Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome

by: Draycott, J.

Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome

Author: Jane Draycott, University of Glasgow

This is the first comprehensive study of prosthetics and assistive technology in classical antiquity, integrating literary, documentary, archaeological, and bioarchaeological evidence to provide as full a picture as possible of their importance for the lived experience of people with disabilities in classical antiquity. The volume is not only a work of disability history, but also one of medical, scientific, and technological history, and so will be of interest to members of multiple academic disciplines across multiple historical periods. The chapters cover extremity prostheses, facial prostheses, prosthetic hair, the design, commission and manufacture of prostheses and assistive technology, and the role of care-givers in the lives of ancient people with impairments and disabilities. Lavishly illustrated, the study further contains informative tables that collate the aforementioned different types of evidence in an easily accessible way.

Provides a detailed picture of the lived experience of people with disabilities in classical antiquity
Comprehensive treatment based on a complete analysis of the literary and archaeological record for prostheses of the period
Integrates literary, documentary, archaeological, and bioarchaeological evidence

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Extremity prostheses and assistive technology
2. Facial prostheses
3. Prosthetic hair
4. Design, commission and manufacture of prostheses
5. Living prostheses
Conclusion.

Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome

by: Draycott, J.

• ISBN-13: 9781009168403 / 978-1-009-16840-3
• ISBN-03: 1009168401 / 1-00-916840-1
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025

L'iconographie de Fortuna dans l'empire Romain (Ier siecle avant n.e.-IVe siecle de n.e.)

by: Lichocka, B.

• ISBN-13: 9788390180915 / 978-83-901809-1-5
• ISBN-03: 839018091X / 83-901809-1-X
• Zaklad Archeologii Srodziemnomorskiej Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa, 1997

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Die Ruinen von Milet

by: Kleiner, G.

• Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1968