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. (Physical anthropologist), editor.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Bioarchaeological & Forensic Perspectives on Violence

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Every year, there are over 1.6 million violent deaths worldwide, making violence one of the leading public health issues of our time. And with the 20th century just behind us, it's hard to forget that 191 million people lost their lives directly or indirectly through conflict. This collection of engaging case studies on violence and violent deaths reveals how violence is reconstructed from skeletal and contextual information. By sharing the complex methodologies for gleaning scientific data from human remains and the context they are found in, and complementary perspectives for examining violence from both past and contemporary societies, bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology prove to be fundamentally inseparable. This book provides a model for training forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists, not just in the fundamentals of excavation and skeletal analysis, but in all subfields of anthropology, to broaden their theoretical and practical approach to dealing with everyday violence.

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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-69922-9

1-139-86227-8

1-139-86105-0

1-139-86532-3

1-139-86890-X

1-139-86319-3

1-139-87105-6

1-107-05140-1