Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation
Archaeopress (Verlag)
978-1-80327-738-7 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Introduction
Chapter One: The Indus Civilisation
Chronology
Pre-Harappan Phase
Early Harappan (or Pre-Urban) Phase
Mature (or Urban) Harappan Phase
Late Harappan (or Post-Urban) Phase
Climate
Chapter Two: Health and Population
Introduction
Disease, Parasites and Sedentism
Nutrition
Migration
Urbanisation
Women
Children
Health and the Late Harappan Phase
Climate change, health, disease and migration in the Late Harappan Phase
Chapter Three: Disease and Trauma
Childbirth
Congenital and Other Deformities
Infections and Infectious Diseases: an overview
Zoonotic Diseases and Diseases of Agriculture
Tuberculosis
Infections
Tetanus
Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease)
Other Diseases of Urbanisation
Smallpox
Rabies
Ophthalmic Diseases
Metabolic and Nutritional Disease
Environmental Disorders and Famine
Neoplastic Disease
Malaria
Traumatic Injuries
Osteoarthritis and other Degenerative Diseases of Bone
Dental Disease
Conclusion
Chapter Four: Diseases Of Occupation
Physical Stress
Craft Specialisation
Textile Workers
Jute
Metal Workers
Bead Makers
Seal Carvers
Sewer Cleaners
Builders, Carpenters and Bricklayers
Herders
Other Occupations
Chapter Five: Public Health and Sanitation
Water Supply
The Great Bath of Mohenjo-daro
Domestic Bathing and Toilet Facilities
Urban Drainage and Sewage
Other Sites
Discharge
Chapter Six: Healing and Medicine
Healing and Religion
Medical Practice
Dentistry
Medical and Surgical Instruments and Equipment
The Materia Medica
Chapter Seven: Epilogue
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.04.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 173 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 857 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80327-738-6 / 1803277386 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80327-738-7 / 9781803277387 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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