Making Faces. Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence.

Prag, John & Neave, Richard.

ISBN 10: 0714117439 / ISBN 13: 9780714117430

Editore: British Museum Press., London, 1997

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256pp, index, bibliography, bw photos & drawings. As new. Or brown cloth in jacket. The story of pioneering work in facial reconstruction for ancient peoples. Archaeologist Prag and medical artist Neave, give first-hand accounts of the search for evidence to recreate a likeness and explain the historical circumstances surrounding each body. Their subjects include a Minoan priest and priestess crushed in an earthquake while performing a human sacrifice; Lindow Man, the Iron Age body found in a peat bog near Manchester; King Midas of Phrygia who was reputed to have asses ears; and King Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. In some cases these facial reconstructions have helped to solve problems that have long vexed scholars, opening up whole new vistas of the past. Size: Large 8vo.

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• Titolo: Making Faces. Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence.
• Editore: British Museum Press., London
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0714117439
• ISBN 13: 9780714117430
• Rilegatura: Hard Cover
• Edizione: First Edition.
• Condizione: Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Fine
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Ancient History / Archaeology
  • Medicine / Health / Psych

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In recent years, the authors have performed pioneering work reconstructing the facial appearance of ancient people using the evidence provided by their remains. Some were victims of sudden death, like the Minoan priest and priestess crushed in an earthquake while carrying out a human sacrifice around 1700 BC, or Lindow Man, the Iron Age body found in a peat bog near Manchester in 1984. Others have died peacefully, like Seianti, an Etruscan woman whose remains are in the British Museum, and some are famous, like the great King Midas of Phrygia. Facial reconstruction brings together numerous specialists, from dentists to geneticists, archaeologists to radiologists. Here, both archaeologist and medical artist explain the historical circumstances surrounding each body, and give first hand accounts of the search for evidence to recreate a likeness. The historical implications of such work are revealed in their confirmation that the body in tomb II at Vergina was that of Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great. Step-by-step illustrations accompany a full explanation of technique.