{"product_id":"9781554079926","title":"Written in Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVery comprehensive... an informative and fun read.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  -- Canadian Society of Forensic Science   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eAn excellent survey of the postmortem identification and interpretation of human remains.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  -- Science Books and Films  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Human remains have much to tell us about how our ancestors lived and died, what they believed, and the rituals that were important to them. In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWritten in Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a team of international forensic anthropologists and archaeologists examines important case studies of human remains found at archeological sites around the world. Comprehensive text and color photographs describe how the remains were analyzed using modern scientific techniques and how the data were assembled to create authentic pictures of ancient cultures.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The book is organized in five chapters: A Way of Life, Natural Deaths, Deliberate Deaths, Burials, and Mummies and Mummification.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Some of the astonishing discoveries covered are:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eA Han Dynasty aristocrat preserved in an unknown red liquid\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eBog bodies in Europe\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe riddle of Tomb KV55, where a male body was found inside a female coffin\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe headless men and giant wolves of a Mesolithic cemetery in Siberia \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The seven new cases in this revised edition include:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Silk Road Mummies\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eEarly European Farmers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMummies and Modern Medicine\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eInfant Deaths in a Roman brothel \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Called \"grisly, gross and utterly compelling,\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWritten in Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is used as a text in archaeology and anthropology courses around the world. It is sure to find an audience among a wide variety of readers.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"River Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Firefly Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2012-01-26","offer_id":46011359559935,"sku":"9781554079926","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e4a82841-482c-4b06-8d2d-d890bc99ebdd.jpg?v=1723057066","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781554079926","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}