Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Patricia Anne Baker ,  Gillian Carr
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.676kg
ISBN:  

9781842170793

ISBN 10:   1842170791
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   22 November 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Medical anthropology, material culture, and new directions in medical archaeology (Elisabeth Hsu) Diagnosing some ills: the archaeology, literature and history of Roman medicine (Patricia A Baker) Tuberculosis: a multidisciplinary approach to past and current concepts, causes and treatment of this infectious disease (Charlotte Roberts) A preliminary account of the doctor's grave at Stanway, Colchester (Philip Crummy) A time to live a time to heal and a time to die: healing and divination in later Iron Age and Early Roman Britain (Gillian Carr) A Computer simulation of Mambila divination (David Zeitlyn) Beer, trees, pigs and chickens: medical tools of the Lohorung shaman and priest (Charlotte Hardman) Healing here, there and in-between: a Tamu shaman's experience of international landscapes (Judith Pettigrew and Yarjung Tamu) The Xaghra Shaman? (Simon Stoddart) Tobacco and curing agency in Western Amazonian shamanism (Francoise Barbira Freedman) Magic, healing, or death? Issues of Seidr, `balance', and morality in past and present (Jenny Blain) Of crystal balls, political power, and changing contexts: what the clever women of Salerno inherited (Christopher Knusel) Lithic therapy in early Chinese body practices (Vivienne Lo) Kill or cure: Athenian judicial curses and the body in fear (Ralph Anderson) Etruscan female tooth evulsion: gold dental appliances as ornaments (Marshall Becker)

Reviews

a stimulating volume'--Wolf-Rudiger Teegen ""European Journal of Archaeology, 2005"" This book will be of interest to medical anthropologists and palaeopathologists, and also to a broader range of specialists'--Sonia R Zakrzewski ""Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2005""

a stimulating volume'--Wolf-Rudiger Teegen European Journal of Archaeology (01/01/2005) a stimulating volume'--Wolf-Rudiger Teegen European Journal of Archaeology, 2005 a stimulating volume'--Wolf-Rudiger Teegen -European Journal of Archaeology, 2005 - This book will be of interest to medical anthropologists and palaeopathologists, and also to a broader range of specialists'--Sonia R Zakrzewski Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2005

a stimulating volume'--Wolf-Rudiger Teegen European Journal of Archaeology, 2005 This book will be of interest to medical anthropologists and palaeopathologists, and also to a broader range of specialists'--Sonia R Zakrzewski Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2005

This book will be of interest to medical anthropologists and palaeopathologists, and also to a broader range of specialists'--Sonia R Zakrzewski Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2005

Author Information

edited by Patricia Anne Baker and Gillian Carr

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions