Making Faces. Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence.

Prag, John & Neave, Richard.

ISBN 10: 0714127159 / ISBN 13: 9780714127156

Verlag: British Museum Press., London, 1999

Beschreibung

256pp, index, bibliography, bw photos & drawings. Or card covers. As new. The story of pioneering work in facial reconstruction for ancient peoples. Archaeologist Prag and medical artist Neave, give first-hand accounts of the search for evidence to recreate a likeness and explain the historical circumstances surrounding each body. Their subjects include a Minoan priest and priestess crushed in an earthquake while performing a human sacrifice; Lindow Man, the Iron Age body found in a peat bog near Manchester; King Midas of Phrygia who was reputed to have asses ears; and King Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. In some cases these facial reconstructions have helped to solve problems that have long vexed scolars, opening up whole new vistas of the past. Size: Large 8vo.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004678

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Making Faces. Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence.
• Verlag: British Museum Press., London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0714127159
• ISBN-13: 9780714127156
• Einband: Soft Cover
• Auflage: First Paperback.
• Zustand: Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Ancient History / Archaeology
  • Medicine / Health / Psych

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Inhaltsangabe

Facial reconstruction brings together the work of numerous specialists ranging from archaeologists to geneticists. Prag and Neave consider both the historical implications and the modern applications of this important new technique