The duality of the skeleton as both a biological and cultural entity has formed the theoretical
basis of bioarchaeology. In recent years bioarchaeological studies have stretched the early …

Under the influence of phenomenological approaches, a semiotic perspective on the body is
being replaced in archaeology by analysis of the production and experience of lived bodies …

Cover--Half-title--Title page--Copyright information--Dedication--Table of contents--List of
figures--Preface--Acknowledgments--Chapter 1 Introduction: The Social Life of food--The …

The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, Second Edition is a comprehensive source
dedicated to better understanding this group of conditions that have significant …

Biomechanics theory provides new ways to reconstruct behavior in past populations.
Application of biomechanical beam models to long bone diaphyses has proven to be a …

Empirical studies of bone maintenance in archaeological populations show that patterns of
bone loss do not constitute predictable consequences of aging, either on age or sex. Our …

Age is a critical axis for the study of human remains. Methods for age estimation, alongside
those for the assessment of sex, are among the first suites of techniques learnt by …

Osteoporosis is a complex and heterogeneous disorder, of multi-factor aetiology. It is the
most frequent metabolic bone disorder, affecting an increasing number of post-menopausal …

Bioarchaeological (the study of archeological human remains together with contextual and
documentary evidence) offers a unique vantage point to examine variation in skeletal …

The term bodyscape encourages thinking about representation of bodies at multiple scales—
from different bodies as they move through space to the microlandscape of individual bodily …