Skeletal biology and bioarchaeology of the Northwestern Plains
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Skeletal biology and bioarchaeology of the Northwestern Plains
University of Utah Press, c2008
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-307) and index
Contents of Works
- Before bioarchaeology : early day records of human burials on the Northwestern Plains / George C. Frison
- Life and death on the Northwestern Plains : mortuary practices and cultural transformations / Laura L. Scheiber
- History and development of the human remains repository at the University of Wyoming / Rick L. Weathermon and Mark E. Miller
- An introduction to the archaeology and human osteology of the Benick Ranch Site (48AB571) / Don P. Davis and Mark E. Miller
- The Korell-Bordeaux Site : a rare native American cemetery in frontier Wyoming / Thomas A. Furgeson and Anne K. Armstrong
- Late-nineteenth-century Crow mummies from Montana / Douglas W. Owsley, Karin S. Bruwelheide, and Laurie E. Burgess
- Six historic Chinese burials from southwestern Wyoming / Rennie Phillips Polidora
- Those left behind : an analysis of western pioneer-era burials / Rick L. Weathermon
- Military burials at Cantonment, Missouri, 1819-1820, and Fort Atkinson, 1820-1827, Nebraska / Karin S. Bruwelheide, Douglas W. Owsley, and Gayle F. Carlson
- A bioarchaeological and historical analysis of an Indian Wars : era casualty from Platte Bridge Station, Dakota Territory / Rick L. Weathermon
- Northwestern Plains Indian skeletal remains : metric analysis / L. Jaimeson Stuart and George W. Gill
- An analysis of discrete cranial traits of Northwestern Plains Indians / Martha Rogers
- Disease and injury among Northwestern Plains Indians / Maxine J. Miller
- Cranial trauma in historic period Central and Northern Plains Indians / Douglas W. Owsley and Karin S. Bruwelheide
- Prehistoric and early historic subsistence patterns and dental pathology of the northern Great Plains / Jennifer Orlesh Zitt
- Sexual dimorphism in femoral and humeral head diameters of Northwestern Plains Indians and Whites / Kierstin K. Catlett
- Northwestern Plains archaic skeletons with Paleoamerican characteristics / George W. Gill
- Temporal changes in nasal sill development within the Northwestern Plains region / George W. Gill and Cresta Valentine Deeds
- Temporal and geographic variation in vault height in the Great Plains, Great Basin, and Northwestern Plains / Richard L. Jantz
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Northwestern Plains prehistory and early history as told by human bones is vivid and dramatic. The skeletal and burial record spans thousands of years, a wide geographic expanse, and contains important evidence of human existence in this vast region of North America. This book helps clarify the emerging picture.
Most of the contributions assembled here were initially presented as part of a symposium at the Plains Conference in Oklahoma City in 2003. Twenty-one preeminent scholars, working across many fields within bioarchaeology and skeletal biology-including paleopathology, dental pathology, and human osteology-bring their expertise to bear not only on prehistoric Native American burials, but on numerous other case studies. They look at specific Wyoming samples of pioneer-era burials, Indian War-era casualties, historic Chinese burials, and remains from the Benick Ranch and the Korell-Bordeaux sites. Reports on Crow Indian mummies from Montana and military burials from Missouri and Nebraska continue the exploration into recent historic times.
Human burials provide a rich source of information about people's lives-who they were, what activities they pursued, and how they may have participated in rituals of death and mourning. This volume is an authoritative statement on both the skeletal biology and bioarchaeology of the entire Northwestern Plains.
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