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Life and death in medieval Gaelic Ireland : the Ballyhanna skeletons /

By: McKenzie, Catriona J [author.].
Publisher: Dublin : Four Courts, 2018Description: xxiii, 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781846823305; 9781846823305:; 1846823307.Subject(s): Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ireland -- Ballyshannon | Human remains (Archaeology) -- Ireland -- Donegal (County) | Human remains (Archaeology) -- Ireland -- Ballyshannon | Burial -- Ireland -- Donegal (County) -- History -- To 1500 | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ireland -- Donegal (County) | Donegal (Ireland : County) -- Antiquities | Donegal (Ireland : County) -- History -- To 1500DDC classification: 941.693
Contents:
List of abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Histroy and archaeology -- Burial practices at medieval Ballyhanna -- The condition of the human remains -- The people -- Developmental conditions -- Dental disease and diet -- Evidence for physiological stress -- Specific metabolic diseases -- Circulatory disorders -- Non-specific infections -- Tuberculosis -- Day-to-day injuries -- Joint disease -- Violence -- Medicine, treatment and society -- Conclusions.
Summary: In 2003, the skeletal remains of some 1300 individuals - men, women and children - were uncovered from Ballyhanna, near Ballyshannon in County Donegal. The remains of the all the individuals were the subject of detailed osteological and palaeo-pathological analysis. This book contextualizes the results of the research, including a wealth of information revealing the health, diet and lifestyle of the people buried at Ballyhanna.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 941.693 MCK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0089679
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Inlcudes appendix, bibliographic references and index.

List of abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Histroy and archaeology -- Burial practices at medieval Ballyhanna -- The condition of the human remains -- The people -- Developmental conditions -- Dental disease and diet -- Evidence for physiological stress -- Specific metabolic diseases -- Circulatory disorders -- Non-specific infections -- Tuberculosis -- Day-to-day injuries -- Joint disease -- Violence -- Medicine, treatment and society -- Conclusions.

In 2003, the skeletal remains of some 1300 individuals - men, women and children - were uncovered from Ballyhanna, near Ballyshannon in County Donegal. The remains of the all the individuals were the subject of detailed osteological and palaeo-pathological analysis. This book contextualizes the results of the research, including a wealth of information revealing the health, diet and lifestyle of the people buried at Ballyhanna.

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