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Using forensic and archaeological evidence to reconstruct faces on skulls. Mint copy.
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Forensic archaeology has come into its own in recent years. The science has been making news in odd corners of the world for being used to identify the remains of long-lost Japanese soldiers on remote Pacific islands and for examining whether 19th-century American presidents might have met with foul play. In this accessible study, archaeologists John Prag and Richard Neave look into the world of "making faces"--reconstructing human forms...
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Making Faces is not always easy reading because of an unusually high proportion of convoluted 100-word sentences. What's more, the rather stiff and pedantic style favored by Prag and Neave belies the intrinsic, if not morbid, fascination of their subject matter, sometimes keeping us at arm's length from the individuals about whom they write. Nonetheless, the book is a trove of fascinating, if highly miscellaneous, information about the art...
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- PublisherBritish Museum Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0714117439
- ISBN 13 9780714117430
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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