The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work and Violence Over Two Millennia by Charlotte A. Roberts, Joerg Baten, Clark Larsen, Richard Steckel

Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology

The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work and Violence Over Two Millennia

Charlotte A. Roberts, Joerg Baten, Clark Larsen, Richard Steckel

476 pages 2018

1 edition

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Using human skeletal remains, this volume traces health, workload and violence in the European population over the past 2,000 years. Health was surprisingly good for people who lived during the early Medieval Period. The Plague of Justinian of the...

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