Theoretical Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Commingled Human Remains.
| 1. Verfasser: |
Osterholtz, Anna J.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cham :
Springer,
2015.
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| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (262 pages). |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Bioarchaeology and social theory
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| Schlagworte: | |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Theoretical Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Commingled Human Remains (Print version:) |
| Online Zugang: |
Available online |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Contents
- Contributors
- About the Editor
- Chapter-1
- Introduction
- Bones Do Not Speak for Themselves
- No Single Paradigm
- Summary
- References
- Chapter-2
- A Tale of Two Platforms: Commingled Remains and the Life-Course of Houses at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
- Introduction
- Mortuary Practices at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
- Building 52
- The Northeast Platform
- The Northwest Platform
- Discussion: The Life-Course of Houses at Çatalhöyük
- House Life: Occupation
- House Death: Abandonment
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter-3
- Bodies in Motion: Identity and Migration in Cyprus During the Bronze Age
- Introduction
- Bodies in Motion: Landscape Theory Applied to Biocultural Change
- Hybridization, Migration, and the Diffusion of Innovation
- Urbanization
- Cultural Continuity: Adding Another Line of Evidence to the Interpretive Picture
- Cyprus and the Mediterranean in the Bronze Age
- Performance and the Relationship Between the Living and the Dead
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter-4
- Part of the Family: Age, Identity, and Burial in Copper Age Iberia
- Introduction: Why Do Anthropologists Dislike Children?
- Previous Archaeological Approaches to Childhood and Children
- Children in Late Prehistoric Iberia
- The Iberian Copper Age (c. 3200-2250 BC)
- Marroquíes Bajos
- Previous Research and Guidelines for MNI Estimates
- New Research: N1 and N2
- Representation of Subadults
- Dental Preservation of Adults and Subadults
- Calculating Expected Counts for Dentition
- Results of Dental Completion Analyses
- Patterning in Dental Preservation
- Skeletal Completion
- Anatomical Representation of Adults and Subadults
- Spatial Organization and Material Culture
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter-5.
- Limited Circumstances: Creating a Better Understanding of Prehistoric Peoples Through the Reanalysis of Collections of Commingled Human Remains
- Theoretical Outlook
- The Archaeological Record As It Stands
- Lewis Jones Cave Ossuary (1Sc42)
- Analysis
- Sorting
- Skeletal Analysis
- Results
- Discussion
- Paleodemographics
- Auditory Exostosis
- Treponemal Infection
- Dentition
- Traumatic Injuries
- Activity-Based Modification
- Conclusion and Future Research
- References
- Chapter-6
- When Space Is Limited: A Spatial Exploration of Pre-Hispanic Chachapoya Mortuary and Ritual Microlandscape
- Introduction
- Theoretical Background
- Group Identity and the Individual
- Social Memory and the Landscape
- Ancestor Veneration
- Chachapoya Mortuary Practices
- La Petaca: The Site and Setting
- Quantification and Spatial Modeling Methods
- Quantification and Representation of Individuals Present and Space Allocation
- Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI)
- Demographic Profile
- Element Representativeness
- Spatial Allocation
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter-7
- Patterned Processing as Performative Violence
- Site Background, Analytical Methodology, and the Sample
- Cranial Processing at Sacred Ridge
- Fracture and Fragmentation
- Face
- Vault and Basicranium
- Tool Marks
- Face
- Vault and Basicranium
- Burning
- Face
- Vault and Basicranium
- Interpretation of Patterned Processing
- Violence As Social Communication
- Politicization of the Dead
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter-8
- Contexts, Needs, and Social Messaging: Situating Iroquoian Human Bone Artifacts in Southern Ontario, Canada
- Introduction
- Method
- Chronological-Cultural Background
- The Archaeological Record
- Site Distribution
- The Elements
- The Cranium
- Long Bones
- Mandibles
- Phalanges
- Calcaneus.
- Summary
- Contextualizing Human Bone Artifacts
- The Keffer Site
- The Lawson Site
- Keffer and Lawson Site Comparison
- Discussion
- Victims of War
- Setting the Stage
- Body Partibility
- Prisoners As Debt Repayment
- Performance
- The Closing Act
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter-9
- In morbo et in morto: Transforming Age and Identity Within the Mortuary Context of Oymaağaç Höyük, Northern Turkey
- Introduction
- Mass Burial and Mortuary Archaeology
- Mass Burial in Roman Mortuary Tradition
- Children and Roman Mortuary Archaeology
- The Case Study of Oymaağaç, Turkey
- Maintaining Burial Practices at Oymaağaç: Mortuary Evidence
- Transforming Burial Practices at Oymaağaç: Skeletal Evidence
- Distribution of Juveniles and Adults in Mass and Multigenerational Burials
- Transformative Power of Disease
- Conclusion: Burying Tradition
- References
- Chapter-10
- Linking Health and Marriage Practices Among Commingled Assemblages: A Case Study from Bronze Age Tell Abraq, UAE
- Introduction
- Tell Abraq
- Subadult Health
- Materials and Methods
- Results-Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI) and Health
- Second Cervical Vertebrae
- C2 Results
- Discussion
- A Consideration of Ideology: Lamashtu
- Social Theory: Structural Violence
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter-11
- Cemetery Preservation and Beautification of Death: Investigations of Unmarked Early to Mid-Nineteenth-Century Burial Grounds in Central Kentucky
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Old Frankfort
- Eastern State Hospital
- Horse Park
- Discussion
- Socioeconomic Status of the Dead
- Attitudes Toward the Dead
- Lack of Connectedness
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter-12
- Commingled Bodies and Mixed and Communal Identities
- Introduction
- The History and Future of Analyzing Commingled Skeletons
- Commingling the Community.
- Not Commingling Sex and Gender
- The Body As Extended Artifact
- Conclusion
- References
- Erratum to: Contexts, Needs, and Social Messaging: Situating Iroquoian Human Bone Artifacts in Southern Ontario, Canada
- Index.
