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This volume grew out of an interdisciplinary discussion held in the context of the Leverhulme-funded project 'Changing Beliefs in the Human Body', through which the image of the body in pieces soon emerged as a potent site of attitudes about the body and associated practices in many period...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rebay-Salisbury, Katharina (Editor ), Sørensen, Marie Louise Stig (Editor ), Hughes, Jessica (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Oakville, CT : D. Brown Bk. Co., ©2010.
Temas:
Human remains (Archaeology) > Europe.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Middle East.
Human body > Social aspects > Europe.
Human body > Social aspects > Middle East.
Restes humains (Archéologie) > Europe.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Europe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Antiquities
Human body > Social aspects
Human remains (Archaeology)
Mänskliga kvarlevor.
Människokroppen > sociala aspekter.
Europe > Antiquities.
Middle East > Antiquities.
Europe > Antiquités.
Moyen-Orient > Antiquités.
Europe
Middle East
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This volume grew out of an interdisciplinary discussion held in the context of the Leverhulme-funded project 'Changing Beliefs in the Human Body', through which the image of the body in pieces soon emerged as a potent site of attitudes about the body and associated practices in many periods. Archaeologists routinely encounter parts of human and animal bodies in their excavations. Such fragmentary evidence has often been created through accidental damage and the passage of time - nevertheless, it can also signify a deliberate and meaningful act of fragmentation. As a fragment, a part may acquir.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (148 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781842178188
1842178180

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