The Resource Built on bones : 15,000 years of urban life and death, Brenna Hassett
Built on bones : 15,000 years of urban life and death, Brenna Hassett
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- Summary
- "Imagine you are a hunter-gatherer some 15,000 years ago. You've got a choice--carry on foraging, or plant a few seeds and move to one of those new-fangled settlements down the valley. What you won't know is that urban life is short and riddled with dozens of new diseases; your children will be shorter and sicklier than you are, they'll be plagued with gum disease, and stand a decent chance of a violent death at the point of a spear. Why would anyone choose this? This is one of the many intriguing questions tackled by Brenna Hassett in Built on Bones. Using research on skeletal remains from around the world, this book explores the history of humanity's experiment with the metropolis, and looks at why our ancestors chose city life, and why they have largely stuck to it. It explains the diseases, the deaths and the many other misadventures that we have unwittingly unleashd upon ourselves throughout the metropolitan past, and as the world becomes increasingly urbanised, what we can look forward to in the future"--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Revolution
- Chapter 5:
- Power of equality
- Chapter 6:
- Oops upside your head
- Chapter 7:
- Under my thumb
- Chapter 8:
- War! What is it good for?
- Chapter 9:
- Introduction : (nothing but flowers)
- Under pressure
- Chapter 10:
- Bring out your dead
- Chapter 11:
- Tainted love
- Chapter 12:
- Take this job and shove it
- Chapter 13:
- Panic ...
- Conclusion: Karma police
- Chapter 1:
- Papa was a rolling stone
- Chapter 2:
- Feed me (Seymour)
- Chapter 3:
- What's new Pussycat?
- Chapter 4:
- Isbn
- 9781472922946
- Label
- Built on bones : 15,000 years of urban life and death
- Title
- Built on bones
- Title remainder
- 15,000 years of urban life and death
- Statement of responsibility
- Brenna Hassett
- Title variation
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- Fifteen thousand years of urban life and death
- 15,000 years of urban life and eath
- Subject
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- Archaeology
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns -- History
- Cities and towns -- History
- City and town life
- City and town life
- City and town life -- History
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases
- HISTORY -- World
- History
- History
- Medical archaeology
- Medical archaeology
- Medical archaeology
- Pathology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology
- Social Environment
- Social ecology -- Health aspects
- Social ecology -- Health aspects
- Urban archaeology
- Urban archaeology
- Urban archaeology
- Urban archaeology
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Urban health
- Urban health
- Urban health
- Urbanization
- Urbanization
- Urbanization -- History
- Archaeology
- Archaeology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Imagine you are a hunter-gatherer some 15,000 years ago. You've got a choice--carry on foraging, or plant a few seeds and move to one of those new-fangled settlements down the valley. What you won't know is that urban life is short and riddled with dozens of new diseases; your children will be shorter and sicklier than you are, they'll be plagued with gum disease, and stand a decent chance of a violent death at the point of a spear. Why would anyone choose this? This is one of the many intriguing questions tackled by Brenna Hassett in Built on Bones. Using research on skeletal remains from around the world, this book explores the history of humanity's experiment with the metropolis, and looks at why our ancestors chose city life, and why they have largely stuck to it. It explains the diseases, the deaths and the many other misadventures that we have unwittingly unleashd upon ourselves throughout the metropolitan past, and as the world becomes increasingly urbanised, what we can look forward to in the future"--Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hassett, Brenna
- Dewey number
- 307.7609
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HT111
- LC item number
- .H38 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Bloomsbury sigma series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- City and town life
- Urbanization
- Urban archaeology
- Cities and towns
- Urban health
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Medical archaeology
- Social ecology
- Archaeology
- Social Environment
- Archaeology
- Pathology
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- HISTORY
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Urbanization
- Urban health
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Medical archaeology
- City and town life
- Archaeology
- Cities and towns
- Urban archaeology
- Cities and towns
- Social ecology
- Urban archaeology
- Cities and towns
- Label
- Built on bones : 15,000 years of urban life and death, Brenna Hassett
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Revolution
- Chapter 5:
- Power of equality
- Chapter 6:
- Oops upside your head
- Chapter 7:
- Under my thumb
- Chapter 8:
- War! What is it good for?
- Chapter 9:
- Introduction : (nothing but flowers)
- Under pressure
- Chapter 10:
- Bring out your dead
- Chapter 11:
- Tainted love
- Chapter 12:
- Take this job and shove it
- Chapter 13:
- Panic ...
- Conclusion: Karma police
- Chapter 1:
- Papa was a rolling stone
- Chapter 2:
- Feed me (Seymour)
- Chapter 3:
- What's new Pussycat?
- Chapter 4:
- Control code
- 980620965
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781472922946
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)980620965
- Label
- Built on bones : 15,000 years of urban life and death, Brenna Hassett
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Revolution
- Chapter 5:
- Power of equality
- Chapter 6:
- Oops upside your head
- Chapter 7:
- Under my thumb
- Chapter 8:
- War! What is it good for?
- Chapter 9:
- Introduction : (nothing but flowers)
- Under pressure
- Chapter 10:
- Bring out your dead
- Chapter 11:
- Tainted love
- Chapter 12:
- Take this job and shove it
- Chapter 13:
- Panic ...
- Conclusion: Karma police
- Chapter 1:
- Papa was a rolling stone
- Chapter 2:
- Feed me (Seymour)
- Chapter 3:
- What's new Pussycat?
- Chapter 4:
- Control code
- 980620965
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781472922946
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)980620965
Subject
- Archaeology
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns -- History
- Cities and towns -- History
- City and town life
- City and town life
- City and town life -- History
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases
- HISTORY -- World
- History
- History
- Medical archaeology
- Medical archaeology
- Medical archaeology
- Pathology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology
- Social Environment
- Social ecology -- Health aspects
- Social ecology -- Health aspects
- Urban archaeology
- Urban archaeology
- Urban archaeology
- Urban archaeology
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Urban health
- Urban health
- Urban health
- Urbanization
- Urbanization
- Urbanization -- History
- Archaeology
- Archaeology
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