Bioarchaeology
Subtitle: the contextual analysis of human remains
By: edited by Jane E. Buikstra and Lane A. Beck.
Contributors: Buikstra, Jane E.; Beck, Lane A.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 606
ISBN-13: 9780123695413
Subjects: Human remains (Archaeology); Human skeleton -- Analysis; Paleopathology; Paleoanthropology
Description: (Publisher-supplied data) The core subject matter of bioarchaeology is the lives of past peoples, interpreted anthropologically. Human remains, contextualized archaeologically and historically, form the unit of study. Integrative and frequently inter-disciplinary, bioarchaeology draws methods and theoretical perspectives from across the sciences and the humanities. Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Study of Human Remains focuses upon North American bioarchaeology, as defined above, which contrasts with European approaches more firmly linked to the study of all organic archaeological residues. Although Buikstra coined this use of Bioarchaeology in the 1970s, the unique approaches of this field of inquiry have much deeper roots, primarly reflected in the history of American Anthropology. This book uses an historical approach to explore this history, to define the current status of the field, and to project the future of bioarchaeology. It is divided into three sections: 1. People and Places - Early Landmarks in Bioarchaeology; 2. Emerging Specialities; and 3. On to the 21st Century. Human life histories studied through integration of skeletal biology with archaeological and contextual approaches. Draws from traditionally distinct sub-disciplines of anthropology. Multi-disciplinary. Includes historical, contemporary and future perspective. Broad array of scholars/scholarship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-586) and index.
Table of contents: title: A historical introduction / Jane E. Buikstra; title: The old physical anthropology and the New World : a look at the accomplishments of an antiquated paradigm / Della Collins Cook; title: The changing role of skeletal biology at the Smithsonian / Douglas H. Ubelaker; title: Kidder, Hooton, Pecos and the birth of bioarchaeology / Lane Anderson Beck; title: Hemenway, Hrdlička, and Hawikku : a historical perspective on bioarchaeological research in the American Southwest / Gordon F.M. Rakita; title: A new deal for human osteology / George R. Milner and Keith P. Jacobi; title: Invisible hands : women in bioarchaeology / Mary Lucas Powell ... [et al.]; title: Behavior and the bones / Osbjorn M. Pearson and Jane E. Buikstra; title: A brief history of paleodemography from Hooton to hazards analysis / Susan R. Frankenberg and Lyle W. Konigsberg; title: A post-Neumann history of biological and genetic distance studies in bioarchaeology / Lyle W. Konigsberg; title: The evolution of American paleopathology / Della Collins Cook and Mary Lucas Powell; title: The dentist and the archeologist : the role of dental anthropology in North American bioarchaeology / Jerome C. Rose and Dolores L. Burke; title: The changing face of bioarchaeology : an interdisciplinary science / Clark Spencer Larsen; title: Mortuary analysis and bioarchaeology / Lynne Goldstein; title: Repatriation and bioarchaeology : challenges and opportunities / Jane E. Buikstra; title: A view from afar : bioarchaeology in Britain / Charlotte A. Roberts.