How Long to Read The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina

How Long Does it Take to Read The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 12 minutes to read The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina by Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title Sicily was among one of the first areas settled during the Greek colonization movement, making its cemeteries a popular area of study for scholars of the classical world. Yet these studies have often considered human remains and burial customs separately. In this seminal work, Carrie Sulosky Weaver synthesizes skeletal, material, and ritual data to reconstruct the burial customs, demographic trends, state of health, and ancestry of Kamarina, a city-state in Sicily. Using evidence from 258 recovered graves from the Passo Marinaro necropolis, Sulosky Weaver suggests that Kamarineans--whose cultural practices were an amalgamation of both Greek and indigenous customs--were closely linked to their counterparts in neighboring Greek cities The orientations of the graves, positions of the bodies, and the types of items buried with the dead--including Greek pottery--demonstrate that Kamarineans were full participants in the mortuary traditions of Sicilian Greeks. Likewise, cranial traits resemble those found among other Sicilian Greeks. Interestingly, evidence of cranial surgery, magic, and necrophobic activities also appeared in Passo Marinaro graves--another example of how Greek culture influenced the city. An overabundance of young adult skeletal remains, combined with the presence of cranial trauma and a variety of pathological conditions, indicates the Kamarineans may have been exposed to one or more disruptive events, such as prolonged wars and epidemic outbreaks. Despite the tumultuous nature of the times, the resulting portrait reveals that Kamarina was a place where individuals of diverse ethnicities and ancestries were united in life and death by shared culture and funerary practices.

How long is The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina?

The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina by Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver is 365 pages long, and a total of 93,075 words.

This makes it 123% the length of the average book. It also has 114% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 28 minutes to read The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina aloud.

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The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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