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- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- 2 Exploring the Sources of Indirect Evidence for Cardiovascular Disease in Bioarchaeology
- Part I Evidence from Mummified Tissues
- Part II Cardiovascular Diseases Associated with Human Skeletal Remains
- Part III Contemporary Perspectives
- Index
- References
1 - The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2023
- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- 2 Exploring the Sources of Indirect Evidence for Cardiovascular Disease in Bioarchaeology
- Part I Evidence from Mummified Tissues
- Part II Cardiovascular Diseases Associated with Human Skeletal Remains
- Part III Contemporary Perspectives
- Index
- References
Summary
In February 2010, I was crouching down in a subterranean tomb chamber at the archaeological site of Amara West in modern Sudan, excavating the human skeletal remains of people that had lived some 3000 years ago. Suddenly, I came across fragile tubular objects made of a whitish substance arranged almost like a string of beads parallel to the femur of a middle-aged woman (Figure 1.1). The unassuming little tubes were carefully collected, wrapped in scraps of acid-free tissue paper, packed in cardboard boxes used for Sudanese matches and labelled ‘calcified arteries?’. Together with the excavated skeletal remains, they were later – courtesy of the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums of Sudan – shipped to the British Museum in London for further scientific analysis within the framework of my PhD research at Durham University under the supervision of Charlotte A. Roberts, the co-editor with myself of this book.
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- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease , pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023