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Beschreibung
"With its broad focus ranging from medicine to history, this book provides a solid historical understanding of how the nature of past cultures and civilisations affects human risk of disease. For readers fascinated by ancient societies and past civilizations as well as those intrigued by the health of our ancestors"--
"With its broad focus ranging from medicine to history, this book provides a solid historical understanding of how the nature of past cultures and civilisations affects human risk of disease. For readers fascinated by ancient societies and past civilizations as well as those intrigued by the health of our ancestors"--
Über den Autor
Piers Mitchell is trained in medicine, archaeology and medical history, and leads the Ancient Parasites Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK. Piers has been president of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, and also president of the Paleopathology Association, the worldwide organisation for the study of ancient diseases.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Near Eastern civilizations; 3. Ancient Egypt and Nubia; 4. The prehistoric peoples of Europe; 5. The Roman world; 6. Medieval Europe; 7. East Asian civilizations; 8. North American indigenous peoples; 9. South and Central American civilizations; 10. Parasites, migrations and epidemics; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Biologie, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781107000773
ISBN-10: 1107000777
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Mitchell, Piers D
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 231 x 154 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Piers D Mitchell
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,438 kg
Artikel-ID: 126476744