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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.
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