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Interdisciplinary Explorations of Postmortem Interaction
Dead Bodies, Funerary Objects, and Burial Spaces Through Texts and Time
Av Estella Weiss-Krejci, Sebastian Becker m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
485 kr
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In the present as in the past, the dead have been deployed to promote visions of identity, as well as ostensibly wider human values. Through a series of case studies from ancient Egypt through prehistoric, historic, and present-day Europe, this book discusses what is constant and what is locally …
Activity, Diet and Social Practice
Addressing Everyday Life in Human Skeletal Remains
Inbunden, 2018
1128 kr
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Day-to-day activities are important in the development of social identities, the establishment of social standing, and the communal understanding of societal rules. This perspective is broadly referred to as practice theory and relates to the power of an overarching social structure and the …
Children of Spring Street
The Bioarchaeology of Childhood in a 19th Century Abolitionist Congregation
Häftad, 2019
848 kr
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This book examines how the shifts in the early 19th century in New York City affected children in particular. Indeed, one could argue that within this context, that “children” and “childhood” came into being. In order to explore this, the skeletal remains of the children buried at the small, local, …
Bioarchaeologists Speak Out
Deep Time Perspectives on Contemporary Issues
Häftad, 2019
1800 kr
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Bioarchaeologists who study human remains in ancient, historic and contemporary settings are securely anchored within anthropology as anthropologists, yet they have not taken on the pundits the way other subdisciplines within anthropology have. Popular science authors frequently and selectively use …
Mother-Infant Nexus in Anthropology
Small Beginnings, Significant Outcomes
Av Rebecca Gowland, Siân Halcrow
Inbunden, 2019
1580 kr
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Over the past 20 years there has been increased research traction in the anthropology of childhood. However, infancy, the pregnant body and motherhood continue to be marginalised. This book will focus on the mother-infant relationship and the variable constructions of this dyad across cultures, …
Mother-Infant Nexus in Anthropology
Small Beginnings, Significant Outcomes
Av Rebecca Gowland, Siân Halcrow
Häftad, 2020
1580 kr
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Over the past 20 years there has been increased research traction in the anthropology of childhood. However, infancy, the pregnant body and motherhood continue to be marginalised. This book will focus on the mother-infant relationship and the variable constructions of this dyad across cultures, …
Purposeful Pain
The Bioarchaeology of Intentional Suffering
Av Susan Guise Sheridan, Lesley A. Gregoricka
Inbunden, 2020
1352 kr
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Pain is an evolutionary and adaptive mechanism to prevent harm to an individual. Beyond this, how it is defined, expressed, and borne is dictated culturally. Thus, the study of pain requires a holistic approach crossing cultures, disciplines, and time. This volume explores how and why pain-inducing …
Purposeful Pain
The Bioarchaeology of Intentional Suffering
Av Susan Guise Sheridan, Lesley A. Gregoricka
Häftad, 2021
1352 kr
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Pain is an evolutionary and adaptive mechanism to prevent harm to an individual. Beyond this, how it is defined, expressed, and borne is dictated culturally. Thus, the study of pain requires a holistic approach crossing cultures, disciplines, and time. This volume explores how and why pain-inducing …
Diet, Nutrition, and Foodways on the North Coast of Peru
Bioarchaeological Perspectives on Adaptive Transitions
Av Bethany L. Turner, Haagen D. Klaus
Inbunden, 2020
569 kr
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This book synthesizes in-depth bioarchaeological research into diet, subsistence regimes, and nutrition—and corresponding insights into adaptation, suffering, and resilience—among indigenous north-coastal Peruvian communities from early agricultural through European colonial periods.The Spanish …
Diet, Nutrition, and Foodways on the North Coast of Peru
Bioarchaeological Perspectives on Adaptive Transitions
Av Bethany L. Turner, Haagen D. Klaus
Häftad, 2021
569 kr
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This book synthesizes in-depth bioarchaeological research into diet, subsistence regimes, and nutrition—and corresponding insights into adaptation, suffering, and resilience—among indigenous north-coastal Peruvian communities from early agricultural through European colonial periods.The Spanish …
Bioarchaeology of Structural Violence
A Theoretical Framework for Industrial Era Inequality
Av Lori A. Tremblay, Sarah Reedy
Inbunden, 2020
1467 kr
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This volume is a resource for bioarchaeologists interested in using a structural violence framework to better understand and contextualize the lived experiences of past populations. One of the most important elements of bioarchaeological research is the study of health disparities in past …
Bioarchaeology of Structural Violence
A Theoretical Framework for Industrial Era Inequality
Av Lori A. Tremblay, Sarah Reedy
Häftad, 2021
1467 kr
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This volume is a resource for bioarchaeologists interested in using a structural violence framework to better understand and contextualize the lived experiences of past populations. One of the most important elements of bioarchaeological research is the study of health disparities in past …
Bioarchaeology of Urbanization
The Biological, Demographic, and Social Consequences of Living in Cities
Av Tracy K. Betsinger, Sharon N. DeWitte
Inbunden, 2020
1917 kr
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Urbanization has long been a focus of bioarchaeological research, but what is missing from the literature is an exploration of the geographic and temporal range of human biological, demographic, and sociocultural responses to this major shift in settlement pattern. Urbanization is characterized by …
Bioarchaeology of Urbanization
The Biological, Demographic, and Social Consequences of Living in Cities
Av Tracy K. Betsinger, Sharon N. DeWitte
Häftad, 2021
1917 kr
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Urbanization has long been a focus of bioarchaeological research, but what is missing from the literature is an exploration of the geographic and temporal range of human biological, demographic, and sociocultural responses to this major shift in settlement pattern. Urbanization is characterized by …
Theorizing Bioarchaeology
Inbunden, 2021
1580 kr
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Bioarchaeology has relied on Darwinian perspectives and biocultural models to communicate information about the lives of past peoples. This book demonstrates how further theoretical expansion—a thoughtful engagement with critical social theorizing—can contribute insightful and more ethical …
Interdisciplinary Explorations of Postmortem Interaction
Dead Bodies, Funerary Objects, and Burial Spaces Through Texts and Time
Av Estella Weiss-Krejci, Sebastian Becker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
605 kr
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In the present as in the past, the dead have been deployed to promote visions of identity, as well as ostensibly wider human values. Through a series of case studies from ancient Egypt through prehistoric, historic, and present-day Europe, this book discusses what is constant and what is locally …
Poetics of Violence in Afroeurasian Bioarchaeology
Av Roselyn A. Campbell, Anna J. Osterholtz
Inbunden, 2024
1467 kr
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This volume explores violence in bioarchaeological case studies from various cultures, geographic regions, and time periods throughout the Eastern Hemisphere through the lens of Neil Whitehead's concept of poetics. It emphasizes the role and power of performance and ritual in violent acts, and how …
Poetics of Violence in Afroeurasian Bioarchaeology
Av Roselyn A. Campbell, Anna J. Osterholtz
Häftad, 2025
1467 kr
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This volume explores violence in bioarchaeological case studies from various cultures, geographic regions, and time periods throughout the Eastern Hemisphere through the lens of Neil Whitehead's concept of poetics. It emphasizes the role and power of performance and ritual in violent acts, and how …
Bodies, Ontology, and Bioarchaeology
Articulating 14th Century Life at Arroyo Hondo Pueblo
Inbunden, 2024
1580 kr
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This volume introduces the place of Arroyo Hondo Pueblo in our understanding of Southwestern Archaeology in the Northern Rio Grande. The author discusses the reanalysis of the skeletal and mortuary remains that draws on a half century of research since the original excavations were conducted by the …
Bodies, Ontology, and Bioarchaeology
Articulating 14th Century Life at Arroyo Hondo Pueblo
Häftad, 2025
1580 kr
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This volume introduces the place of Arroyo Hondo Pueblo in our understanding of Southwestern Archaeology in the Northern Rio Grande. The author discusses the reanalysis of the skeletal and mortuary remains that draws on a half century of research since the original excavations were conducted by the …
Bodies Poetic
Identity and Interaction with the Dead
Inbunden, 2025
1580 kr
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This book examines the intricate relationships between the living and the dead, revealing how these interactions shape group identities and facilitate ongoing negotiations of self and community. Beginning with a rich exploration of bioarchaeological theories, this volume introduces an enriched …
Bodies Poetic
Identity and Interaction with the Dead
Häftad, 2026
1580 kr
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This book examines the intricate relationships between the living and the dead, revealing how these interactions shape group identities and facilitate ongoing negotiations of self and community. Beginning with a rich exploration of bioarchaeological theories, this volume introduces an enriched …
Applied Bioarchaeology
Making an Impact
Av Catriona J. McKenzie, Lorna Tilley m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1929 kr
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This is the first book to address theory and practice in Applied Bioarchaeology—a term used to describe bioarchaeological research which addresses matters of relevance today, and which actively engages people in the research process in ways that are respectful and relevant to the studied …
Bioarchaeology, Activism and Social Justice
Equitable and Sustainable Global Futures
Av Siân E. Halcrow, Sabrina C. Agarwal m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
640 kr
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This open access volume is the first dedicated to action within bioarchaeology and cognate disciplines, with the aim of fostering social and political change. The editors bring together a diverse range of bioarchaeologists and related practitioners whose work engages with some of the most pressing …
Continuing Advances in the Analysis of Commingled Remains
Inbunden, 2027
1694 kr
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This book presents an exploration of the methodologies and theoretical frameworks involved in the analysis of commingled human remains, featuring twelve case studies (plus an introduction and conclusion) that highlight the complexities of these assemblages. Both intentional and unintentional …
Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care
Av Lorna Tilley
Inbunden, 2015
1016 kr
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This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and explanation of, the theory and practice of the ‘bioarchaeology of care’, an original, fully theorised and contextualised case study-based approach designed to identify and interpret cases of care provision in prehistory. The applied …
Theoretical Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Commingled Human Remains
Inbunden, 2015
568 kr
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This volume centers on the application of social theory to commingled remains with special focus on the cultural processes that create the assemblages as a way to better understand issues of meaning, social structure and interaction, and lived experience in the past. The importance of the …
Bioarchaeology of Dissection and Autopsy in the United States
Inbunden, 2016
2024 kr
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Encountering evidence of postmortem examinations - dissection or autopsy in historic skeletal collections is relatively rare, but recently there has been an increase in the number of reported instances. And much of what has been evaluated has been largely descriptive and historical. The …
Bioarchaeology of Societal Collapse and Regeneration in Ancient Peru
Inbunden, 2016
568 kr
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This book explores how individuals, social groups, and entire populations are impacted by the tumultuous collapse of ancient states and empires. Through meticulous study of the bones of the dead and the molecules embedded therein, bioarchaeologists can reconstruct how the reverberations of …
Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care
Av Lorna Tilley
Häftad, 2016
736 kr
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This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and explanation of, the theory and practice of the ‘bioarchaeology of care’, an original, fully theorised and contextualised case study-based approach designed to identify and interpret cases of care provision in prehistory. The applied …
