Bioarchaeological and forensic perspectives on violence : how violent death is interpreted from skeletal remains / edited by Debra L. Martin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas ; Cheryl P. Anderson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Annual meeting (81st : 2012 : Portland, Or.)

Contributor:

Martin, Debra L. (Professor of Biological Anthropology), editor.

Anderson, Cheryl P., editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 67.

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 67

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human remains (Archaeology)--Congresses.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Violence--History--Congresses.

Violence.

Wounds and injuries--History--Congresses.

Wounds and injuries.

Social archaeology--Congresses.

Social archaeology.

Forensic anthropology--Congresses.

Forensic anthropology.

History.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Contents:

Introduction : interpreting violence in the ancient and modern world when skeletonized bodies are all you have / Debra L. Martin and Cheryl P. Anderson

Killed in action? : a biometrical analysis of femora of supposed battle victims from the Middle Bronze Age site of Weltzin 20, Germany / Stefan Flohr, Ute Brinker, Elena Spanagel, Annemarie Schramm, Jörg Orschiedt, and Uwe Kierdorf

The taphonomy of maritime warfare : a forensic reinterpretation of sharp force trauma from the 1676 wreck of the Royal Swedish Warship Kronan / Anna Kjellström and Michelle D. Hamilton

The determination of homicide vs. suicide in gunshot wounds / Vincent H. Stefan

The first cut is the deepest : looking for patterns in cases of human dismemberment / Andrew C. Seidel and Laura C. Fulginiti

Victims of violence? : a methodological case study from precolonial northern Mexico / Cheryl P. Anderson

Signatures of captivity and subordination on skeletonized human remains : a bioarchaeological case study from the ancient Southwest / Ryan P. Harrod and Debra L. Martin

Classic Maya warfare and skeletal trophies : victims and aggressors / Rebecca Storey

Face me like a man! (or, like a woman) : antemortem nasal fractures in pre-Columbian San Pedro de Atacama / Christina Torres-Rouff and Laura M. King

Why some bodies matter : defacement and narrative in historical forensics cases / William N. Duncan and Christopher M. Stojanowski

Violence in life, violence in death, resiliency through repatriation : bioarchaeological analysis and heritage value of Yaqui skeletal remains from Sonora, Mexico / Heidi J. Bauer-Clapp and Ventura R. Pérez

Interpreting skeletal trauma and violence at Grasshopper Pueblo (AD 1275-1400) / Kathryn M. Baustian

The contribution of forensic anthropology to national identity in Chile : a case study from Patio 29 / Elizabeth M. DeVisser, Krista E. Latham, and Marisol Intriago Leiva

Cranial trauma and cranial modification in post-imperial Andahuaylas, Peru / Danielle Kurin

Allies today, enemies tomorrow : a comparative analysis of perimortem injuries along the biomechanical continuum / Melissa Scott Murphy, Brian Spatola, and Rick Weathermon

Interpreting gunshot trauma as context clue : a case study from historic North Las Vegas, Nevada / John J. Crandall, Ryan P. Harrod, Cheryl P. Anderson, and Kathryn M. Baustian

Living on the sidelines of death : anthropologists and violence / Alison Galloway.

Notes:

Papers presented at a symposium entitled Bioarchaeology and Forensic Case Studies of Violence: Reconstructing Context and Meaning, held during the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Portland, Oregon, April 11-14, 2012. (Introduction and Meeting's website)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1107045444

9781107045446

OCLC:

864299285

Publisher Number:

99958859308