Breathing new life into the evidence of death : contemporary approaches to bioarchaeology
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Breathing new life into the evidence of death : contemporary approaches to bioarchaeology
（School of American Research advanced seminar series）
School for Advanced Research Press, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-327) and index
Contents of Works
- Making a difference : mortuary practices in Halaf times / Susan Pollock
- Religious identity and mortuary practice : the significance of Christian burial in early medieval Ireland / Rachel E. Scott
- The sacrifices we make of and for our children : making sense of pre-Columbian Maya practices / Pamela L. Geller
- Crafting a bioarchaeology of personhood : osteobiogrpahical narratives from Alalakh / Alexis T. Boutin
- Cultural determinants of ancestry : a lesson for studies of biological relatedness and ethnicity in the past / María Cecila Lozada
- Piercing the body : Labret use, identity, and masculinity in prehistoric Chile / Christina Torres-Rouff
- Mortuary dress as material culture : a case study from the royal cemetery of Ur / Aubrey Baadsgaard
- Iconography and power in Sepik Skull art / Ann L.W. Stodder
- Men take up arms for war : sex and status distinctions of humerl medial epicondylar avulsion fractures in the archaeological record / Christopher J. Knüsel
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Taking cues from current theoretical perspectives and capitalising on the strengths of new and sophisticated methods of analysis, this showcases the vibrancy of bioarchaeological research and its potential for bringing `new life' to the field of mortuary archaeology and the study of human remains.
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