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245 00 $aBreathing new life into the evidence of death :$bcontemporary approaches to bioarchaeology /$cedited by Aubrey Baadsgaard, Alexis T. Boutin, and Jane E. Buikstra.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSanta Fe, N.M. :$bSchool for Advanced Research Press,$c2012.
300 $axiii, 340 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aSchool for Advanced Research advanced seminar series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-327) and index.
505 00 $gIntroduction /$rJane E. Buikstra, Aubrey Baadsgaard and Alexis T. Boutin --$tMaking a difference: mortuary practices in Halaf times /$rSusan Pollock --$tReligious identity and mortuary practice: the significance of Christian burial in early medieval Ireland /$rRachel E. Scott --$tThe sacrifices we make of and for our children; making sense of pre-Columbian Maya practices /$rPamela L. Geller --$tCrafting a bioarchaeology of personhood: osteobiogrpahical narratives from Alalakh /$rAlexis T. Boutin --$tCultural determinants of ancestry: a lesson for studies of biological relatedness and ethnicity in the past /$rMaria Cecila Lozada --$tPiercing the body: Labret use, identity, and masculinity in prehistoric Chile /$rChristina Torres-Rouff --$tMortuary dress as material culture: a case study from the royal cemetery of Ur /$rAubrey Baadsgaard --$tIconography and power in Sepik Skull art /$rAnn L. Stodder --$tMen take up arms for war: sex and status distinctions of humerl medial epicondylar avulsion fractures in the archaeological record /$rChristopher J. Knusel.
520 $aTaking cues from current theoretical perspectives and capitalizing on the strengths of new and sophisticated methods of analysis, this book 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. This book 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. These new trajectories challenge old stereotypes, redefine the way research of human remains should be accomplished, and erase the divide that once separated osteologists from archaeologists. -- Publisher description.
650 0 $aHuman remains (Archaeology)$xMethodology.
700 1 $aBaadsgaard, Aubrey.
700 1 $aBoutin, Alexis T.
700 1 $aBuikstra, Jane E.
830 0 $aSchool for Advanced Research advanced seminar series.
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