Bioarchaeological and Forensic Perspectives on Violence
Herausgeber: Anderson, Cheryl P.; Martin, Debra L.
List of contributors; Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction: interpreting
violence in the ancient and modern world when skeletonized bodies are all
you have Debra L. Martin and Cheryl P. Anderson; Part II. Overview and
Innovative Methodologies: 2. Killed in action? A biometrical analysis of
femora of supposed battle victims from the Middle Bronze Age site of
Weltzin 20, Germany Stefan Flohr, Ute Brinker, Elena Spanagel, Annemarie
Schramm, Jörg Orschiedt and Uwe Kierdorf; 3. The taphonomy of maritime
warfare: a forensic reinterpretation of sharp force trauma from the 1676
wreck of the Royal Swedish Warship Kronan Anna Kjellström and Michelle D.
Hamilton; 4. The determination of homicide vs. suicide in gunshot wounds
Vincent H. Stefan; 5. The first cut is the deepest: looking for patterns in
cases of human dismemberment Andrew C. Seidel and Laura C. Fulginiti; 6.
Victims of violence? A methodological case study from precolonial Northern
Mexico Cheryl P. Anderson; Part III. Ritual and Performative Violence: 7.
Signatures of captivity and subordination on skeletonized human remains: a
bioarchaeological case study from the ancient Southwest Ryan P. Harrod and
Debra L. Martin; 8. Classic Maya warfare and skeletal trophies: victims and
aggressors Rebecca Storey; 9. Face me like a man! (or, like a woman):
antemortem nasal fractures in pre-Columbian San Pedro de Atacama Christina
Torres-Rouff and Laura M. King; 10. Why some bodies matter: defacement and
narrative in historical forensics cases William N. Duncan and Christopher
M. Stojanowski; Part IV. Violence and Identity: 11. Violence in life,
violence in death, resiliency through repatriation: bioarchaeological
analysis and heritage value of Yaqui skeletal remains from Sonora, Mexico
Heidi J. Bauer-Clapp and Ventura R. Pérez; 12. Interpreting skeletal trauma
and violence at Grasshopper Pueblo (AD 1275-1400) Kathryn M. Baustian; 13.
The contribution of forensic anthropology to national identity in Chile: a
case study from the Patio 29 mass grave Elizabeth M. DeVisser, Krista E.
Latham and Marisol Intriago Leiva; 14. Cranial trauma and cranial
modification in post-imperial Andahuaylas, Peru Danielle Kurin; 15. Allies
today, enemies tomorrow: a comparative analysis of perimortem injuries
along the biomechanical continuum Melissa Scott Murphy, Brian Spatola and
Rick Weathermon; 16. Interpreting gunshot trauma as context clue: a case
study from historic North Las Vegas, Nevada John J. Crandall, Ryan P.
Harrod, Cheryl P. Anderson and Kathryn M. Baustian; Part V. Concluding
Thoughts: 17. Living on the sidelines of death: anthropologists and
violence Alison Galloway; Index.
