Bioarchaeology: Contextual Analysis of Human Remains - Couverture rigide

Buikstra, Jane; Beck, Lane A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0123695414 ISBN 13 : 9780123695413

Editeur : Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, 2006

Synopsis

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: People and Places; Early Landmarks in Bioarchaeology; Emerging Specialities; and, On to the 21st Century. The book includes human life histories studied through integration of skeletal biology with archaeological and contextual approaches. It draws from traditionally distinct sub-disciplines of anthropology. It is multi-disciplinary, and includes historical, contemporary and future perspective, and broad array of scholars/scholarship.

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À propos de l'auteur

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. 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0123695414
• ISBN 13: 9780123695413
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 632
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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