Life and death on the Nile : a bioethnography of three ancient Nubian communities /

Life and death on the Nile : a bioethnography of three ancient Nubian communities /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Armelagos, George J., author.
Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2017. ©2017
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Nubia. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Sudan. Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Nubia -- History. Nubia -- Antiquities. Africa -- Nubia. Sudan. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11914355

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Other authors / contributors:	Van Gerven, Dennis P., author.
ISBN:	9780813052861 0813052866 9780813054452 0813054451
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 8, 2017).
Summary:	George J. Armelagos spent thirty years at various sites in Sudan searching for ancient Nubian civilizations that gave rise to what we now know as the upper Nile civilizations. Most of these sites are now underwater, due to being inundated when the Aswan Dam was built on the Upper Nile and flooded the ancient cities of Wadi Halfa and Kulubnarti. While hundreds of articles have been written about the research at these sites, this monograph, where Armelagos invited his former student Dennis Van Gerven to collaborate with him, represents the first attempt to explore all of the biocultural relationships between the villages, the people, and the region.
Other form:	Print version: Armelagos, George J. Life and death on the Nile. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2017

Table of Contents:

Life and death on the Nile
Skulls, races, and evolution
Health and disease: the children
Growth and development
Health and disease: the adults
Case studies
A bioethnography.