Health and Disease in Byzantine Crete (7th-12th centuries AD) (Hardcover, New Ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Medicine in the Medieval Mediterranean
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Chryssi Bourbou
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-6615-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-6615-8
Barcode:	9780754666158

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