Social Bioarchaeology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Agarwal, Sabrina C.; Glencross, Bonnie A.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

* 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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444390513
• Artikelnr.: 37347702

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

"Furthermore, despite the technical nature of manyof the contributions, the overall concepts are generally presentedin an organized and clear format that would not at all precludetheir use in advanced undergraduate seminars." (American Journal Physical Anthropology, 14 March 2014)"In the first instance the book is dedicated to scientists andstudents of Archaeology, biological Anthropology, andPalaeopathology as well as to other scientists interested in socialand biological variations of man by permanent changes of theenvironment." (HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 2011)

"Social Bioarchaeology makes an excellent reference forthis subfield, and stresses the importance of a multi-disciplinaryapproach at a time perhaps when anthropology needs it most."(Social Bioarchaeology, 12 April 2011)"Social Bioarchaeology puts the spotlight on the powerfuland interesting story that human remains from archaeologicalsettings tell about the human experience."
--Clark Spencer Larsen, The Ohio State University

"Decidedly embracing the concept of "holism" withinanthropology, the contributors to this book dive deep into thehuman past and the intricacies of the human condition."
--Anne Grauer, Loyola University of Chicago