The bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina: life and death in Greek Sicily

Using the concept of materiality as an interpretive framework, Carrie Sulosky Weaver presents an interdisciplinary examination of the Passo Marinaro necropolis (ca. 5th to 3rd c. BCE) for the purpose of reconstructing the synchronic dynamics, state of health and mortuary practices of Kamarina, an an...

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Main Author: Sulosky Weaver, Carrie L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL University Press of Florida 2016
Series:Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:Using the concept of materiality as an interpretive framework, Carrie Sulosky Weaver presents an interdisciplinary examination of the Passo Marinaro necropolis (ca. 5th to 3rd c. BCE) for the purpose of reconstructing the synchronic dynamics, state of health and mortuary practices of Kamarina, an ancient Greek city-state in southeastern Sicily. By considering material evidence from the necropolis together with findings from the biological study of the human remains, a more complete portrait of the Kamarinean people emerges
Item Description:Previous edition issued in print: 2015. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
ISBN:9780813051406
DOI:10.5744/florida/9780813061122.001.0001

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