Pompeii has been excavated and studied since 1748. This book presents a studyof a site from antiquity with information about a population who all died fromthe s... » 

Pompeii has been excavated and studied since 1748. This book presents a studyof a site from antiquity with information about a population who all died fromthe same known cause within a short period of time. It recognizes the importantcontribution of the human skeletal evidence to the archaeology of Pompeii. «