Making Faces: Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence

Prag, John and Neave, Richard

ISBN 10: 0714117439 / ISBN 13: 9780714117430

Published by Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, London, 1997

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Black boards. Pictorial jacket. 240 x 170 mm. 256 pp + 16 pp colour plates. B&w figures in the text. Includes gazetteer, endnotes, further reading list and index. Inscribed on title page, "Sheila - with love - John". A clean, bright copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Faces: Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence
• Publisher: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714117439
• ISBN 13: 9780714117430
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
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Synopsis

Using forensic and archaeological evidence to reconstruct faces on skulls. Mint copy.

Review

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 from bits of bone, giving physical presence to the long-since dead. Among their subjects are King Midas of ancient Greek legend and the famous "bog man" of Lindow Moss, England.