Robert Arnott

Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford

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Professor Robert Arnott† was a Fellow of Green Templeton College in the University of Oxford. An archaeologist who specialised in ancient disease and medicine, he authored or edited five books and over seventy, mostly single-authored, papers. Recently, his interest turned to India and his books and papers centred on health, healing and disease in the Indus Civilisation, 2600-1900 BCE, and relations between the Indus and the Aegean in the Bronze Age. He was a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

There and Back Again: Afro-Eurasian Exchange in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Periods

ed. Robert Arnott

This book evaluates the evidence for indirect connections between the Aegean and the Indus extending back to the third and fourth millennia BCE, particularly commodities such as tin and lapis lazuli, and discusses recently discovered objects, new methods of materials analysis techniques and topics, as well as iconographic investigation. READ MORE

Paperback: £35.00

Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation

Robert Arnott

This book provides insights into health, disease, and healing in the Indus Civilisation during the third to early second millennia BCE. Based on original research, it examines skeletal remains, material culture, and environmental factors. The book sheds light on diseases, healing practices, and public health in this ancient civilization. READ MORE

Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00

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