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Title
The science of Roman history
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Biology, climate, and the future of the past
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Scheidel, Walter, 1966- (editor)
Subject
Rome--Civilization--Methodology (LCSH)
Rome--History--Methodology (LCSH)
Roman World (MESH)
History, Ancient (MESH)
Archaeology--methods (MESH)
Civilization
Rome (Empire) (FAST)
Genre Form
History (LCGFT)
Language
English (eng)
Illustrative Content
illustrations
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Classification
LCC: DG78 .S346 2018 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
NLM: 2019 F-317 (Assigner: dnlm) (Status: used by assigner)
NLM: DG 78 (Assigner: dnlm) (Status: not used by assigner)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
index (index)
Content
text (txt)
Summary
"How the latest cutting-edge science offers a fuller picture of life in Rome and antiquity. This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive look at how the latest advances in the sciences are transforming our understanding of ancient Roman history. Walter Scheidel brings together leading historians, anthropologists, and geneticists at the cutting edge of their fields, who explore novel types of evidence that enable us to reconstruct the realities of life in the Roman world. Contributors discuss climate change and its impact on Roman history, and then cover botanical and animal remains, which cast new light on agricultural and dietary practices. They exploit the rich record of human skeletal material--both bones and teeth-which forms a bio-archive that has preserved vital information about health, nutritional status, diet, disease, working conditions, and migration. Complementing this discussion is an in-depth analysis of trends in human body height, a marker of general well-being. This book also assesses the contribution of genetics to our understanding of the past, demonstrating how ancient DNA is used to track infectious diseases, migration, and the spread of livestock and crops, while the DNA of modern populations helps us reconstruct ancient migrations, especially colonization. Opening a path toward a genuine biohistory of Rome and the wider ancient world, The Science of Roman History offers an accessible introduction to the scientific methods being used in this exciting new area of research, as well as an up-to-date survey of recent findings and a tantalizing glimpse of what the future holds"--Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Introduction / Walter Scheidel
Reconstructing the Roman Climate / Kyle Harper & Michael McCormick
Archaeobotany: the archaeology of human-plant interactions / Marijke van der Veen
Zooarchaeology: reconstructing the natural and cultural worlds from archaeological faunal remains / Michael MacKinnon
Bones, teeth, and history / Alessandra Sperduti, Luca Bonditi, Oliver E. Craig, Tracy Prowse, & Peter Garnsey
Human growth and stature / Rebecca Gowland & Lauren Walther
Ancient DNA / Noreen Tuross & Michael G. Campana
Modern DNA and the ancient Mediterranean / Roy J. King & Peter A. Underhill
Authorized Access Point
The science of Roman history
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