Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation presents a synthesis of what is currently known about health, disease and healing in the Indus Civilisation in the third to early second millennia BCE, underpinned by original research. It is the result of a detailed study of published human skeletal remains and material culture, with an increasing awareness of the natural environment. When combined with a knowledge of palaeoepidemiology and the natural history of disease, ancient climate change, and what is known of healing and health in contemporary Bronze Age societies of the Near East, with which the Indus Civilisation was in contact, it has been possible to piece together a picture of diseases in the period, the practice of healing and the development of public health. For the first time, the book illustrates the health, life expectancy, and the illnesses and injuries from which those at the bottom of society suffered, both at work and at home.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-25
Mått:174 x 245 x 10 mm
Vikt:1 060 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:214
Förlag:Archaeopress
ISBN:9781803277387

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Arkeologiska perioder och områden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Professor Robert Arnott is a Fellow of Green Templeton College in the University of Oxford. An archaeologist who specialises in ancient disease and medicine, he is the author or editor of five books and over seventy, mostly single-authored, papers. In recent years, his interest has turned to South Asia, where he frequently travels for his work in modern rural health, and to the study of health, disease and medicine in the Indus Civilisation, 2600-1900 BC and its relationship with the Eastern Mediterranean in prehistory. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Recensioner i media

'The monograph is well written and illustrated, with tables and figures. The subject has been extensively researched, as evidenced by the comprehensive reference list and footnotes. The book is attractively presented, a delight to read, and is a serious and scholarly tome. The author has made an outstanding contribution to knowledge of this ancient civilisation.' – Arpan K. Banerjee (2024): Hektoen International

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Chapter One: The Indus CivilisationChronologyPre-Harappan PhaseEarly Harappan (or Pre-Urban) PhaseMature (or Urban) Harappan PhaseLate Harappan (or Post-Urban) PhaseClimate Chapter Two: Health and PopulationIntroductionDisease, Parasites and SedentismNutritionMigrationUrbanisationWomenChildrenHealth and the Late Harappan PhaseClimate change, health, disease and migration in the Late Harappan Phase Chapter Three: Disease and TraumaChildbirthCongenital and Other DeformitiesInfections and Infectious Diseases: an overviewZoonotic Diseases and Diseases of AgricultureTuberculosisInfectionsTetanusLeprosy (Hansen’s Disease)Other Diseases of UrbanisationSmallpoxRabiesOphthalmic DiseasesMetabolic and Nutritional DiseaseEnvironmental Disorders and FamineNeoplastic DiseaseMalariaTraumatic InjuriesOsteoarthritis and other Degenerative Diseases of BoneDental DiseaseConclusionChapter Four: Diseases Of OccupationPhysical StressCraft SpecialisationTextile WorkersJuteMetal WorkersBead MakersSeal CarversSewer CleanersBuilders, Carpenters and BricklayersHerdersOther Occupations Chapter Five: Public Health and SanitationWater SupplyThe Great Bath of Mohenjo-daroDomestic Bathing and Toilet FacilitiesUrban Drainage and SewageOther SitesDischarge Chapter Six: Healing and MedicineHealing and ReligionMedical PracticeDentistryMedical and Surgical Instruments and EquipmentThe Materia Medica Chapter Seven: Epilogue Bibliography