The Archaeology of Disease

Author: Charlotte A. Roberts
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801473883
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries from which humans suffered in antiquity. Charlotte Roberts and Keith Manchester offer a vivid picture of ancient disease and trauma by combining the results of scientific research with information gathered from documents, other areas of archaeology, art, and ethnography. The book contains information on congenital, infectious, dental, joint, endocrine, and metabolic diseases. The authors provide a clinical context for specific ailments and accidents and consider the relevance of ancient demography, basic bone biology, funerary practices, and prehistoric medicine. This fully revised third edition has been updated to and encompasses rapidly developing research methods of in this fascinating field.

The Archaeology of Disease

Author: Charlotte A. Roberts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750914833
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
This text shows how scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries from which humans suffered in antiquity. Charlotte Roberts and Keith Manchester study evidence gleaned from written records and works of art as well as from ancient human remains, and they combine a clinical interpretation of prevalent diseases with a graphic description of thier social, economic, and cultural consequences. This edition includes case studies from around the world and gives an account of the rapid technical advances that have dramatically increased our knowledge of illness in the distant past.

Shuffling Nags, Lame Ducks

Author: Laszlo Bartosiewicz
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1782971947
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311

Book Description
The analysis of animal bone assemblages from archaeological sites provides much valuable data concerning economic and husbandry practices in the past, as well as insights into cultural and symbolic or ritual activity. Animal palaeopathology can identify diseases in archaeozoological assemblages but little interest has been expressed in investigating and understanding the cultural aspects of the diseases identified. Such assemblages represent the cumulative effects of human attitudes, decisions and influences regarding the keeping, care, treatment, neglect and exploitation of animals which result in a range of conditions, non-infectious diseases and injuries that can be recognised on ancient skeletal material. Additionally, ever since the domestication of a handful of animal species around 10,000 years ago, close physical proximity has been a mutual source of infectious disease and traumatic injury for humans and animals alike. Shuffling Nags, Lame Ducks provides an invaluable guide to the investigation of trauma and disease in archaeozoological assemblages. It provides a clear methodological approach, and describes and explains the wide range of traumatic lesions, infections, diseases, inherited disorders and other pathological changes and anomalies that can be identified. In so doing, it explores the impact that “man-made” decisions have had on animals, including special aspects of culture that may be reflected in the treatment of diseased or injured animals often incorporating powerful symbolic or religious roles, and seeks to enhance our understanding of the relationship between man and beast in the past. Chapters include: · History of studying pathological animal remains · Differences between human and animal palaeopathology · Methodology · Growth, development and ageing · Traumatic lesions · Inflammatory diseases and bone · Pathological lesions in working animals · Diseases connected to the environment

Palaeopathology

Author: Tony Waldron
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139474006
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 542

Book Description
Palaeopathology is designed to help bone specialists with diagnosis of diseases in skeletal assemblages. It suggests an innovative method of arriving at a diagnosis in the skeleton by applying what are referred to as 'operational definitions'. The aim is to ensure that all those who study bones will use the same criteria for diagnosing disease, which will enable valid comparisons to be made between studies. This book is based on modern clinical knowledge and provides background information so that those who read it will understand the natural history of bone diseases, and this will enable them to draw reliable conclusions from their observations. Details of bone metabolism and the fundamentals of basic pathology are also provided, as well as a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography. A short chapter on epidemiology provides information on how best to analyze and present the results of a study of human remains.

The Archaeology of Disease

Author: Keith Manchester
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description

The Archaeology of Human Bones

Author: Simon Mays
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134687923
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to what can be learnt from the scientific study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites.

Leprosy

Author: Charlotte A. Roberts
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 9781683401841
Category : MEDICAL
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Biology of Leprosy Bacteria and How They Are Transmitted to Humans -- How Leprosy Affects the Human Body -- Past and Present Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis -- The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy -- The Bioarchaeological Evidence of Leprosy -- Reconstructing the Origin, Evolution, and History of Leprosy -- Conclusions: A Future for Leprosy; Clinical and Bioarchaeological Perspectives.

Death and Disease in the Ancient City

Author: Valerie M. Hope
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134611560
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Diseases and Human Evolution

Author: Ethne Barnes
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826330666
Category : Epidemiology
Languages : en
Pages : 500

Book Description
Barnes, a paleopathologist, offers general overviews of specific diseases (West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, cholera, etc.) and their carriers.

The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis

Author: Charlotte A. Roberts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813032696
Category : Paleopathology
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A study of tuberculosis, a persistent and important infectious disease, covering its aetiology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis. It reveals that tuberculosis has repeatedly increased over time as societies have become more complex socially, economically and politically.