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  • The Archaeology of Slavery

    A Comparative Approach to Captivity and Coercion

    Plantation sites, especially those in the southeastern United States, have long dominated the archaeological study of slavery. These antebellum estates, however, are not representative of the range of geographic locations and time periods in which slavery has occurred. As archaeologists have begun to investigate slavery in more diverse settings, the need for a broader interpretive framework is now ... Read more

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  • Anthropological Perspectives on Aging

    An in-depth and wide-ranging approach to the study of older adults in societyTaking a holistic approach to the study of aging, this volume uses biological, archaeological, medical, and cultural perspectives to explore how older adults have functioned in societies around the globe and throughout human history. As the world’s population over 65 years of age continues to increase, this wide-ranging ... Read more

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  • Broken Bones, Broken Bodies

    Bioarchaeological and Forensic Approaches for Accumulative Trauma and Violence

    Injury recidivism is a continuing health problem in the modern clinical setting and has been part of medical literature for some time. However, it has been largely absent from forensic and bioarchaeological scholarship, despite the fact that practitioners work closely with skeletal remains and, in many cases, skeletal trauma. The contributors to this edited collection seek to close this gap by ... Read more

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  • The Bioarchaeology of Social Control

    Assessing Conflict and Cooperation in Pre-Contact Puebloan Society

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Taking a bioarchaeological approach, this book examines the Ancestral Pueblo culture living in the Four Corners region of the United States during the late Pueblo I through the end of the Pueblo III period (AD 850-1300). During this time, a vast system of pueblo villages spread throughout the region creating what has been called the Chaco Phenomenon, named after the large great houses in Chaco ... Read more

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  • Bioarchaeology of Climate Change and Violence

    Ethical Considerations

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The goal of this monograph is to emphasize with empirical data the complexity of the relationship between climate change and violence. Bioarchaeology is the integration of human skeletal remains from ancient societies with the cultural and environmental context. Information on mortality, disease, diet and other factors provide important data to examine long chronologies of human existence, ... Read more

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  • Bioarchaeology

    An Integrated Approach to Working with Human Remains

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Bioarchaeology is the analysis of human remains within an interpretative framework that includes contextual information. This comprehensive and much-needed manual provides both a starting point and a reference for archaeologists, bioarchaeologists and others working in this integrative field. The authors cover a range of bioarchaeological methods and theory including:Ethical issues involved in ... Read more

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    Political-Economic Perspectives on Human Biology

    Series series Linking Levels Of Analysis
    Anthropology, with its dual emphasis on biology and culture, is--or should be--the discipline most suited to the study of the complex interactions between these aspects of our lives. Unfortunately, since the early decades of this century, biological and cultural anthropology have grown distinct, and a holistic vision of anthropology has suffered.This book brings culture and biology back together ... Read more

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  • Social Bioarchaeology

    Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variationOffers a wide array of research on past populations around the globeExplains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world ... Read more

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  • Beyond Collapse

    Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies

    The Maya. The Romans. The great dynasties of ancient China. It is generally believed that these once mighty empires eventually crumbled and disappeared. A recent trend in archaeology, however, focusing on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful societies has found social resilience and transformation instead of collapse. In Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on ... Read more

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  • Anthropology Explored, Second Edition

    The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes

    This new edition offers a variety of clearly written and readily accessible articles from the Smithsonian’s highly acclaimed, award-winning publication AnthroNotes. Some of the world's leading anthropologists explore fundamental questions humans ask about themselves as individuals, as societies, and as a species. The articles reveal the richness and breadth of anthropology, covering not only the ... Read more

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  • Ethnobiology

    The single comprehensive treatment of the field, from the leading members of the Society of EthnobiologyThe field of ethnobiology—the study of relationships between particular ethnic groups and their native plants and animals—has grown very rapidly in recent years, spawning numerous subfields. Ethnobiological research has produced a wide range of medicines, natural products, and new crops, as well ... Read more

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  • Violence and Warfare among Hunter-Gatherers

    Edited by Mark W Allen, Terry L Jones ...
    How did warfare originate? Was it human genetics? Social competition? The rise of complexity? Intensive study of the long-term hunter-gatherer past brings us closer to an answer. The original chapters in this volume examine cultural areas on five continents where there is archaeological, ethnographic, and historical evidence for hunter-gatherer conflict despite high degrees of mobility, small ... Read more

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