Resurrecting Pompeii

by Estelle Lazer

• ISBN13: 9780203885161
• ISBN10: 0203885163
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-09-10
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Resurrecting Pompeii provides an in-depth study of a unique site from antiquity with information about a population who all died from the same known cause within a short period of time. Pompeii has been continuously excavated and studied since 1748. Early scholars working in Pompeii and other sites associated with the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius were seduced by the wealth of artefacts and wall paintings yielded by the site. This meant that the less visually attractive evidence, such as human skeletal remains, were largely ignored. Recognizing the important contribution of the human skeletal evidence to the archaeology of Pompeii, Resurrecting Pompeiiremedies that misdemeanour, and provides students of archaeology and history with an essential resource in the study of this fascinating historical event.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Previous Studies of Human Skeletal Remains from the AD 79 Eruption 2. Reasons for theNeglect of Pompeian Skeletal Research 3. Establishing the Parameters of the Smaple and Addressing the "Pompeii Premise" 4.The Pompeian Skeletal Remains 5. Sexual Attribution 6. Determination of Age at Death 7. General Health of the Population 8.Population Variability 9. General Discussion and Conclusions