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Author Riccomi, Giulia, author.

Title Bioarchaeology and dietary reconstruction across late antiquity and the Middle Ages in Tuscany, Central Italy / Giulia Riccomi.

Publication Info. Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2021]
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 175 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series Archaeopress archaeology
Archaeopress archaeology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-172).
Summary This volume presents the first multidisciplinary bioarchaeological analysis to reconstruct life conditions in ancient Tuscany between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. This was done through the examination of stress markers, including adult stature, periosteal reaction, cranial porosities, linear enamel hypoplasia and paleodietary reconstruction.
Contents List of Figures ; Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; I. Introduction ; II. Historical Background of Tuscany in the 1st Millennium AD ; III. Background of Late Antique and Medieval Sites in Tuscia ; IV. Antropology, Palaeopathology and Biochemistry Methodologies ; V. Osteological and Stable Isotope Results ; VI. Theoretical Framework for Discussing Osteoarchaelogical and Palaeodietary Data ; VII. Conclusion ; References ; Appendix.
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Subject Human remains (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Tuscany.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Italy -- Tuscany.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Tuscany.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Biochemical markers -- Italy -- Tuscany.
Biochemical markers.
Food habits -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History -- To 1500.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Food habits.
Tuscany (Italy) -- History -- To 1434.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Civilization.
Medieval European archaeology.
History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Civilization.
Genre/Form History.
Other Form: Print version: 1789698650 9781789698657 (OCoLC)1242107905
ISBN 9781789698664 (electronic book)
1789698669 (electronic book)
1789698650
9781789698657