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Eastern Roman mounted archers and extraordinary medico-surgical interventions at Paliokastro in Thasos Island during the ProtoByzantine period : the historical and medical history records and the archaeo-anthropological evidence /
Procopius' 'History of the Wars', and the 'Strategikon' offer important aspects of Eastern Roman military tactical changes adopted against their enemies that brought the mounted archer-lancer to domineer in the synthesis of the army, along with concise descriptions of their...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Access archaeology.
Archaeopress archaeology. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Copyright Information
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Figure 1. Thasos island in a regional map of the Eastern Roman Empire, rendering by Argie Agelarakis.
- Figure 2. Map of Thasos island, with the location of its capital city Limenas, its villages and settlements, and the location of Paliokastro (see arrow) in the region of Rachoni village, rendering by Argie Agelarakis.
- Figure 3. Seaward view of Rachoni region and location of Paliokastro site.
- Figure 4. Field of view just above the olive groves of Rachoni village, at a lower elevation than the site of Paliokastro.
- Figure 5. Uncovering the slab stones from the graves within the naiskos' floor.
- Figure 6. The four graves within the naiskos' floor.
- Figure 7. North, long, wall of grave No. 2.
- Figure 8. Pessokranon, decorative architectural component of naiskos.
- Figure 9. Thasos archaeological Museum laboratory
- Adelphi student assistants during the skeletal analysis.
- Table 1. Basic archaeological proveniences and demographic profile of Paliokastro population sample.
- Figure 10. Anthropological remains in situ.
- Figure 11. Sample case on dental anthropology.
- Figure 12. Colles fracture healed, palaeopathological manifestations, and matters of skeletal preservation.
- Figure 13. Anterior view of bilateral tibial diaphyseal healed fractures.
- Figure 14. Length of tibial callus on its anterior crest.
- Figure 15. X-ray imaging of bilateral healed tibial fractures with corresponding loci of the skeletal samples.
- Figure 16. X-ray imaging of bilateral healed tibial fractures focusing on the right tibial callus formation.
- Figure 17. Degrees of bilateral tibial diaphyseal posterior angulation on the sagittal plane.
- Figure 18. Active, in the healing process, and healed periosteal tibial diaphyseal reactions.
- Figure 19. Fibular diaphysis showing manifestations of infectious complications.
- Figure 20. Bilateral fibular diaphyseal infectious complications, with healed fracture locus (red arrows).
- Figure 21. Map of the northern Aegean shores and mainland regional to Thasos island [Excerpt from Weigel, C., (1720), Descriptio Orbis Antique, XLIV Tabulis, Graeciae Septentrionalis Pars, Nuremberg]: (1) Thasos island, (2) Ulpia Topirus (Topirus), (3) An
- Figure 22. Ectocranial left latero-posterior view of cranial component showing surgical intervention.
- Figure 23. Ectocranial view of palaeopathological specimen: a) red arrow points to orifice on the mastoid process, and b) surgical preparation dimensions peripheral to trephination.