Social Bioarchaeology

by Agarwal, Sabrina C.; Glencross, Bonnie A.

• ISBN13: 9781444337679
• ISBN10: 144433767X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-14
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Social Bioarchaeology introduces the exciting and growing biosocial approach in archaeology that challenges the traditional methods of analyzing and interpreting human skeletal remains. The experts assembled in this volume outline the essential components of this research, focusing on the dynamic interactions between humans and their larger social, cultural and physical environments, and how these analyses increase our understanding of human adaptation. This volume will be a valuable resource for archaeologists, biological anthropologists, and all researchers with an interest in understanding our social and biological adaptations in a changing environment.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Notes on Contributors

Series Editors' Preface

Building a Social Bioarchaeology

Materials and Meaning: The Nature of Skeletal Samples:

The Origins of Biocultural Dimensions in Bioarchaeology

Partnerships, Pitfalls, and Ethical Concerns in International Bioarchaeology

The Formation of Mortuary Deposits: Implications for Understanding Mortuary Behavior of Past Populations

Representativeness and Bias in Archaeological Skeletal Samples

Social Identity: Bioarchaeology of Sex, Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability:

Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeological Research: Theory, Method, and Interpretation

Population Migration, Variation, and Identity: An Islamic Population in Iberia

Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Colonial New York: A Bioarchaeological Study of the New York African Burial Ground

The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study of Perceptions, Stigma, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Growth and Aging: The Life Course of Health and Disease:

Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of Age

It is Not Carved in Bone: Development and Plasticity of the Aged Skeleton

The Bioarchaeological Investigation of Children and Childhood

Moving from the Canary in the Coalmine: Modeling Childhood in Bahrain

Skeletal Injury Across the Life Course: Towards Understanding Social Agency

Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy

Index

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