Archaeological Human Remains

✍ Scribed by Barra O'Donnabhain, Maria Cecilia Lozada

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 170
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book expands on Archaeological Human Remains: Global Perspectives that was published in the Springer Briefs series in 2014 and which had a strong focus on post-colonial countries. In the current volume, the editors include papers that deal with non-Anglophone European traditions such as Portugal, Germany and France. In addition, authors continue the exploration of osteological trajectories that are not well-documented in the West, such as Senegal, China and Russia. The lasting legacies of imperialism, communism and colonialism are apparent as the authors of the individual country profiles examine the historical roots of the study of archaeological human remains and the challenges encountered while also considering the likely future directions likely of this multi-faceted discipline in different world areas.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Contested Bones: Archaeological Human Remains and Legacies of Power (Barra O’Donnabhain, María Cecilia Lozada)....Pages 1-6
Bioarchaeology in Chile: What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Want to Go (Rodrigo Retamal, Aryel Pacheco, Mauricio Uribe)....Pages 7-24
Bioarchaeology of China: Bridging Biological and Archaeological Inquiries (Elizabeth Berger, Kate Pechenkina)....Pages 25-43
An Overview of the History of the Excavation and Treatment of Ancient Human Remains in Egypt (Salima Ikram)....Pages 45-55
Archaeological Approaches to Human Remains: France (Christopher Knüsel, Bruno Maureille)....Pages 57-80
Changing Perceptions of Archaeological Human Remains in Germany (Gisela Grupe, Joachim Wahl)....Pages 81-92
Human Skeletal Remains and Bioarchaeology in New Zealand (Hallie R. Buckley, Peter Petchey)....Pages 93-110
Skulls and Skeletons from Documented, Overseas and Archaeological Excavations: Portuguese Trajectories (Ana Luisa Santos)....Pages 111-125
From the Time of Tsar Peter the Great to Modern Russia: The Development of Physical Anthropology and Bioarchaeology (Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Alexandra Buzhilova, Eileen M. Murphy)....Pages 127-140
Human Remains and Archaeologies of Identity in Senegal (Cameron Gokee, Ibrahima Thiaw)....Pages 141-153
Back Matter ....Pages 155-163

✦ Subjects

Social Sciences; Archaeology; Anthropology