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The archaeology of medicine in the Greco-Roman world /
This book teaches students and scholars of Greco-Roman medical history how to use and critically assess archaeological materials.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Archaeology of Medicine in the Greco-Roman World; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Meanings that Lie Beneath the Material Remains; 1.3 Relevance of Archaeology to Medical History; 1.4 The Reason for This Book; 1.5 Design of This Book; 1.6 Limits of the Text; 1.7 Conclusion; Consideration Questions; Further Reading; Basic Archaeological Textbooks; Medical History Textbooks for the Ancient World; Chapter 2 Background to Archaeological Theories and Methods.
- 2.1 Defining Medical History and Archaeology2.2 A Modern Example of Meanings Derived from Materials: A Visit to My Doctor's Office; 2.3 Evolving Archaeological Theory; 2.3.1 Cultural History; 2.3.2 Processual Archaeology; 2.3.3 Postprocessual Archaeology; 2.4 Introduction to Field Methods; 2.5 Conclusion; Consideration Questions; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Text as Material Culture; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Need to Study Material Remains; 3.3 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Historical Period Archaeology; 3.3.1 Relationship between History and Archaeology.
- 3.3.2 The Promotion of Interdisciplinary Approaches3.4 Working with Texts; 3.5 Textual Sources as Material Culture; 3.5.1 Who Studies These Textual Remains?; 3.5.2 Readership; 3.5.3 Dating and Demography; 3.5.4 Papyrus and Parchment; 3.5.5 Wood; 3.5.6 Stone and Bronze Inscriptions; 3.5.7 Pottery; 3.5.8 Collyrium Stamps; 3.5.9 Lead; 3.5.10 Writing Materials; 3.6 Text as Material Culture; 3.7 Conclusion; Consideration Questions; Further Reading; Inscriptions; Papyri Collections; Vindolanda Tablets; Chapter 4 Images; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Art History and Classical Archaeology; 4.2.1 Roman Art.
- 4.2.2 Art Historical Developments4.3 Anthropology of Art; 4.4 General Questions to be Addressed of Art Objects; 4.5 Specific Questions to be Addressed; 4.5.1 How Was the Image Intended to be Viewed?; 4.5.2 Ekphrasis; 4.5.3 Representations of Medical Practitioners and Tools; 4.5.4 Can Medical Conditions be Identified on Images?; 4.5.5 Medical Procedures; 4.5.6 Body Type; 4.5.7 Regional Attributes of Healing Deities; 4.5.8 The Image as an Ingredient to Healing; 4.6 Conclusion; Consideration Questions; Further Reading; Numismatic Collections; Painted Pottery; Painting; Sculpture.
- Chapter 5 Small Finds5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Defining the Term Artefact; 5.3 Problems of Classification and Identification; 5.3.1 Emic and Etic Categories; 5.3.2 Misidentification; 5.3.3 The Influence of Archaeological Theories and the Interpretation of Artefacts; 5.4 The Practice of Collecting Information about Material Culture; 5.4.1 Setting the Question and Research Parameters; 5.4.2 Collecting Archaeological Data; 5.4.3 Creating a Database and a Distribution Map; 5.5 Interpretations; 5.5.1 Fabric, Production, and Identity; 5.5.2 Deposition and Object Meanings; 5.5.3 Sex and Age.