Format:
1 Online-Ressource (485 pages)
ISBN:
9781785703607
Content:
Front Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Dead bodies - Live data: Some reflections from the sideline (J. Rasmus Brandt) -- PART I: FROM LIFE TO DEATH: DEATH AND THE SOCIAL AND FUNERARY SETTING -- 1.The Sanctuary of St Philip in Hierapolis and the tombs of saints in Anatolian cities Francesco D'Andria -- 2.Necropoleis from the territory of Hierapolis in Phrygia: New data from archaeological surveys Giuseppe Scardozzi -- 3.The South-East Necropolis of Hierapolis in Phrygia: Planning, typologies, and construction techniques Donatella Ronchetta -- 3.The South-East Necropolis of Hierapolis in Phrygia: Planning, typologies, and construction techniques Donatella Ronchetta -- 5.Tomb ownership in Lycia: Site selection and burial rights with selected rock tombs and epigraphic material from Tlos Gül Işın and Ertan Yıldız -- 6.The sarcophagus of Alexandros, son of Philippos: An important discovery in the Lycian city of Tlos Taner Korkut and Çilem Uygun -- 7.'Til death do them part': Reconstructing Graeco-Roman family life from funerary inscriptions of Aphrodisias Esen Öğüş -- 8.Social status and tomb monuments in Hierapolis and Roman Asia Minor Sven Ahrens -- 9.New evidence for non-elite burial patterns in central Turkey Andrew L. Goldman -- 10.Reflections on the mortuary landscape of Ephesus: The archaeology of death in a Roman metropolis Martin Steskal -- 11.Christian burials in a pagan context at Amorium Christopher S. Lightfoot -- 12.Romans, Christians, and pilgrims at Hierapolis in Phrygia: Changes in funerary practices and mental processes Camilla Cecilie Wenn, Sven Ahrens, and J. Rasmus Brandt -- PART II: FROM DEATH TO LIFE: DEMOGRAPHY, HEALTH, AND LIVING CONDITIONS -- 13.Analysis of DNA in human skeletal material from Hierapolis Gro Bjørnstad and Erika Hagelberg
Content:
14.Isotopic investigations of human diet and mobility at the site of Hierapolis, Turkey Megan Wong, Elise Naumann, Klervia Jaouen, and Michael Richards -- 15.Diet in Roman Pergamon: Preliminary results using stable isotope (C, N, S), osteoarchaeological and historical data Johanna Propstmeier, Olaf Nehlich, Michael P. Richards, Gisela Grupe, Gundula H. Müldner, and Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen -- 16.Pergamon - Kyme - Priene: Health and disease from the Roman to the late Byzantine period in different locations of Asia Minor Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen -- 17.Toothache, back pain, and fatal injuries: What skeletons reveal about life and death at Roman and Byzantine Hierapolis Henrike Kiesewetter -- 18.Health and disease of infants and children in Byzantine Anatolia between AD 600 and 1350 Michael Schultz and Tyede H. Schmidt-Schultz -- 19.Infant and child skeletons from the Lower City Church at Byzantine Amorium F. Arzu Demirel -- 20.The wrestler from Ephesus: Osteobiography of a man from the Roman period based on his anthropological and palaeopathological record Jan Nováček, Kristina Scheelen, and Michael Schultz
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781785703591
Additional Edition:
Print version Brandt, J. Rasmus Life and Death in Asia Minor in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Times : Studies in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology Havertown : Oxbow Books,c2017 ISBN 9781785703591
Language:
English
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