Megan A Perry
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 626877 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Megan A Perry |
| NOMBRES | Megan A |
| APELLIDO | Perry |
| FIRMA | PERRY M A |
| AFILIACIONES | East Carolina University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8435-5957 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 111 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Microstructural Evidence for Early Childhood Stress in a Community in Transition at Hisban, Jordan
Ancient mobility in northern Jordan during the Roman and Byzantine periods using stable strontium isotope analysis of human dental enamel
Remains of the Invisible
Funerary dining or offerings for the dead? An archaeobotanical analysis of remains from shaft tombs in Petra, Jordan
Ancient literary sources from the Hellenistic and Roman world describe the wide-spread practices of funerary feasting and supplying offerings for the deceased. However, the funerary customs of the Nabataeans are still not clearly understood within this broader cultural sphere. Evidence for feasting in Nabataean mortuary contexts largely relies on ceramic and faunal remains but rarely are plant remains included in these analyses. This paper presen…
Compounding vulnerabilities
Mediterranean Bioarchaeology, Meta-Analysis and Migration
.
Differential diagnosis of metabolic disease in a commingled sample from 19th century Hisban, Jordan
Cybele, Atargatis, or Allāt? A Surprising Tomb Artifact from Petra’s North Ridge
The complex Nabataean “Götterwelt”1 incorporates deities from both their own tradition as well as imports from the larger Mediterranean and peninsular Arabian context. In 2014, a small naiskos depicting a possible imported deity was discovered in a tomb containing at minimum eight individuals, located on the northern edge of the ancient city of Petra. Geochemical investigation of the individuals buried in the tomb using strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and …
Using dental enamel to uncover the impact of childhood diet on mortality in Petra, Jordan
Sensing the Dead
The visual prominence of mortuary structures within the Nabataean capital city of Petra clearly indicates that the deceased maintained a constant presence amongst the living. However, current systematic archaeological exploration of these mortuary features documents a more intimate view of the interaction between the living and the dead. Since 1998, the Petra North Ridge Project has sought to record the mortuary practices and gather data on healt…
Strontium isotope evidence for long-distance immigration into the Byzantine port city of Aila, modern Aqaba, Jordan
An Early Islamic Homicide at Qasr Hallabat, Jordan
In the 8th to 10th century c.e., six adult individuals, five males and one female, were murdered in the northern Badia of Jordan amongst the ruins of Qasr Hallabat. The four males and one female show a combination of blunt force trauma to the head and sharp force trauma to the arms and legs. Who are these individuals, and what are the circumstances surrounding their deaths? Forensic and bioarchaeological analyses of the skeletal remains uncover e…
AAPA Presentation Schedule
The history of infectious disease in humans (and to a lesser extent other primates) has been studied from different perspectives including those of bioarchaeology, medical history, and evolutionary genetics. Technical advances in nucleotide sequencing as well as in the ability to obtain genetic material from difficult sources (such as feces and ancient materials) have enhanced our ability to examine both ancient pathogens and pathogens that are d…
Condemned to metallum? The origin and role of 4th–6th century A.D. Phaeno mining campresidents using multiple chemical techniques
An isotopic perspective on the transport of Byzantine mining camp laborers into southwestern Jordan
The Byzantine Empire managed a complex administrative network that controlled the mining and processing of natural resources from within its boundaries. Scholars relying upon archeological and textual evidence debate the level of imperial involvement in these ventures, particularly in the provinces. Ancient sources note that many mining camps, for instance, purportedly contained criminal laborers and elite administrators transported from distant …
Mobility and exile at 2nd century A.D. khirbet edh‐dharih
The 2nd century A.D. Roman annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom may have resulted in significant settlement disruption. Here we investigate the possibility that political refugees occupied Khirbet edh‐Dharih after Roman takeover, using strontium isotope analysis of archaeological human dental enamel. We additionally discuss regional patterning of 87Sr/86Sr in western Jordan based on archaeological faunal dental enamel samples to understand stronti…
Differential diagnosis of a calcified object from a 4th-5th century AD burial in Aqaba, Jordan
In 1997 a calcified object was recovered from the pelvic region of an adult male excavated from an ancient cemetery in Aqaba, Jordan. The cemetery (n = 48) dates to the middle 4th to early 5th century AD and is associated with the Byzantine-period marine trading centre of Aila located on the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. The oblong calcification consisted of linearly aligned tubules within a thin shell. Twenty-eight conditions potentially resulti…
A Preliminary Report on the Cemeteries of Bir Madhkur
The Bir Madhkur Excavation and Survey's 1997 season sought to uncover the Nabataean, Roman, and Byzantine site's sociocultural, political-economic, and biological history through archaeological survey and excavation. The excavation component of this project served to demonstrate the feasibility of future bioarchaeological investigations through exploration of two cemeteries within the site's environs. Skeletal remains from Bir Madhkur's cemeterie…
Is bioarchaeology a handmaiden to history? Developing a historical bioarchaeology
Redefining Childhood through Bioarchaeology
Many critiques surrounding the archaeology of childhood have addressed the disparate social and biological identifications of children. Bioarchaeological information can elucidate the lives of children and the meaning of childhood in antiquity. Bioanthropological techniques additionally can identify biological developmental stages of childhood that may link to socially defined age grades. This chapter presents and critically evaluates the diverse…
Life and Death in Nabataea
Excavations of two tombs on Petra's North Ridge provide bio-anthropological and artifactual evidence of the health and funerary practices of a small group of Petra citizens
Petra North Ridge Tombs 1 and 2
In 1998-99, two Nabataean tombs were excavated in Petra. One contained intact burials that provide insight into the lives of one extended family: they led healthy, active lives, with few signs of stress or bony responses to chronic diseases, but fractures and other injuries show that they were occasionally prone to nonfatal falls. With age, they experienced degenerative conditions, such as degenerative joint disease (DJD) and vertebral osteophyto…
Tracing Childhood
Redefining Childhood through Bioarchaeology
Many critiques surrounding the archaeology of childhood have addressed the disparate social and biological identifications of children. Bioarchaeological information can elucidate the lives of children and the meaning of childhood in antiquity. Bioanthropological techniques additionally can identify biological developmental stages of childhood that may link to socially defined age grades. This chapter presents and critically evaluates the diverse…
Strontium isotope evidence for long-distance immigration into the Byzantine port city of Aila, modern Aqaba, Jordan
Condemned to metallum? The origin and role of 4th–6th century A.D. Phaeno mining campresidents using multiple chemical techniques
Mobility and exile at 2nd century A.D. khirbet edh‐dharih
The 2nd century A.D. Roman annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom may have resulted in significant settlement disruption. Here we investigate the possibility that political refugees occupied Khirbet edh‐Dharih after Roman takeover, using strontium isotope analysis of archaeological human dental enamel. We additionally discuss regional patterning of 87Sr/86Sr in western Jordan based on archaeological faunal dental enamel samples to understand stronti…
An isotopic perspective on the transport of Byzantine mining camp laborers into southwestern Jordan
The Byzantine Empire managed a complex administrative network that controlled the mining and processing of natural resources from within its boundaries. Scholars relying upon archeological and textual evidence debate the level of imperial involvement in these ventures, particularly in the provinces. Ancient sources note that many mining camps, for instance, purportedly contained criminal laborers and elite administrators transported from distant …
Is bioarchaeology a handmaiden to history? Developing a historical bioarchaeology
Differential diagnosis of a calcified object from a 4th-5th century AD burial in Aqaba, Jordan
In 1997 a calcified object was recovered from the pelvic region of an adult male excavated from an ancient cemetery in Aqaba, Jordan. The cemetery (n = 48) dates to the middle 4th to early 5th century AD and is associated with the Byzantine-period marine trading centre of Aila located on the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. The oblong calcification consisted of linearly aligned tubules within a thin shell. Twenty-eight conditions potentially resulti…
Using dental enamel to uncover the impact of childhood diet on mortality in Petra, Jordan
Life and Death in Nabataea
Excavations of two tombs on Petra's North Ridge provide bio-anthropological and artifactual evidence of the health and funerary practices of a small group of Petra citizens
Ancient mobility in northern Jordan during the Roman and Byzantine periods using stable strontium isotope analysis of human dental enamel
Petra North Ridge Tombs 1 and 2
In 1998-99, two Nabataean tombs were excavated in Petra. One contained intact burials that provide insight into the lives of one extended family: they led healthy, active lives, with few signs of stress or bony responses to chronic diseases, but fractures and other injuries show that they were occasionally prone to nonfatal falls. With age, they experienced degenerative conditions, such as degenerative joint disease (DJD) and vertebral osteophyto…
Life and Death in Nabataea
Excavations of two tombs on Petra's North Ridge provide bio-anthropological and artifactual evidence of the health and funerary practices of a small group of Petra citizens
Redefining Childhood through Bioarchaeology
Many critiques surrounding the archaeology of childhood have addressed the disparate social and biological identifications of children. Bioarchaeological information can elucidate the lives of children and the meaning of childhood in antiquity. Bioanthropological techniques additionally can identify biological developmental stages of childhood that may link to socially defined age grades. This chapter presents and critically evaluates the diverse…
A Preliminary Report on the Cemeteries of Bir Madhkur
The Bir Madhkur Excavation and Survey's 1997 season sought to uncover the Nabataean, Roman, and Byzantine site's sociocultural, political-economic, and biological history through archaeological survey and excavation. The excavation component of this project served to demonstrate the feasibility of future bioarchaeological investigations through exploration of two cemeteries within the site's environs. Skeletal remains from Bir Madhkur's cemeterie…
Is bioarchaeology a handmaiden to history? Developing a historical bioarchaeology
Mobility and exile at 2nd century A.D. khirbet edh‐dharih
The 2nd century A.D. Roman annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom may have resulted in significant settlement disruption. Here we investigate the possibility that political refugees occupied Khirbet edh‐Dharih after Roman takeover, using strontium isotope analysis of archaeological human dental enamel. We additionally discuss regional patterning of 87Sr/86Sr in western Jordan based on archaeological faunal dental enamel samples to understand stronti…
Differential diagnosis of a calcified object from a 4th-5th century AD burial in Aqaba, Jordan
In 1997 a calcified object was recovered from the pelvic region of an adult male excavated from an ancient cemetery in Aqaba, Jordan. The cemetery (n = 48) dates to the middle 4th to early 5th century AD and is associated with the Byzantine-period marine trading centre of Aila located on the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. The oblong calcification consisted of linearly aligned tubules within a thin shell. Twenty-eight conditions potentially resulti…
An isotopic perspective on the transport of Byzantine mining camp laborers into southwestern Jordan
The Byzantine Empire managed a complex administrative network that controlled the mining and processing of natural resources from within its boundaries. Scholars relying upon archeological and textual evidence debate the level of imperial involvement in these ventures, particularly in the provinces. Ancient sources note that many mining camps, for instance, purportedly contained criminal laborers and elite administrators transported from distant …
Condemned to metallum? The origin and role of 4th–6th century A.D. Phaeno mining campresidents using multiple chemical techniques
AAPA Presentation Schedule
The history of infectious disease in humans (and to a lesser extent other primates) has been studied from different perspectives including those of bioarchaeology, medical history, and evolutionary genetics. Technical advances in nucleotide sequencing as well as in the ability to obtain genetic material from difficult sources (such as feces and ancient materials) have enhanced our ability to examine both ancient pathogens and pathogens that are d…
An Early Islamic Homicide at Qasr Hallabat, Jordan
In the 8th to 10th century c.e., six adult individuals, five males and one female, were murdered in the northern Badia of Jordan amongst the ruins of Qasr Hallabat. The four males and one female show a combination of blunt force trauma to the head and sharp force trauma to the arms and legs. Who are these individuals, and what are the circumstances surrounding their deaths? Forensic and bioarchaeological analyses of the skeletal remains uncover e…
Sensing the Dead
The visual prominence of mortuary structures within the Nabataean capital city of Petra clearly indicates that the deceased maintained a constant presence amongst the living. However, current systematic archaeological exploration of these mortuary features documents a more intimate view of the interaction between the living and the dead. Since 1998, the Petra North Ridge Project has sought to record the mortuary practices and gather data on healt…
Strontium isotope evidence for long-distance immigration into the Byzantine port city of Aila, modern Aqaba, Jordan
Using dental enamel to uncover the impact of childhood diet on mortality in Petra, Jordan
Differential diagnosis of metabolic disease in a commingled sample from 19th century Hisban, Jordan
Cybele, Atargatis, or Allāt? A Surprising Tomb Artifact from Petra’s North Ridge
The complex Nabataean “Götterwelt”1 incorporates deities from both their own tradition as well as imports from the larger Mediterranean and peninsular Arabian context. In 2014, a small naiskos depicting a possible imported deity was discovered in a tomb containing at minimum eight individuals, located on the northern edge of the ancient city of Petra. Geochemical investigation of the individuals buried in the tomb using strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and …
Funerary dining or offerings for the dead? An archaeobotanical analysis of remains from shaft tombs in Petra, Jordan
Ancient literary sources from the Hellenistic and Roman world describe the wide-spread practices of funerary feasting and supplying offerings for the deceased. However, the funerary customs of the Nabataeans are still not clearly understood within this broader cultural sphere. Evidence for feasting in Nabataean mortuary contexts largely relies on ceramic and faunal remains but rarely are plant remains included in these analyses. This paper presen…
Compounding vulnerabilities
Mediterranean Bioarchaeology, Meta-Analysis and Migration
.
Remains of the Invisible
Tracing Childhood
Ancient mobility in northern Jordan during the Roman and Byzantine periods using stable strontium isotope analysis of human dental enamel
Microstructural Evidence for Early Childhood Stress in a Community in Transition at Hisban, Jordan
Archaeology (17 obras) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (16 obras) · Geography (15 obras) · History (13 obras) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (12 obras) · Ancient history (8 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 obras) · Geology (8 obras) · Medicine (8 obras) · Sociology (7 obras)