Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care

Lorna Tilley is a latecomer to archaeology; she has a degree in psychology and experience in areas of health practice; health status and health outcomes assessment; and health policy development. Having completed a Graduate Diploma in archaeology and bioanthropology at the Australian National University, Canberra, in 2006, she submitted her doctoral dissertation, Towards a Bioarchaeology of Care: A contextualised approach for identifying and interpreting health-related care provision in prehistory, in early 2013.

• Chapter 1. Introducing a Bioarchaeology of Care.- Chapter 2. The status of archaeological research into care Chapter.- 3. Context for a Bioarchaeology of Care.- Chapter 4.The Origins of Care.-    Chapter 5.Agency, identity and the bioarchaeology of care.-   Chapter 6.The Bioarchaeology of Care Methodology:Stages 1-3.-    Chapter 7.The Bioarchaeology of Care Methodology: Stage 4.-    Chapter 8.Survival against the odds - intensive care in the Vietnamese Neolithic. (Case Study 1).- Chapter 9.Evidence for care in the Upper Middle Palaeolithic: the cases of La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 and La Ferrassie 1 (Case Study 2).- Chapter 10.    Accommodating difference in the British Neolithic: Lanhill Burial 7 and his community (Case Study 3).- Chapter 11.Conclusion: Current Status and Future Directions for the Bioarchaeology of Care.