Published:06/04/2002Language:EnglishPages:141, Includes tables, photographs, drawings.BAR Number: S1046Series: BAR International Series

The Archaeology of Medicine

Papers given at a session of the annual conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group held at the University of Birmingham on 20 December 1998

Edited by Robert Arnott

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This volume of proceedings gathers papers on the archaeology of medicine delivered at a session of the annual conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group in Birmingham in 1998. The contributors consider archaeological fields such as palaeopathology and osteology, and the applications of modern medical techniques to these areas; the nature of disease, medicine and healthcare in ancient, medieval and early modern societies, and the evidence for these pre-modern attitudes, including literary sources; surgery, dentistry, medicine chests and medicinal plants in the archaeological record; and more. The papers not only demonstrate how far the archaeology of medicine has come, but encourages future research in this multifaceted and interdisciplinary subfield.