Social Bioarchaeology

✍ Scribed by Lynn Meskell, Rosemary A. Joyce(eds.)

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 464
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

• 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

Content:
Chapter 1 Building a Social Bioarchaeology (pages 1–11): Sabrina C. Agarwal and Bonnie A. Glencross
Chapter 2 The Origins of Biocultural Dimensions in Bioarchaeology (pages 13–43): Molly K. Zuckerman and George J. Armelagos
Chapter 3 Partnerships, Pitfalls, and Ethical Concerns in International Bioarchaeology (pages 44–67): Bethany L. Turner and Valerie A. Andrushko
Chapter 4 The Formation of Mortuary Deposits (pages 68–106): Estella Weiss?Krejci
Chapter 5 Representativeness and Bias in Archaeological Skeletal Samples (pages 107–146): Mary Jackes
Chapter 6 Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeological Research (pages 147–182): Sandra E. Hollimon
Chapter 7 Population Migration, Variation, and Identity (pages 183–211): Sonia Zakrzewski
Chapter 8 Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Colonial New York (pages 212–251): Autumn R. Barrett and Michael L. Blakey
Chapter 9 The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy and Tuberculosis (pages 252–281): Charlotte Roberts
Chapter 10 Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of Age (pages 283–311): Joanna Sofaer
Chapter 11 It is not Carved in Bone (pages 312–332): Sabrina C. Agarwal and Patrick Beauchesne
Chapter 12 The Bioarchaeological Investigation of Children and Childhood (pages 333–360): Sian E. Halcrow and Nancy Tayles
Chapter 13 Moving from the Canary in the Coalmine (pages 361–389): Judith Littleton
Chapter 14 Skeletal Injury across the Life Course (pages 390–409): Bonnie A. Glencross
Chapter 15 Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy (pages 410–437): Tracy L. Prowse