Bioarchaeology of Women and Children in Times of War

Debra L. Martin is an expert in human osteology and bioarchaeology/forensics which involves the analysis of skeletonized human remains from archaeological as well as historic and contemporary settings. She conducts research in the areas of nonlethal and lethal violence and the relationship between human violence and inequality, gender differences and disease. She is particularly interested in groups living in risky and challenging desert environments.  She is the co-Editor of the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, as well as an associate editor for the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology.  She is founding Editor for Bioarchaeology and Social Theory Series, Springer.  Her recent publications include co-editing Bioarchaeology of Violence (UPF), Bioarchaeological and Forensic Perspectives on Violence (Cambridge) and Commingled and Disarticulated HumanRemains, as well as co-authoring Bioarchaeology of Climate Change and Violence (Springer).Caryn E. Tegtmeyer holds a B.S. degree in Anthropology and a B.A. degree in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University, an M.A. degree in Anthropology from Texas State University, and is currently working to complete her Ph.D from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has co-organized symposia focusing on understanding the role of women and children in times of War at the American Anthropological Association 2014 Annual Meeting and on implications of injury recidivism in bioarchaeological and forensic contexts at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2016 Annual Meeting. Her research interests encompass both the subfields of bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology. She is currently conducting research on trauma and health for a prehistoric population in the American Southwest, as well as collecting data on homicide patterns and violent death in Clark County, Nevada.

• Chapter 1: The Bioarchaeology of Women, Children and Other Groups in Times of War.- Chapter 2: Shattered Mirrors: Gender, Age, and Westernized Interpretations of War (and Violence) in the Past.- Chapter 3: War at the Door: Evolutionary Considerations of Warfare and Female Fighters.- Chapter 4: Politics and Social Substitution in Total War: Exploring the Treatment of Combatants and Noncombatants during the Mississippian Period of the Central Illinois Valley.- Chapter 5: When Elites Wage War: Violence and Social Coercion along the Chaco Meridian.- Chapter 6: Caught in a Cataclysm: Effects of Pueblo Warfare on Noncombatants in the Northern Southwest.- Chapter 7: The Poetics of Annihilation: On the Presence of Women and Children at Massacre Sites in the Ancient Southwest.- Chapter 8: Army Healthcare for Sable Soldiers during the American Civil War.- Chapter 9: Potential Applications of Public Health Tools to Bioarchaeological Datasets: The ‘Dirty War Index’ and the Biological Costs of Armed Conflict for Children.- Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Deeper You Dig, the Dirtier it Gets.