| Title: |
Practitioners, practices and patients: new approaches to medical archaeology and anthropology: |
| Subtitle: |
the proceedings of a conference held at Magdalene College, Cambridge, November 2000 |
| Number of Pages: |
272 |
| Publication Type: |
Monograph Chapter
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| Abstract: |
The papers presented aim to bridge the disciplinary gap between medical archaeologists and anthropologists, to widen the field of interpretation, and to reconsider the cultural complexities of medical ideologies, beliefs and practices. The themes addressed include: cultural constructions of the body in sickness and in health; the various instruments of medicine and the tools of healing; the meaning of disease and possible ways of dealing with it; divination and shamanism in medical diagnosis and healing; and concepts of auspicious and inauspicious time. Includes: |
| Issue Editor: |
Gillian Carr
Patricia A Baker
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| Publisher: |
Oxbow Books
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| Year of Publication: |
2002
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| ISBN: |
1-84217-079-1 |
| Subjects / Periods: |
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Medicine
(BIAB)
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Uncertain
(BIAB)
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| Note: |
Is Portmanteau:
1
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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| Created Date: |
22 Jul 2004 |
