Social Bioarchaeology

• Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation
• Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe
• Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world

Bonnie Glencross is Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, at Wilfrid Laurier University, and held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California from 2006-2008.

Notes on Contributors.

Series Editors' Preface.

1 Building a Social Bioarchaeology (Sabrina C. Agarwal and Bonnie A. Glencross).

Part I Materials and Meaning: The Nature of Skeletal Samples.

2 The Origins of Biocultural Dimensions in Bioarchaeology (Molly K. Zuckerman and George J. Armelagos).

3 Partnerships, Pitfalls, and Ethical Concerns in International Bioarchaeology (Bethany L. Turner and Valerie A. Andrushko).

4 The Formation of Mortuary Deposits: Implications for Understanding Mortuary Behavior of Past Populations (Estella Weiss-Krejci).

5 Representativeness and Bias in Archaeological Skeletal Samples (Mary Jackes).

Part II Social Identity: Bioarchaeology of Sex, Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability.

6 Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeological Research: Theory, Method, and Interpretation (Sandra E. Hollimon).

7 Population Migration, Variation, and Identity: An Islamic Population in Iberia (Sonia Zakrzewski).

8 Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Colonial New York: A Bioarchaeological Study of the New York African Burial Ground (Autumn R. Barrett and Michael L. Blakey).

9 The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study of Perceptions, Stigma, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Charlotte Roberts).

Part III Growth and Aging: The Life Course of Health and Disease.

10 Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of Age (Joanna Sofaer).

11 It is Not Carved in Bone: Development and Plasticity of the Aged Skeleton (Sabrina C. Agarwal and Patrick Beauchesne).

12 The Bioarchaeological Investigation of Children and Childhood (Siân E. Halcrow and Nancy Tayles).

13 Moving from the Canary in the Coalmine: Modeling Childhood in Bahrain (Judith Littleton).

14 Skeletal Injury Across the Life Course: Towards Understanding Social Agency (Bonnie A. Glencross).

15 Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy (Tracy L. Prowse).

Index.