Bioarchaeology
The Contextual Analysis of Human Remains
- 1st Edition - September 29, 2006
- Latest edition
- Editors: Jane E. Buikstra, Lane Beck
- Language: English
The core subject matter of bioarchaeology is the lives of past peoples, interpreted anthropologically. Human remains, contextualized archaeologically and historically, form the… Read more
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Description
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.
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.
Key features
Key features
*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
*Draws from traditionally distinct sub-disciplines of anthropology
*Multi-disciplinary
*Includes historical, contemporary and future perspective
*Broad array of scholars/scholarship
Readership
Readership
Institutions with both formal and informal bioarchaeology programs as well as those that lack one altogether. Also same audience are our bone books (Ortner, White/Folkens, Scheuer)
Table of contents
Table of contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword. By Donald J. Ortner
Preface. Goals and Organization of the Volume; by Jane E. Buikstra
Section I. People and Places: Early Landmarks in American Bioarchaeology
Introduction to Section I; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 1. An Historical Introduction; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 2. The Old Physical Anthropology and the New World: A Look at the Accomplishments of an Antiquated Paradigm; by Della Collins Cook
Chapter 3. Historical Development of Skeletal Biology at the Smithsonian; by Doug Ubelaker
Chapter 4. Kidder, Hooton, Pecos and the Birth of Bioarchaeology; by Lane Anderson Beck
Chapter 5. Hemenway, Hrdlicka, and Hodge: An Historical Perspective on Bioarchaeological Research in the American Southwest; by Gordon F. M. Rakita
Chapter 6. A New Deal for Human Osteology; by George R. Milner and Keith P. Jacobi
Chapter 7. Invisible Hands: Women in Bioarchaeology; by Mary Lucas Powell, Della Collins Cook, Georgieann Bogdan, Jane E. Buikstra, Mario M. Castro, Patrick D. Horne, David R. Hunt, Richard T. Koritzer, Sheila Ferraz Mendonça de Souza, Mary Kay Sandford, Laurie Saunders, Glaucia Aparecida Malerba Sene, Lynne Sullivan, John J. Swetnam
Section II. Emerging Specialties
Introduction to Section II; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 8. Behavior and the Bones; by Osbjorn Pearson and Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 9. A Brief History of Paleodemography from Hooton to Hazards Analysis; by Susan R.Frankenberg and Lyle W. Konigsberg
Chapter 10. A Post-Neumann History of Biological and Genetic Distance Studies in Bioarchaeology; by Lyle W. Konigsberg
Chapter 11. The Evolution of American Paleopathology; by Della Collins Cook and Mary Lucas Powell
Chapter 12. The Dentist and the Archeologist: The Role of Dental Anthropology in North American Bioarcheology; by Jerome C. Rose and Dolores L. Burke
Section III. On to the Twenty-First Century
Introduction to Section III; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 13. The Changing Face of Bioarchaeology: An Emerging Interdisciplinary Science; by Clark Spencer Larsen
Chapter 14. Mortuary Analysis and Bioarchaeology; by Lynne Goldstein
Chapter 15. The Engagement of Twenty-First Century Bioarchaeology; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 16. A View from Afar; by Charlotte A. Roberts
Appendix to Chapter 9
Appendix to Chapter 10
Glossary of Acronyms
Bibliography
Index
List of Tables
Foreword. By Donald J. Ortner
Preface. Goals and Organization of the Volume; by Jane E. Buikstra
Section I. People and Places: Early Landmarks in American Bioarchaeology
Introduction to Section I; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 1. An Historical Introduction; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 2. The Old Physical Anthropology and the New World: A Look at the Accomplishments of an Antiquated Paradigm; by Della Collins Cook
Chapter 3. Historical Development of Skeletal Biology at the Smithsonian; by Doug Ubelaker
Chapter 4. Kidder, Hooton, Pecos and the Birth of Bioarchaeology; by Lane Anderson Beck
Chapter 5. Hemenway, Hrdlicka, and Hodge: An Historical Perspective on Bioarchaeological Research in the American Southwest; by Gordon F. M. Rakita
Chapter 6. A New Deal for Human Osteology; by George R. Milner and Keith P. Jacobi
Chapter 7. Invisible Hands: Women in Bioarchaeology; by Mary Lucas Powell, Della Collins Cook, Georgieann Bogdan, Jane E. Buikstra, Mario M. Castro, Patrick D. Horne, David R. Hunt, Richard T. Koritzer, Sheila Ferraz Mendonça de Souza, Mary Kay Sandford, Laurie Saunders, Glaucia Aparecida Malerba Sene, Lynne Sullivan, John J. Swetnam
Section II. Emerging Specialties
Introduction to Section II; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 8. Behavior and the Bones; by Osbjorn Pearson and Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 9. A Brief History of Paleodemography from Hooton to Hazards Analysis; by Susan R.Frankenberg and Lyle W. Konigsberg
Chapter 10. A Post-Neumann History of Biological and Genetic Distance Studies in Bioarchaeology; by Lyle W. Konigsberg
Chapter 11. The Evolution of American Paleopathology; by Della Collins Cook and Mary Lucas Powell
Chapter 12. The Dentist and the Archeologist: The Role of Dental Anthropology in North American Bioarcheology; by Jerome C. Rose and Dolores L. Burke
Section III. On to the Twenty-First Century
Introduction to Section III; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 13. The Changing Face of Bioarchaeology: An Emerging Interdisciplinary Science; by Clark Spencer Larsen
Chapter 14. Mortuary Analysis and Bioarchaeology; by Lynne Goldstein
Chapter 15. The Engagement of Twenty-First Century Bioarchaeology; by Jane E. Buikstra
Chapter 16. A View from Afar; by Charlotte A. Roberts
Appendix to Chapter 9
Appendix to Chapter 10
Glossary of Acronyms
Bibliography
Index
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: September 29, 2006
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
JB
Jane E. Buikstra
Jane Buikstra heads the Center for Bioarchaeology at Arizona State University and is a member of the National Academy of Science. Her work in the Lower Illinois River Valley fostered the development of Bioarchaeology and she continues to be the leading scholar in this field.
Affiliations and expertise
Center for Bioarchaeological Research, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, USALB
Lane Beck
Lane Beck is an Associate Curator of Bioarchaeology at the Arizona State Museum and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. She has nearly 30 years of field and laboratory experience in Bioarchaeology. Her major interests involve Bioarchaeology, Ethnohistory, and Mortuary Analysis.
Affiliations and expertise
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA