Archaeological Human Remains : Global Perspectives / edited by Barra O’Donnabhain, María Cecilia Lozada.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O’Donnabhain, Barra., Editor.

Lozada, María Cecilia, Editor.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Archaeology, 1861-6623

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

Anthropology.

Local Subjects:

Archaeology.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume addresses the directions that studies of archaeological human remains have taken in a number of different countries, where attitudes range from widespread support to prohibition. Overlooked in many previous publications, this diversity in attitudes is examined through a variety of lenses, including academic origins, national identities, supporting institutions, archaeological context, and globalization. The volume situates this diversity of attitudes by examining past and current tendencies in studies of archaeologically-retrieved human remains across a range of geopolitical settings. In a context where methodological approaches have been increasingly standardized in recent decades, the volume poses the question if this standardization has led to a convergence in approaches to archaeological human remains or if significant differences remain between practitioners in different countries. The volume also explores the future trajectories of the study of skeletal remains in the different jurisdictions under scrutiny. .

Contents:

Chapter 1: To Be or Not To Be: Global Approaches to Ancient Human Remains, Barra O’Donnabhain and María C. Lozada

Chapter 2: Bioarchaeological Research in Argentina: Past, Present and…Future? María A. Bordach, Osvaldo J. Mendonça, Mario A. Arrieta and Lila Bernardi

Chapter 3: Becoming Bioarchaeology? Traditions of Physical Anthropology and Archaeology in Armenia, Maureen E. Marshall

Chapter 4: Local Trajectories? A View from Down-Under, Judith Littleton

Chapter 5: Bioarchaeology in Brazil, Sheila M.F. Mendonça de Souza

Chapter 6: The Biology of Early British Populations, Don Brothwell

Chapter 7: Bioarchaeology in Canada: Origins and Contemporary Issues, Jerome S. Cybulski and M. Anne Katzenberg

Chapter 8: The Status of Approaches to Archaeological Human Remains in Greece, Αnna Lagia, Anastasia Papathanasiou and Sevi Triantaphyllou

Chapter 9: Themes in Icelandic Bioarchaeological Research, Hildur Gestsdóttir

Chapter 10: Human Skeletal Studies in India: A Review, Veena Mushrif-Tripathy

Chapter 11: The Development of the Contextual Analysis of Human Remains in Ireland, Barra O’Donnabhain and Eileen Murphy

Chapter 12: Past, Present and Future Perspectives in Maya Bioarchaeology: A View from Yucatan, Mexico, Vera Tiesler and Andrea Cucina

Chapter 13: The Emergence of Bioarchaeology in Peru: Origins and Modern Approaches, María Cecilia Lozada

Chapter 14: Controversies about the Study of Human Remains in Post-apartheid South Africa, Alan G. Morris

Chapter 15: The History of Physical Anthropology in Turkey, Handan Üstündağ and G. Bike Yazıcıoğlu

Chapter 16: Bioarchaeology as a Process: An Examination of Bioarchaeological Tribes in the USA, Gordon F.M. Rakita

Chapter 17: Archaeology, Bioethics and Policies Regarding the Treatment of Ancient Human Remains in Venezuela, Franz Scaramelli and Kay Scaramelli.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

3-319-06370-7