Screen LibraryThe backbone of Europe : health, diet, work and violence over two millennia /
"Using human skeletal remains, this volume traces health, workload and violence in the European population over the past 2,000 years. Health was surprisingly good for people who lived during the early Medieval Period. The Plague of Justinian of the 6th century was ultimately beneficial for heal...
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| Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;
[80] |
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| Summary: |
"Using human skeletal remains, this volume traces health, workload and violence in the European population over the past 2,000 years. Health was surprisingly good for people who lived during the early Medieval Period. The Plague of Justinian of the 6th century was ultimately beneficial for health because the smaller population had relatively more resources that contributed to better living conditions. Increasing population density and inequality in the following centuries imposed an unhealthy diet - poor in protein - on the European population. With the onset of the Little Ice Age in the lat |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108421959 1108421954 |
| Index Number: | CC79 |
| CLC: |
Q983 K885.088 |
| Call Number: | K885.088/B126 |
| Contents: | The European History of Health Project : introduction to goals, materials, and methods / Richard H. Steckel, Clark Spencer Larsen, Charlotte A. Roberts, and Joerg Baten -- Contextual dimensions of health and lifestyle : isotopes, diet, migration, and the archaeological and historical records / Rimantas Jankauskas and Gisela Grupe -- Measuring community health using skeletal remains : a health index for Europe / Richard H. Steckel and Anna Kjellström -- The history of European oral health : evidence from dental caries and antemortem tooth loss / Ursula Witwer-Backofen and Felix Engel -- Pro |