| Description |
1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Curatorial Training in Human Remains for the Egyptian Museum, Cairo -- Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in the Early Dynastic Period at Abydos, Egypt -- Humans and Animals Together in the Journey to the Afterlife -- The Burial in Area R11 under the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep II, Luxor, West Thebes -- Italian Archaeological Project -- To Be or Not to Be a Dog Mummy -- How a Metric Study of the Skull Can Inform on Selection Practices Pertaining to Canid Mummification in Ancient Egypt -- Newcomers in the Bestiary -- A Review of the Presence of Lycaon pictus in Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Environment and Iconography -- Dévots et animaux sacrés -- Tuberculosis at Tell-el Amarna -- A Theoretical Exercise in the Economic and Social Effects of Chronic, Terminal Disease in Ancient Egypt -- Burial Practies in the West Delta: Cases from Kom Aziza -- A Structure-from-Motion Pipeline for Bone Morphology 3D Analysis -- Lions and Science and Whorls, Oh My! -- Human and Faunal Remains in Egypt: A New Department and a New Approach -- Creatures of the Sun, Creatures of the Moon: Animal Mummies from Lisbon's National Archaeological Museum -- Brief Notes about a Mummified Crocodile from the National Archaeological Museum (MANN) of Naples, Italy -- Venerunt, Viderunt, Vicerunt: The Roman Conquest and the Non-Elite -- Faunal Remains at the Causeway of Sahura -- Interactions between Teeth and Their Environment: A Study of the Effect on Adult Dental Age Estimation -- Discovery of an Unexpected Textile Fiber in a Fish Mummy from the Musée des Confluences (Lyon) Collection -- Women's Health Issues Reflected in Case Studies from Theban Tomb 16 -- Analyse des gazelles momifiées de Kom Mereh/Komir (Haute Egypte) conservées au Musée des Confluences (Lyon, France) -- Did Egyptians Eat Donkeys? Reflections from Historical and Archaeological Data -- What I Have Learned: Assumptions Bad, Intersections Good -- Biomolecular Stable Isotope and Carbon-14 Dates of Ancient Egyptian Food Offerings: A Case Study from a Provincial Cemetery of Deir al-Ballas -- Animal Butchering Technology in Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt: Textual and Iconographic Evidence for the Shift from Stone to Metal Tools -- Anthropological Study of the Egyptian Mummy from the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Using Computed Tomography -- Intentionally Burnt Human Remains from the Kom Ombo Temple Salvage Excavation |
| Summary |
This book explores the interaction between animals, plants, and humans in ancient Egypt. It draws together different aspects of the bioarchaeology of Egypt: flora, fauna, and human remains. These come from sites throughout the country from Alexandria to Aswan, as well as material from museum basements. The material presented here includes the results of new and previously unpublished excavations in the Delta and Thebes, in-depth studies of different species |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 21, 2021) |
| Subject |
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Egypt
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Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Egypt
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Plant remains (Archaeology) -- Egypt
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Human-animal relationships -- Egypt -- History
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Human ecology -- Egypt -- History
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Animal remains (Archaeology)
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Human-animal relationships
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Human ecology
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Human remains (Archaeology)
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Plant remains (Archaeology)
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Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ikram, Salima, editor
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Kaiser, Jessica, editor
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Porcier, Stéphanie, editor
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| ISBN |
9789464260373 |
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9464260378 |
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