

Author : Anastasia Papathanasiou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (148 download)

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Book Synopsis A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Health, Subsistence, and Funerary Behavior in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin by : Anastasia Papathanasiou

Download or read book A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Health, Subsistence, and Funerary Behavior in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin written by Anastasia Papathanasiou and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Communities, Landscapes, and Interaction in Neolithic Greece

Author : Apostolos Sarris
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789201462
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Book Synopsis Communities, Landscapes, and Interaction in Neolithic Greece by : Apostolos Sarris

Download or read book Communities, Landscapes, and Interaction in Neolithic Greece written by Apostolos Sarris and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last three decades have witnessed a period of growing archaeological activity in Greece that have enhanced our awareness of the diversity and variability of ancient communities. New sites offer rich datasets from many aspects of material culture that challenge traditional perceptions and suggest complex interpretations of the past. This volume provides a synthetic overview of recent developments in the study of Neolithic Greece and reconsiders the dynamics of human-environment interactions while recording the growing diversity in layers of social organization. It fills an essential lacuna in contemporary literature and enhances our understanding of the Neolithic communities in the Greek Peninsula.

Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture

Author : Ron Pinhasi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119956684
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)

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Book Synopsis Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture by : Ron Pinhasi

Download or read book Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture written by Ron Pinhasi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A holistic and comprehensive account of the nature of the transition from hunting to farming in prehistory. It addresses for the first time the main bioarchaeological aspects such as changes in mobility, behaviour, diet and population dynamics. This book is of major interest to the relevant audience since it offers for the first time a global perspective on the bioarchaeology of the transition to agriculture. It includes contributions from world-class researchers, with a particular emphasis on advances in methods (e.g. ancient DNA of pathogens, stable isotope analysis, etc.). The book specifically addresses the following aspects associated with the transition to agriculture in various world regions: Changes in adult and subadult stature and subadult growth profiles Diachronic trends in the analysis of functional morphological structures (craniofacial, vault, lower limbs, etc.) and whether these are associated with change in overall sex-specific morphological variability Changes in mobility Changes in behaviour which can be reconstructed from the study of the skeletal record. These include changes in activity patterns, sexual dimorphism, evidence of inter-personal trauma, and the like. Population dynamics and microevolution by examining intra and inter population variations in dental and cranial metric traits, as well as archaeogenetic studies of ancient DNA (e.g. mtDNA markers).

Archaeodiet in the Greek World

Author : Sherry C. Fox
Publisher : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
ISBN 13 : 1621390217
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (213 download)

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Book Synopsis Archaeodiet in the Greek World by : Sherry C. Fox

Download or read book Archaeodiet in the Greek World written by Sherry C. Fox and published by American School of Classical Studies at Athens. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analysis of stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen provides a powerful tool for reconstructing past diets, since it provides the only direct evidence of the foods that were actually consumed. The chapters that comprise this volume describe the application of this methodology to the archaeology of Greece, a country whose archaeobotanical remains have been isotopically studied more extensively than any other place in the world. The archaeological issues that can be addressed using stable isotope methods include the importance of fishing; the possible early introduction of millet; the nature of childrearing including weaning age and weaning foods; temporal shifts in protein consumption; differential access to certain foods associated with social status as well as gender and age; and cultural differences in dietary patterns. Additionally, diet is strongly correlated with health or stress markers in the teeth and bones. Knowing what people ate has vital implications for our understanding of past environments and economies, subsistence strategies, and nutrition.

New Directions in the Skeletal Biology of Greece

Author : Lynne Alison Schepartz
Publisher : ASCSA
ISBN 13 : 0876615434
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis New Directions in the Skeletal Biology of Greece by : Lynne Alison Schepartz

Download or read book New Directions in the Skeletal Biology of Greece written by Lynne Alison Schepartz and published by ASCSA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this book reflect current studies being conducted in the field of bioarchaeology in Greece. The authors present material ranging in date from the Palaeolithic to modern times. Biological anthropologists working in the Mediterranean region can draw on a wealth of archaeological and documentary evidence to inform their hypotheses. This book shows how scientific approaches to the past are shedding new light on previously insoluble questions. In addition to presenting a number of case studies, the editors provide a synthetic survey of the subject.

Bioarchaeology

Author : Clark Spencer Larsen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521658348
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (583 download)

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Download or read book Bioarchaeology written by Clark Spencer Larsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-06 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive reference to use of human bones and teeth in interpreting past lives.

Sacred Darkness

Author : Holley Moyes
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457117509
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Darkness written by Holley Moyes and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caves have been used in various ways across human society but despite the persistence within popular culture of the iconic caveman, deep caves were never used primarily as habitation sites for early humans. Rather, in both ancient and contemporary contexts, caves have served primarily as ritual spaces. In Sacred Darkness, contributors use archaeological evidence as well as ethnographic studies of modern ritual practices to envision the cave as place of spiritual and ideological power and a potent venue for ritual practice. Covering the ritual use of caves in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Mesoamerica, and the US Southwest and Eastern woodlands, this book brings together case studies by prominent scholars whose research spans from the Paleolithic period to the present day. These contributions demonstrate that cave sites are as fruitful as surface contexts in promoting the understanding of both ancient and modern religious beliefs and practices. This state-of-the-art survey of ritual cave use will be one of the most valuable resources for understanding the role of caves in studies of religion, sacred landscape, or cosmology and a must-read for any archaeologist interested in caves.

Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology

Author : Elizabeth Reitz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780387713960
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (139 download)

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Book Synopsis Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology by : Elizabeth Reitz

Download or read book Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology written by Elizabeth Reitz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights studies addressing significant anthropological issues in the Americas from the perspective of environmental archaeology. The book uses case studies to resolve questions related to human behavior in the past rather than to demonstrate the application of methods. Each chapter is an original or revised work by an internationally-recognized scientist. This second edition is based on the 1996 book of the same title. The editors have invited back a number of contributors from the first edition to revise and update their chapter. New studies are included in order to cover recent developments in the field or additional pertinent topics.

Communities in Transition

Author : Søren Dietz
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1785707213
Total Pages : 1332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Communities in Transition written by Søren Dietz and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communities in Transition brings together scholars from different countries and backgrounds united by a common interest in the transition between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age in the lands around the Aegean. Neolithic community was transformed, in some places incrementally and in others rapidly, during the 5th and 4th millennia BC into one that we would commonly associate with the Bronze Age. Many different names have been assigned to this period: Final Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Eneolithic, Late Neolithic [I]-II, Copper Age which, to some extent, reflects the diversity of archaeological evidence from varied geographical regions. During this long heterogeneous period developments occurred that led to significant changes in material culture, the use of space, the adoption of metallurgical practices, establishment of far-reaching interaction and exchange networks, and increased social complexity. The 5th to 4th millennium BC transition is one of inclusions, entanglements, connectivity, and exchange of ideas, raw materials, finished products and, quite possibly, worldviews and belief systems. Most of the papers presented here are multifaceted and complex in that they do not deal with only one topic or narrowly focus on a single line of reasoning or dataset. Arranged geographically they explore a series of key themes: Chronology, cultural affinities, and synchronization in material culture; changing social structure and economy; inter- and intra-site space use and settlement patterns, caves and include both site reports and regional studies. This volume presents a tour de force examination of many multifaceted aspects of the social, cultural, technological, economic and ideological transformations that mark the transition from Neolithic to Early Bronze Age societies in the lands around the Aegean during the 5th and 4th millennium BC.

Warfare in Neolithic Europe

Author : Julian Maxwell Heath
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473879876
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Warfare in Neolithic Europe written by Julian Maxwell Heath and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Neolithic ('New Stone Age') marks the time when the prehistoric communities of Europe turned their backs on the hunter-gatherer lifestyle that they had followed for many thousands of years, and instead, became farmers. The significance of this switch from a lifestyle that had been based on the hunting and gathering of wild food resources, to one that involved the growing of crops and raising livestock, cannot be underestimated. Although it was a complex process that varied from place to place, there can be little doubt that it was during the Neolithic that the foundations for the incredibly complex modern societies in which we live today were laid. However, we would be wrong to think that the first farming communities of Europe were in tune with nature and each other, as there is a considerable (and growing) body of archaeological data that is indicative of episodes of warfare between these communities. This evidence should not be taken as proof that warfare was endemic across Neolithic Europe, but it does strongly suggest that it was more common than some scholars have proposed.Furthermore, the words of the seventeenth-century English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, who famously described prehistoric life as 'nasty, brutish, and short', seem rather apt in light of some of the archaeological discoveries from the European Neolithic.

Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of the Mycenaean Period

Author : Ioanna Moutafi
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 178925485X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Book Synopsis Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of the Mycenaean Period by : Ioanna Moutafi

Download or read book Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of the Mycenaean Period written by Ioanna Moutafi and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the complex relationship between funerary treatment and wider social dynamics through a contextual analysis of human skeletal remains and associated mortuary data from Voudeni, an important Mycenaean (1400-1050 BC) chamber tomb cemetery in Achaea, Greece. Voudeni is one of the most significant sites of Achaea, thoroughly investigated under the direction of the former Ephor of Antiquities, Dr Lazaros Kolonas. Over 60 chamber tombs have been excavated (Late Helladic IIB to IIIC periods), yielding an unprecedented wealth of biocultural information. This study explores the post-mortem treatment of the body, through a novel interpretive approach that transcends unproductive cross-disciplinary divisions. This biosocial approach integrates traditional archaeology, current reflections in mortuary archaeological theory and cutting-edge bioarchaeological methods, primarily focused on funerary taphonomy and archaeothanatology of commingled skeletal assemblages. The author proposes that the most effective route to explore the social dimensions of mortuary data is through an emic understanding of historically situated actions and experiences, both of the living actors, the mourners, and of the dead themselves. Human skeletal remains are used as the primary strand of evidence, both as the object of the acts of the living and the subject of their own lived experiences. The topic is explored in successive stages: a) theoretical and methodological framework, b) detailed taphonomic analysis and osteological results of 20 tombs, c) multivariate analysis of bio-cultural data across socio-temporal parameters (with special emphasis on the distinction between the palatial LHIIIA-B and the transitional post-palatial LHIIIC period), and d) final synthesis, aiming to questions pertaining to changing social conditions in Achaea and key issues of current Mycenaean mortuary research. These include: tomb re-use; form, diversity, sequence and frequency of mortuary activities; mortality profiles; differential inclusion, visibility and funerary treatment of different groups/identities; changes in treatment of the dead body, reflecting shifts in notions of the self and social relationships. The results shed new light to social developments in Mycenaean Achaea, showing that the complex interaction between changing social conditions and mortuary practice is often reflected in subtle, yet meaningful, shifts of emphasis in the post-mortem treatment of bodies and bones, rather than in blatant radical changes.

Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones

Author : Rick J. Schulting
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199573069
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones written by Rick J. Schulting and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents an up-to-date overview of the evidence for violent injuries on human skeletons of the Neolithic period in Europe, ranging from 6700 to 2000 BC, and provides an invaluable baseline for comparisons with both earlier and later periods.

Health in Antiquity

Author : Helen King
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134599730
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Health in Antiquity written by Helen King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at issues surrounding health in a variety of ancient Mediterranean societies.

The Neolithic Pottery Sequence in Southern Greece

Author : William W. Phelps
Publisher : BAR International Series
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Neolithic Pottery Sequence in Southern Greece written by William W. Phelps and published by BAR International Series. This book was released on 2004 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue and guide to Neolithic pottery in southern Greece is geared towards those working with such material.

Health and Disease in Byzantine Crete (7th–12th centuries AD)

Author : Chryssi Bourbou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317123409
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Health and Disease in Byzantine Crete (7th–12th centuries AD) by : Chryssi Bourbou

Download or read book Health and Disease in Byzantine Crete (7th–12th centuries AD) written by Chryssi Bourbou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily life and living conditions in the Byzantine world are relatively underexplored subjects, often neglected in comparison with more visible aspects of Byzantine culture, such as works of art. The book is among the few publications on Greek Byzantine populations and helps pioneer a new approach to the subject, opening a window on health status and dietary patterns through the lens of bioarchaeological research. Drawing on a diversity of disciplines (biology, chemistry, archaeology and history), the author focuses on the complex interaction between physiology, culture and the environment in Byzantine populations from Crete in the 7th to 12th centuries. The systematic analysis and interpretation of the mortality profiles, the observed pathological conditions, and of the chemical data, all set in the cultural context of the era, brings new evidence to bear on the reconstruction of living conditions in Byzantine Crete. Individual chapters look at the demographic profiles and mortality patterns of adult and non-adult populations, and study dietary habits and breastfeeding and weaning patterns. In addition, this book provides an indispensable body of primary data for future research in these fields, and so furthers an interdisciplinary approach in tracing the health of the past populations.