Commingled and Disarticulated Human Remains

Working Toward Improved Theory, Method, and Data
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4899-8818-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 285 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 4628 g

Commingled and Disarticulated Human Remains:Working Toward Improved Theory, Method, and Data brings together research that provides innovative methodologies for the analysis of commingled human remains. It has temporal and spatial breadth, with case studies coming from pre-state to historic periods, as well as from both the New and Old World. Highlights of this volume include:
standardizes methods and presents best practices in the field using a case study approach
demonstrates how data gathered from commingled human remains can be incorporated into the overall interpretation of a site
explores best way to formulate population size, using commingled remains

Field archaeologists, bioarchaeologists, academic anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, zoo archaeologists, and students of anthropology and archaeology will find this to be an invaluable resource.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Osterholtz, Anna J.

Martin, Debra L.

Baustian, Kathryn M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1- Introduction

Chapter 2- Making Sense of Social Behavior from Disturbed and Commingled Skeletons: A Case Study from Çatalhöyük, Turkey

Chapter 3- Commingled Human Skeletal Assemblages: Integrative Techniques in Determination of the MNI/MNE

Chapter 4- Bioarchaeological Spatial Analysis of the Walker-Noe Crematory (15GD56)

Chapter 5- Into the Kettle:  The Analysis of Commingled Remains from Southern Ontario

Chapter 6- Crow Creek Bone Bed Commingling: The Relationship between Bone Mineral Density and Minimum Number of Individuals and Its Effect on Paleodemographic Analyses

Chapter 7- Extreme Processing at Mancos and Sacred Ridge: The Value of Comparative Studies

Chapter 8- Disarticulated and Disturbed, Processed and Eaten?  Cautionary Notes from the La Plata Assemblage   (AD 1000-1150)

Chapter 9- Partible, Permeable, and Relational Bodies in a Maya Mass Grave

Chapter 10- Unmingling Commingled Museum Collections: A Photographic Method

Chapter 11- Primary and secondary burials with commingled remains from archaeological contexts in Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey

Chapter 12- Commingled Bone Assemblages: Insights from Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy of a Bonebed at Karain B Cave, SW Turkey

Chapter 13- Normal Goat or Diseased Human? Disciplinary Boundaries and Methodological Traps in the Analysis of Fragmentary Remains at Franchthi Cave, Greece

Chapter 14-Taking Analyses of Commingled Remains into the Future:  Challenges and Prospects

Über Autor(innen)

Anna Osterholtz is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Her bioarchaeological research interests include the health consequences of trade, migration and interaction and the social role of violence.  She has worked extensively with commingled and fragmentary collections from around the world. 

Kathryn Baustian is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her research interests include bioarchaeological investigations focused on ancient social organization and the biological effects of culture change. She is also interested in forensic anthropology and the interpretation of violence in ancient and modern settings.

Debra L. Martin is Lincy Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Her interests include bioarchaeological approaches to understanding social processes that produce and reproduce poor health and violence within culturally defined and marginalized subgroups.