In the present study, the frequency distributions of 20 discrete cranial traits in 70 major
human populations from around the world were analyzed. The principal‐coordinate and …

The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques
can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries from which humans suffered in …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

Studies of patterns of activity in human skeletal remains have grown in number over the last
few years. Different methods have been used to reconstruct activity patterns in past …

This volume raises central theoretical issues regarding behavioural reconstruction in human
osteological research. Because behavioural reconstructions have become increasingly …

This book, no 19 in the CBA Practical Handbook series, provides the very latest guidance on
all aspects of the recovery, handling and study of human remains. It begins by asking why …

There has always been sex in bioarchaeology. Researchers believe that biological sex, as a
fundamental category of skeletal analysis, is dualistic, innate, and unchanging. To highlight …

Gender is only one of many axes of identity that may be involved in the construction of
personhood. Sexed and/or gendered bodies are always simultaneously combined …

The Late Pleistocene Shanidar 1 older adult male Neandertal is known for the crushing
fracture of his left orbit with a probable reduction in vision, the loss of his right forearm and …

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 …