Bioarchaeology

The Contextual Analysis
of Human Remains



Libro editado por Buikstra y Beck (2006)

Section I People and Projects: Early Landmarks in American Bioarchaeology

Introduction
Chapter 1
A Historical Introduction
Buikstra
Chapter 2
The Old Physical Anthropology and the New World: A Look at the Accomplishments of an antiquated Paradigm
Collins Cook
Chapter 3
The Changing Role of Skeletal Biology at the Smithsonian
Ubelaker
Chapter 4
Kidder, Hooton, Pecos, and the Birth of Bioarchaeology
Beck
Chapter 5
Hemenway, Hrdliˇcka, and Hawikku: A Historical Perspective on Bioarchaeological Research in the American Southwest
Rakita
Chapter 6
A New Deal for Human Osteology
Milner y Jacobi
Chapter 7
Invisible Hands: Women in Bioarchaeology
Powell, Collins Cook, Bogdan, Buikstra, Castro, Horne, Hunt, Koritzer, Ferraz Mendonça de Souza, Sandford, Saunders, Malerba Sene, Sullivan y Swetnam

Section II Emerging Specialties

Introduction
Chapter 8
Behavior and the Bones
Pearson y Buikstra
Chapter 9
A Brief History of Paleodemography from Hooton to Hazards Analysis
Frankenberg y Konigsberg
Chapter 10
A Post-Neumann History of Biological and Genetic Distance Studies in Bioarchaeology
Konigsberg
Chapter 11
The Evolution of American Paleopathology
Collins Cook y Powell
Chapter 12
The Dentist and the Archeologist: The Role of Dental Anthropology in North American Bioarcheology
Rose y Burke

Section III On to the 21st Century

Introduction
Chapter 13
The Changing Face of Bioarchaeology: An Interdisciplinary Science
Spencer Larsen
Chapter 14
Mortuary Analysis and Bioarchaeology
Goldstein
Chapter 15
Repatriation and Bioarchaeology: Challenges and Opportunities
Buikstra
Chapter 16
A View from Afar: Bioarchaeology in Britain
Roberts