The bioarchaeology of dissection and autopsy in the United States / Kenneth C. Nystrom, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nystrom, Ken, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Bioarchaeology and social theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human remains (Archaeology)--United States.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Dissection.

Autopsy.

Excavations (Archaeology)--United States.

Excavations (Archaeology).

United States.

Archaeology--methods.

Forensic Anthropology--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Autopsy.

Dissection.

Archaeology--methods.

Forensic Anthropology--methods.

United States.

Physical Description:

xix, 346 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2017]

Summary:

"Encountering evidence of postmortem examinations - dissection or autopsy in historic skeletal collections is relatively rare, but recently there has been an increase in the number of reported instances. And much of what has been evaluated has been largely descriptive and historical. 'The Bioarchaeology of Dissection and Autopsy' brings together in a single volume the skeletal evidence of postmortem examination in the United States. Ranging from the early colonial period to the early 1900's, from a coffeehouse at Colonial Williamsburg to a Quaker burial vault in lower Manhattan, the contributions to this volume demonstrate the interpretive significance of a historically and theoretically contextualized bioarchaeology. The authors employ a wide range of perspectives, demonstrating how bioarchaeological evidence can be used to address a wide range of themes including social identity and marginalization, racialization, the nature of the body and fragmentation, and the emergence of medical practice and authority in the United States."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Renaissance Anatomy in the Americas: A Bioarchaeological Perspective on the Earliest Skeletal Evidence of Autopsy in the New World / Crist, Thomas A. (et al.)

Evidence for Early Seventeenth-Century Surgery and Dissection at James Fort, Virginia / Bruwelheide, Karin S. (et al.)

A Dissection at the Coffeehouse? The Performance of Anatomical Expertise in Colonial America / Chapman, Ellen (et al.)

Partible Persons or Persons Apart: Postmortem Interventions at the Spring Street Presbyterian Church, Manhattan / Novak, Shannon A.

Teachings of the Dead: The Archaeology of Anatomized Remains from Holden Chapel, Harvard University / Hodge, Christina J. (et al.)

Skeletal Evidence of Anatomical and Surgical Training in Nineteenth-Century Richmond / Owsley, Douglas W. (et al.)

Structural Violence in New Orleans: Skeletal Evidence from Charity Hospital's Cemeteries, 1847

1929 / Halling, Christine L. (et al.)

Dissection and Documented Skeletal Collections: Embodiments of Legalized Inequality / Muller, Jennifer L. (et al.)

Autopsy, Dissection, and Anatomical Exploration: The Postmortem Fate of the Underclass and Institutionalized in Old Milwaukee / Dougherty, Sean P. (et al.)

"You Couldn't Identify Your Grandmother If She Were in that Party": The Bioarchaeology of Postmortem Investigation at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery / Richards, Patricia B. (et al.)

"The Mangled Remains of What Had Been Humanity": Evidence of Autopsy and Dissection at Philadelphia's Blockley Almshouse, 1835

1895 / Crist, Thomas A. (et al.)

Structural Inequality and Postmortem Examination at the Erie County Poorhouse / Nystrom, Kenneth C. (et al.)

Exploring Evidence of Nineteenth Century Dissection in the Dunning Poorhouse Cemetery / Grauer, Anne L. (et al.)

A Historical and Osteological Analysis of Postmortem Medical Practices from the Albany County Almshouse Cemetery Skeletal Sample in Albany, New York / Lowe, Kim Lusignan

Conclusion: The Anthropology of Dissection and Autopsy / Nystrom, Kenneth C.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9783319268347

3319268341

OCLC:

957457375

Publisher Number:

99973823520