Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation

This book provides insights into health, disease, and healing in the Indus Civilisation during the third to early second millennia BCE. Based on original research, it examines skeletal remains, material culture, and environmental factors. The book sheds light on diseases, healing practices, and public health in this ancient civilization.

''The monograph is well written and illustrated, with tables and figures. The subject has been extensively researched, as evidenced by the comprehensive reference list and footnotes. The book is attractively presented, a delight to read, and is a serious and scholarly tome. The author has made an outstanding contribution to knowledge of this ancient civilisation.'' – Arpan K. Banerjee (2024): Hektoen International

Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation presents a synthesis of what is currently known about health, disease and healing in the Indus Civilisation in the third to early second millennia BCE, underpinned by original research. It is the result of a detailed study of published human skeletal remains and material culture, with an increasing awareness of the natural environment. When combined with a knowledge of palaeoepidemiology and the natural history of disease, ancient climate change, and what is known of healing and health in contemporary Bronze Age societies of the Near East, with which the Indus Civilisation was in contact, it has been possible to piece together a picture of diseases in the period, the practice of healing and the development of public health. For the first time, the book illustrates the health, life expectancy, and the illnesses and injuries from which those at the bottom of society suffered, both at work and at home.

• | Author: Robert Arnott
• | Publisher: Archaeopress
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781803277387
• | ISBN-10: 1803277386