The Roman and Byzantine Graves and Human Remains
Format:Hardback
Publisher:American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Published:1st Jun '12
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This study describes and interprets the graves and human remains of Roman and Byzantine date recovered by excavation between 1954 and 1976 in several locales around the Isthmian Sanctuary and the succeeding fortifications. This material provides important evidence for both death and life in the Greek countryside during the Late Roman to Early Byzantine periods. Examination of burial within the local settlement, comparative study of mortuary behavior, and analysis of skeletal morphology, ancient demography, oral health and paleopathology all contribute to a picture of the rural Corinthians over this transitional era as interactive, resilient and modestly innovative.
Winner of the 2012-2013 CAMWS Outstanding Publication Award.
Combined with the evidence from nearby Corinth, no other area of the Late Roman world is now so well-recorded, especially for its burial practices and human remains. With this material now published, new questions about urban and rural life, demography, disease, and burial practices in Late Antique Corinthia and beyond can be posed and new answers sought.
Edward M. Schoolman, University of Nevada, Reno, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
ISBN: 9780876619391
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 2329g
512 pages