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Oxbow Books. Fine with no dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 1842172387 . 328 pages; This book has come out of a project that pioneered, and is continuing to pioneer, the in-depth application of state of the art scientific analyses to ceramic artefacts and skeletal material. The vases and skeletons of Bronze Age Greece which are the subjects of this comprehensive study, do not appear as they do in their usual format - illustrations in a book with descriptions of contexts. In this project, and therefore in this book, each object is revealed from the inside, and because of this, it has a different story to tell - what people ate and drank in everyday life, the diet and health of the people who lived in Bronze Age Greece. By means of organic residue and stable isotope analysis, knowledge has been extended beyond anything previously gleaned through normal archaeological research. There are some fascinating insights, such as the origin of modern Greek retsina, which was traced first to the time of…
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Archaeology Meets Science: Biomolecular Investigations in Bronze Age Greece Hardcover - 2007
by Yannis Tzedakis (Editor); Holley Martlew; Martin Jones
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- Title Archaeology Meets Science: Biomolecular Investigations in Bronze Age Greece
- Author Yannis Tzedakis (Editor); Holley Martlew; Martin Jones
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxbow Books Limited, OXFORD
- Date November 30, 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781842172384 / 1842172387
- Weight 3.15 lbs (1.43 kg)
- Dimensions 11.1 x 8.5 x 1 in (28.19 x 21.59 x 2.54 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008411210
- Dewey Decimal Code 938
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2008, Page 36
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