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020 _a9781139048002 (ebook)
020 _z9780521194327 (hardback)
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050 0 0 _aR138
_b.B35 2013
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100 1 _aBaker, Patricia Anne,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe archaeology of medicine in the Greco-Roman world /
_cPatricia A. Baker, University of Kent.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 191 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Background to archaeological theories and methods -- Text as material culture -- Images -- Small finds -- Healing spaces -- Archaeological science -- Conclusion.
520 _aThis book teaches students and scholars of Greco-Roman medical history how to use and critically assess archaeological materials. Ancient medicine is a subject dominated by textual sources, yet there is a wealth of archaeological remains that can be used to broaden our understanding of medicine in the past. In order to use the information properly, this book explains how to ask questions of an archaeological nature, how to access different types of archaeological materials, and how to overcome problems the researcher might face. It also acts as an introduction to the archaeology of medicine for archaeologists interested in this aspect of their subject. Although the focus is on the Greco-Roman period, the methods and theories explained within the text can be applied to other periods in history. The areas covered include text as material culture, images, artifacts, spaces of medicine, and science and archaeology.
650 0 _aMedicine, Greek and Roman
_xHistory.
650 0 _aMedical archaeology.
650 0 _aMedicine, Ancient.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521194327
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139048002
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