Eski Anadolu Toplumlarında Sağlık Ve Hastalık(Orginal Title)

Healt and Disease in Ancient Anatolian Societies

Author: Dr. Serpil ÖZDEMİR ÖZBEY
(Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University,Türkiye)

ISBN: 978-625-8550-41-2

Publication Date: 11.08.2026

Language: Turkish

ORCID NUMBER:
Dr. Serpil ÖZDEMİR ÖZBEY: 0000-0002-4670-9520

Publisher: Engin DEVREZ
KEYWORDS:
#Anatolia
#Paleopathology
#Bioarchaeology
#Health
#Disease
#Skeletal Remains
#Trauma
#İnfection
#Nutrition


Abstract: 

  Health a Disease in Ancient Anatolian Societies examines the health conditions, diseases, and patterns of physical stress experienced by past populations of Anatolia from a paleopathological perspective. By integrating pathological changes observed in human skeletal remains with archaeological evidence, the study explores the complex relationship between disease, trauma, nutrition, lifestyle, and environmental conditions in ancient communities. Skeletal indicators of infectious diseases, traumatic injuries, metabolic disorders, degenerative conditions, and other pathological alterations provide valuable evidence for reconstructing both individual life histories and broader population-level health patterns.Rather than considering pathological lesions solely as indicators of disease, the book approaches them as biological records reflecting the social, economic, environmental, and cultural circumstances in which individuals lived. Particular attention is given to the ways in which dietary practices, daily activities, living conditions, and environmental factors influenced human health. Through the combined evaluation of bioarchaeological and archaeological data, the study contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of health, disease, and human adaptation in ancient Anatolia. In this respect, the book demonstrates the significance of paleopathology for reconstructing the living conditions and health profiles of past societies.

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Contents:

1. WHAT IS PALEOPATHOLOGY?
2. PALEOPATHOLOGICAL METHODS
3. STRUCTURE, DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION OF BONE
3.1. Bone Tissue
3.2. bone formation
4. DISEASES REFLECTED ON BONE
4.1. TRAUMAS
4.1.1. Fractures
4.1.2. Dislocations
4.1.3. Trauma from Cutting and Piercing Instruments
4.1.4. trepanation
4.1.5. Scalping (Scalp Removal)
4.1.6. Amputation (Limb Removal)
4.1.7. Decapitation (Head Removal)
4.2. JOINT DISEASES
4.2.1. Septic Arthritis
4.2.2. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4.2.3. Psoriatic Arthritis
4.2.4. Metabolic Arthritis
4.2.4.1. Gout
4.2.4.2. Ochronosis (Alkaptonuria)
4.2.5. Ankylosing Spondylitis
4.2.6. Neuropathic Arthritis
4.2.7. Degenerative Joint Disease (Osteoarthritis)
4.2.7.1. Vertebral Osteophyte
4.2.7.2. Schmorl Nodules
4.3. BONE CHANGES DUE TO BLOOD DISEASES
4.4. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
4.5. TUMORS4.6. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
4.6.1. Nonspecific Infections
4.6.1.1 Osteomyelitis4.6.1.2 Periostitis
4.6.2. Specific Infections
4.6.2.1 Tuberculosis
4.6.2.2 Leprosy
4.6.2.3. Brucellosis
4.6.2.4. Syphilis
4.6.2.5. Salmonellosis
4.6.2.6. Plague
4.6.2.7. Poliomyelitis
4.7. METABOLIC DISEASES
4.7.1. Metabolic Diseases Developed Due to Vitamin D Deficiency
4.7.2. Vitamin C Deficiency (Scurvy)
4.7.3. Osteoporosis
4.8. BONE CHANGES DUE TO ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
4.8.1 Pituitary Gland Disorders
4.8.2 Thyroid Hormone Disorders
5. HISTORY OF PALEOPATHOLOGICAL STUDIES
6. HISTORY OF PALEOPATHOLOGICAL STUDIES IN ANATOLIA
7. PALEOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN ANCIENT ANATOLIAN SOCIETIES
7.1. PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
7.2. NEOLITHIC PERIOD
7.2.1. Çatalhöyük
7.2.2. Çayönü
7.2.3. Aşıklı Mound
7.2.4. Körtik Tepe Mound
7.2.5. Bademağacı Mound
7.2.6. Gökhöyük Bağları Mound
7.3. CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD
7.3.1. Okuzini Cave
7.3.2. Ikiztepe Mound
7.3.3. Kuriki Mound
7.4. BRONZE AGE
7.4.1. Seyitömer Mound
7.4.2. Salat Tepe Mound
7.4.3. Ovaören Mound
7.4.4. Kızılin Cave
7.4.5. Ağızören Necropolis
7.4.6. Küçükhöyük
7.4.7. Çavlum Necropolis
7.4.8. Birecik Dam Old Bronze Age Cemetery
7.4.9. Çiledir Mound
7.4.10. Çankırı Salur Mound
7.5. IRON AGE
7.5.1. Karagündüz Necropolis
7.5.2. Van Dilkaya Mound
7.5.2. Van Dilkaya Mound
7.5.3. Hakkari
7.5.4. Altıntepe Necropolis
7.5.5. Güllüdere
7.5.6. Tetikom Mound
7.6. HELLENISTIC PERIOD
7.6.1. Börükçü
7.6.2. Lagina Sacred Area
7.6.3. Nif (Olympos) Mountain
7.6.4. Camihöyük
7.6.5. Kyme Southern Necropolis
7.6.6. Nysa Ancient City
7.6.7. Parion Ancient City Southern Necropolis
7.6.8. Myndos Necropolis
7.6.9. Gümüşlük (Milas)
7.7. ROMAN PERIOD
7.7.1. Datça - Burgas
7.7.2. İzmir - Şaşal Necropolis
7.7.3. 7.7.4. Klazomenai
7.7.5. Tepecik-Çiftlik Mound
7.7.6. Aziz Mercurius Underground City
7.7.7. Domaniç Çokköy Necropolis
7.7.8. Kaman Ömerhacılı
7.7.9. Kibyra Ancient City Basilica Plan Church
7.7.10. Pınarkent
7.7.11. Dara Ancient City
7.7.12. Ağlayan Ağaç (Weeping Tree)
7.7.13. Tokul Village Chapel Excavation
7.7.14. Kerti (Derbe) Mound
7.8. MEDIEVAL
7.8.1. Minnetpınarı
7.8.2. Müslümantepe Mound
7.8.3. Tahtaköprü Dam Rescue Excavations / Hamaç Mound
7.8.4. Epiphaneia (Erzin)
7.8.5. Cafer Höyük and Değirmentepe Settlement
7.8.6. Köşkhöyük
7.8.7. Güllüdere
7.8.8. Giresun Island
7.8.9. Dilkaya Mound
7.9. BYZANTINE PERIOD
7.9.1. Great Palace - Old Prison
7.9.2. Symrna Agora
7.9.3. Tefenni Necropolis
7.9.4. Iasos Ancient City
7.9.5. Adramytteion
7.9.6. Trabzon Girls' Monastery
7.9.7. Çiçekdağı
7.9.8. Tlos Ancient City
7.9.9. Tios/Filyos Ancient City
7.9.10. Pisidia Antiokheia Church Cemetery
7.10. MODERN AGE
7.10.1. Tokat/Niksar
7.10.2. Mersin/Kelenderis
7.10.3. Ottoman Period Skulls