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SUMMARY:Life\, Death\, and Disease: Insights form Petra’s Tombs and Cemeteries
DESCRIPTION:Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology \nDr. Megan Perry\, “Life\, Death\, and Disease: Insights from Petra’s Tombs and Cemeteries” \nThursday\, February 26 at 5:00pm Eastern\nUMass Amherst\, Herter Hall 301\nFor Zoom attendance\, register here: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/GD44nDLmTwKs_QZUh44AFw \nABSTRACT\nEnsconced within the sandstone hills of southern Jordan\, evidence from mortuary structures in the ancient Nabataean city of Petra tells powerful stories about life\, illness\, death\, and commemoration of its residents. This talk will focus on their experiences across the life course through bioarchaeological evidence of disease\, diet\, and immigration from the skeletal remains recovered from tombs within the city. In addition\, evidence of mortuary behaviors within these tombs will reveal the rich and varied forms of remembrance after their deaths. This integrated approach\, shifting away from Petra’s temples and monuments\, offers new perspectives on resilience\, identity\, and memory in a dynamic ancient city. \nSPEAKER BIO\nDr. Perry is a Professor of Biological Anthropology at East Carolina University. She teaches courses on human osteology\, death and disease in Classical antiquity\, and human diseases and ancient environments. Most of her research focuses on 1st century B.C. – 7th century A.D. Jordan\, but she supervises graduate students interested in numerous aspects of bioarchaeology. She has been working on archaeological projects in Jordan for 30 years and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Center of Research (ACOR) in Amman\, Jordan. She is currently Director of the Petra North Ridge Project\, which focuses on the excavation of 1st century A.D. tombs and 1st – 4th century domestic structures. \nThis year’s AIA National Lecture (Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology) is co-sponsored by the AIA–Western Massachusetts Society and the UMass Amherst Department of Classics.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/life-death-and-disease-insights-form-petras-tombs-and-cemeteries-4/
LOCATION:UMass Amherst\, Herter Hall 301\, 161 Presidents Drive\, Amherst\, MA\, 01003\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program,Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Seifried":MAILTO:rseifried@umass.edu
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