- Paperback: 136 pages
- Publisher: Harvard University Press (1 July 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0674077326
- ISBN-13: 978-0674077324
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 18.9 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,878,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Describes the discovery of a two-thousand-year-old body in a Chesire peat field, discusses the scientific analysis of the body, and explains how mummies reveal information about the past.
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This is a serious look at the Lindow man, a 2000-year old body that was pulled from the bottom of a bog. Scientists set upon him once found, to discover as much about him as they could, the process of which is the idea behind this book. The Lindow man is only one of the best preserved of about 700 such bodies, which the book covers as well in a general way. You get what they last ate, how they died, their taste in dress, their state of health, and some speculation on historical context that they came from. Unfortunately, as a whole the book is somewhat flat and slow, though the issues covered are extremely diverse. The writing is clear, at times almost philosophical, but a bit too technical for my taste.
Recommended. You can skim a lot of the details, which include the kind of scholarly comparisons that make many books by scientists for popular audiences a bore. But if you stick with it, the book is a competent window into a recondite science.
Recommended. You can skim a lot of the details, which include the kind of scholarly comparisons that make many books by scientists for popular audiences a bore. But if you stick with it, the book is a competent window into a recondite science.
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Dr. B. as we affectionately call him at York has made the supreme effort of passing on his expertise and genius to future generations of archaeologists. A specialist interest in the archaeology of disease and the preservation of human remains makes Brothwell the first on many university reading lists. The book looks at the excavation and analysis of Lindow Man in detail, and goes on to provide the reader with an in depth review of preserved human remains from around the globe. A must for students, and an exciting and informative read for the public in general.
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good popular science, if a bit dry
29 Aug 2009
This is a serious look at the Lindow man, a 2000-year old body that was pulled from the bottom of a bog. Scientists set upon him once found, to discover as much about him as they could, the process of which is the idea behind this book. The Lindow man is only one of the best preserved of about 700 such bodies, which the book covers as well in a general way. You get what they last ate, how they died, their taste in dress, their state of health, and some speculation on historical context that they came from. Unfortunately, as a whole the book is somewhat flat and slow, though the issues covered are extremely diverse. The writing is clear, at times almost philosophical, but a bit too technical for my taste.
Recommended. You can skim a lot of the details, which include the kind of scholarly comparisons that make many books by scientists for popular audiences a bore. But if you stick with it, the book is a competent window into a recondite science.
Recommended. You can skim a lot of the details, which include the kind of scholarly comparisons that make many books by scientists for popular audiences a bore. But if you stick with it, the book is a competent window into a recondite science.
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