Making Faces: Using forensic and archeological evidence

Prag, John & Richard Neave

ISBN 10: 0714117439 / ISBN 13: 9780714117430

Published by British Museum Press: London, 1997, 1997

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Cloth with dustwrapper, 256 pp., with 130 black-and-white and 20 colour ill., notes, index, 18x25x2 cm, in very good condition.

Seller Inventory # 25645

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Faces: Using forensic and archeological evidence
• Publisher: British Museum Press: London, 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714117439
• ISBN 13: 9780714117430
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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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.