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Author(s): Mark Q Sutton

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Year: 2020

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Bioarchaeology
An Introduction to the Archaeology and Anthropology of the Dead

Bioarchaeology covers the history and general theory of the field plus the recovery and laboratory treatment of human remains. Bioarchaeology is the study of human remains in context from an archaeological and anthropological perspective. The book explores, through numerous case studies, how the ways a society deals with their dead can reveal a great deal about that society, including its religious, political, economic, and social organizations. It details recovery methods and how, once recovered, human remains can be analyzed to reveal details about the funerary system of the subject society and inform on a variety of other issues, such as health, demography, disease, workloads, mobility, sex and gender, and migration. Finally, the book highlights how bioarchaeological techniques can be used in contemporary forensic settings and in investigations of genocide and war crimes. In Bioarchaeology, theories, principles, and scientific techniques are laid out in a clear, understandable way, and students of archaeology at undergraduate and graduate levels will find this an excellent guide to the field.

Table contents:

1 The discipline of bioarchaeology
Introduction: what is bioarchaeology?
What constitutes human remains?
The development of the discipline
A focus on measurement and classification
Interest in paleopathology
A revival of mortuary analysis
Changing perspectives: an integrated biocultural approach
Ethics and politics in bioarchaeology
Repatriation: humanistic and scientific issues
International laws on human remains
U.S. laws on human remains
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
2 In the field: discovery and recovery
Human? How old?
The archaeological record
The nature of archaeological evidence
Taphonomy
Discovery of human remains
Known sites and locations
Accidental discoveries
Recovery of human remains
Excavation methods
Recordation
Post-excavation handling
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
3 In the laboratory: description and basic analysis of human remains
Laboratory treatment
Skeletal remains
Bones of the skeleton
Measuring and describing the skeleton
Metric traits
Nonmetric traits
Bone development and growth
Types of bone
Remodeling
Deossification
Bone histology
Dentition
Describing teeth
Metric and nonmetric dental traits
Basic analysis of skeletal remains
Determining the minimum number of individuals
Estimating age at death
Estimating sex
Estimating stature
Estimations of ancestry
Soft tissue and other remains
Hair
Fingernails and toenails
Paleofeces
Dating human remains
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
4 Treating the dead: the funerary system
Concepts of the body
Cultural constructs of death
The funerary system
The funerary system I: pretreatment of the living
The funerary system II: the mortuary process
Purposeful mummies
Preserved body parts
Funerary system III: commemorative behavior
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
5 Paleopathology I: metabolic, nutritional, and occupational stress
Paleopathology
Stress
Metabolic stress
Nutritional stress
Occupational and activity stress
Detecting general stress
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
6 Paleopathology II: disease and abnormalities
Disease
Skeletal pathology of disease
Cancers and tumors
Infectious disease
Degenerative disorders
Dental pathologies
Soft tissue pathology
Infectious disease in soft tissues
Parasitic infection
Congenital abnormalities
Congenital syndromes
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
7 Trauma
Trauma
Types of physical trauma
Violence
Cannibalism
Human sacrifice
Execution
Medical trauma
Tissue modification
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
8 Specialized studies
Biomolecular studies
Organic residues: blood, lipids, and proteins
Ancient DNA
Isotopic analysis
Biodistance studies
Imaging
Radiography
Scanning
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
9 Interpretive theory and data integration
Theoretical approaches in interpretation
Middle-range theory
Research design
Cemetery organization
Grave goods and status
Integration of data sets
Constructing a biocultural profile
Constructing a bioethnography
Issues in analysis
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
10 Lives once lived: the anthropology of the dead
Addressing anthropological questions
Exploring social organization
Exploring political systems
Exploring religion and ritual
Exploring sex and gender
Exploring inequality
The transition to agriculture
Paleodemography
The osteological paradox
The health of past populations
Medical care
Disability and community health care
Prosthetics
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
11 Contemporary application: forensic anthropology
Goals in forensic anthropology
Discovery and recovery
Identification of remains
Identifying manner and cause of death
Time since death
Legal issues
Homicide cases
Mass death events
Extralegal killings and mass graves
Recovery of war dead
Chapter summary
Key concepts and terms
References
Glossary
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