Bioarchaeology and behavior : the people of the ancient Near East /
edited by Megan A. Perry ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past .
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. On the tail end of variation in late Neolithic burial practices: Halaf feasting and cannibalism at Domuztepe, Southeastern Anatolia / 2. An exploration of infant burial practices at the site of Kish, Iraq / 3. The burial customs of early Christian Cyprus: a bioarchaeological approach / 4. A bioarchaeological perspective on the burials and basilicas of medieval Polis, Cyprus / 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 / 7. Buccal dental microwear as an indicator of dietary habits of the Natufian people of el-Wad and el-Kebarah / 8. Daily activity and lower limb modification at Bab Edh-Dhra, Jordan, in the early Bronze Age -- Jaime M. Ullinger, Susan G. Sheridan, and Donald J. Ortner. Suellen C. Gauld, James S. Oliver, Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Elizabeth Carter -- Christina Torres-Rouff and William J. Pestle -- Sherry C. Fox, Ioanna Moutafi, Eleni Anna Prevedorou, and Despo Pilides -- Brenda J. Baker and Amy papalexandrou -- Lesley A. Gregoricka and Susan Guise Sheridan -- Mohammad Alrousan and Alejandro Prez-Prez --
An archaeological exploration of the ancient inhabitants of the circum-Mediterranean region exploring their migration patterns, health, and diet.
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Human skeleton--Analysis. Human remains (Archaeology)--Middle East. Ethnoarchaeology--Middle East. Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.