Identified skeletal collections : the testing ground of anthropology? / edited by Charlotte Yvette Henderson, Francisca Alves Cardoso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cardoso, Francisca Alves, editor.

Henderson, Charlotte Yvette, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human remains (Archaeology)--Collection and preservation.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Human remains (Archaeology)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Archaeopress, [2018]

Summary:

Human skeletons are widely studied in archaeological, anthropological and forensic settings to learn about the deceased. This book focusses on identified skeletal collections and discusses how and why collections were amassed and shows the vital role they play in improving methods and interpretations for archaeological and forensic research.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright information

Contents

Introduction

Charlotte Henderson

What are identified human skeletal collections?

Conception of the book

Why are they so useful?

Biases

Identified but anonymous

Dignity and respect

References

Archaeological human skeletal collections: their significance and value as an ongoing contribution to research

Jelena Bekvalac1 and Dr Rebecca Redfern1

Archaeological Human Skeletal Remains Collections, Museum of London

Centre for Human Bioarchaeology

Research

Research Output

Destructive Sampling

Biographical collections

Outreach, Teaching and Exhibitions

Conclusion

The Grant Human Skeletal Collection and Other Contributions of J. C. B. Grant to Anatomy, Osteology, and Forensic Anthropology

John Albanese1,2

The University of Edinburgh and the University of Durham: 1909-1919

The University of Manitoba: 1919-1930

The University of Toronto and the University of California at Los Angeles: 1930-1973

Grant's Legacy: James E. Anderson and Physical Anthropology in Canada

The Grant Human Skeletal Collection

Discussion and Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References Cited

Strategies for Dealing with Bias in Identified Reference Collections and Implications for Research in the 21st Century

A Model for Identifying and Assessing the Sources and Nature of Bias: An Approach to Pursuing Research Using Identified Skeletal Collections

Cemetery Studies Theory and Methods

The New Biocultural Synthesis

From Living Population to Available Sample

From Available Sample to Observed Sample

Discussion: Examples of the Efficacy of this Approach

Methods for Estimating Sex

Assessing Patterns of Human Variation and the Study of Past Populations.

Methods for Estimating Stature

Beyond Race and Ancestry

Bioarchaeology and Identified Skeletal Collections: Problems and Potential Solutions

Jennifer Sharman1 and John Albanese2,3

What Were the Reasons for Collecting and What was the Source of the Skeletons?

Anatomical Collections

The Dart Collection

The Pretoria Collection

The Terry Collection

Grant Collection

Cemetery Collections

Modern Cemetery Collections: The Coimbra Collection

Potential Impacts of Curation

Who is in the Collection?

Basic Demographic Parameters: Age and Sex

'Race' and Human Variation

Socioeconomic Status

Age

How Well-Known are 'Known' Ages?

When Did the People Die and When Did Collecting Occur?

Where Did the Skeletons (People) Come From?

Immigrants? From How Far?

Local People?

Why Were Particular Skeletons Added to the Collection?

Research Using Documented Collections: Impact and Interrelationship of 'Who, What, When, Where, Why'

Example 1: Accuracy of Age-at-Death Data and Age Heaping for the Terry Collection

Example 2: Race, Apartheid and the Accuracy of Age at Death in the Dart and Pretoria Collections

Example 3: Misinterpretation of Mortality Bias in the Terry Collection as 'Racial Differences'

tThe significance of identified human skeletal collections to further our understanding of the skeletal ageing process in adults

Vanessa Campanacho1,2,3 and Hugo F.V. Cardoso4

The importance of understanding the ageing process with identified skeletal remains

The effects of environmental factors on the rate of bone ageing

Pregnancy and parturition

Drugs and alcohol use

Occupation and physical activity

Disease and diet

Body size.

Limitations of identified skeletal collections and their constraints on age estimation research

Ethical and legal issues with identified skeletal collections: a Portuguese example

Secular changes in cranial size and sexual dimorphism of cranial size: a comparative analysis of standard cranial dimensions in two Portuguese identified skeletal reference collections and implications for sex estimation

Luísa Marinho1, Ana R. Vassalo2, Hugo F. V. Cardoso1

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

Lives Not Written in Bones: Discussing Biographical Data Associated With Identified Skeletal Collections.

Francisca Alves Cardoso1

Identified Skeletal Collections and Biographical Data.

Working Life in Bones: Do Skeletons Tell it All?

What does it mean to be a Doméstica?

Concluding remarks

The Fate of Anatomical Collections in the US: Bioanthropological Investigations of Structural Violence

Rachel J. Watkins1

Statement of the Problem

Early Mobilization of a Cadaver and Skeletal Collection

The Skeletal Collection and Texts

Twenty-first Century Mobilizations

Current Mobilizations: Mitigating Present-Day Structural Violence

Conclusion: The Fate of Anatomical Collections in the US - Questions Worth Asking

Final Summary

Francisca Alves-Cardoso1.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781784918064

1784918067

OCLC:

1255228599