The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work and Violence Over Two Millennia by Clark Larsen, Richard Steckel, Charlotte A. Roberts, Joerg Baten

The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work and Violence Over Two Millennia

Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology

Clark Larsen, Richard Steckel, Charlotte A. Roberts, Joerg Baten

476 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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Using human skeletal remains, this volume traces health, workload and violence in the European population over the past 2,000 years. Health was surprisingly good for people who lived during the early Medieval Period. The Plague of Justinian of the...

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