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Title:
Written in bones : how human remains unlock the secrets of the dead / consultant editor, Paul Bahn.
Author:
Bahn, Paul G.
Publication Information:
Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2012.
Call Number:
CC79.5 .H85 W75 2012
Abstract:
Human remains have much to tell us about how our ancestors lived and died, what they believed, and the rituals that were important to them. In Written in Bones, a team of international forensic anthropologists and archaeologists examines important case studies of human remains found at archeological sites around the world. Comprehensive text and color photographs describe how the remains were analyzed using modern scientific techniques and how the data were assembled to create authentic pictures of ancient culture.
Edition:
2nd ed., rev. & expanded.
ISBN:
9781554079926
Physical Description:
224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Contents:
One. A Way of Life -- Two. Natural Deaths -- Three. Deliberate Deaths -- Four. Burials -- Five. Mummies and Mummification.
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