Social Bioarchaeology

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9187-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 975 g

- Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation
- Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe
- Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agarwal, Sabrina C

Glencross, Bonnie A

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures vii

Notes on Contributors xiv

Series Editors’ Preface xx

1 Building a Social Bioarchaeology 1
Sabrina C. Agarwal and Bonnie A. Glencross

Part I Materials and Meaning: The Nature of Skeletal Samples 13

2 The Origins of Biocultural Dimensions in Bioarchaeology 15  Molly K. Zuckerman and George J. Armelagos

3 Partnerships, Pitfalls, and Ethical Concerns in International Bioarchaeology 44
Bethany L. Turner and Valerie A. Andrushko

4 The Formation of Mortuary Deposits: Implications for Understanding Mortuary Behavior of Past Populations 68
Estella Weiss-Krejci

5 Representativeness and Bias in Archaeological Skeletal Samples 107
Mary Jackes

Part II Social Identity: Bioarchaeology of Sex, Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability 147

6 Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeological Research: Theory, Method, and Interpretation 149
Sandra E. Hollimon

7 Population Migration, Variation, and Identity: An Islamic Population in Iberia 183
Sonia Zakrzewski

8 Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Colonial New York: A Bioarchaeological Study of the New York African Burial Ground 212
Autumn R. Barrett and Michael L. Blakey

9 The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study of Perceptions, Stigma, Diagnosis, and Treatment 252
Charlotte Roberts

Part III Growth and Aging: The Life Course of Health and Disease 283

10 Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of Age 285
Joanna Sofaer

11 It is Not Carved in Bone: Development and Plasticity of the Aged Skeleton 312
Sabrina C. Agarwal and Patrick Beauchesne

12 The Bioarchaeological Investigation of Children and Childhood 333
Siân E. Halcrow and Nancy Tayles

13 Moving from the Canary in the Coalmine: Modeling Childhood in Bahrain 361
Judith Littleton

14 Skeletal Injury Across the Life Course: Towards Understanding Social Agency 390
Bonnie A. Glencross

15 Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy 410
Tracy L. Prowse

Index 438

Über Autor(innen)

Sabrina C. Agarwal is an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Berkley and Faculty Affiliate of the Archaeological Research Facility at UC Berkeley. She is co-editor of the volume Bone Loss and Osteoporosis: An Anthropological Perspective (2003). Bonnie Glencross is Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, at Wilfrid Laurier University, and held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California from 2006-2008.