Human Identities in the Archaeological Record

Annamaria Diana is a bioarchaeologist and independent researcher based in Ireland. Her work explores integrative approaches to the analysis of human skeletal remains, with a particular interest in bioarchaeological perspectives on past environmental and biocultural shifts and funerary taphonomy.Daniela Marcu-Istrate is Senior Researcher at the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology, Romania. Her work, including extensive archaeological excavations and numerous publications, has contributed vastly to the knowledge of medieval Central and Eastern Europe.Alice Toso is Assistant Professor in Bioarchaeology at the University of Bonn, Germany. Her research focuses on using anthropological and biomolecular methods to assess social inequality, health, nutrition and mobility patterns.

• List of IllustrationsList of Contributions Introduction Annamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland), Daniela Marcu-Istrate (Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Ireland) and Alice Toso (University of Bonn, Germany)Part I - Belonging, Resilience and Spirituality1. Evaluating Identity via Similarity in Deviation from Conformity in the Treatment of the Dead in Post-medieval England and Scotland, United Kingdom Diana Swales (University of Dundee, UK)2. Martyrdom narratives and identity formation at the edge of the Roman Empire. The case of Epictetus and Astion from Halmyris,Ciprian Cretu (Anthropology Institute F. Rainer, Romania) and Dorian Andrei Soficaru (Anthropology Institute F. Rainer, Romania)3. Irish Identity Reflected in Pre-famine Headstone IconographyGerry Mullins (Independent Scholar, Ireland)Part II - Stories From the Burial Context4. Marginalised Communities in Late Medieval Lisbon: A Multi-isotopic Diet and Mobility Study of the Rua Das Lagares 74 NecropolisesRebecca Anne Macroberts (Hercules Laboratory and In2past, University of Évoran Portugal), Lucy Shaw Evangelista (Independent Scholar, Portugal), Marina Lourenço (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Cristina Barrocas Dias (University of Évora, Portugal), Hermínia Vasconcelos Vilar (University of Évora, Portugal), Bernd R. Schöne (University of Mainz, Germany), Anne-France Maurer (University De Évora, Portugal)5. A history of violence? Atypical and deviant burial patterns at Turda Veche’s Reformed Church cemetery, TransylvaniaHoratiu Dorin Groza (History Museum of Turda, Romania) and Annamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland)6. Grips and Grip plates: Getting a hold on identity in post-medieval Yorkshire, EnglandDiana Swales (University of Dundee, UK)Part III - Biocultural Transitions 7. Exploring transition and identity through an interdisciplinary study of the third- to seventh-centuries CE Northamptonshire: a theoretical discussionAlvaro Felipe Ortega-González (University of Leicester, UK)8. Animals as witness to cultural identities: the Spanish imprint of the colonization of the AmericasAurélie Manin (University of Bordeaux, France), Noémie Tomadini (National History Museum of Bordeaux, France) and Ophélie Lebrasseur (Centre for Research on Biodiversity and the Environment, France)9. The Taste of the Land: Isotopic Evidence of Urban and Rural Identities in Medieval Portugal Alice Toso (University of Bonn, Germany), Cleia Detry (University of Lisbon, Portgual), Ines Simão (Era Arqueologia SA, Portugal), Jaoquina Soares (University of Lisbon, Portgual), Ana Margarida Arruda (University of Lisbon, Portgual), and Michelle Alexander (University of York, UK)10. Paddock to plate at the Barracks: meat cuts as a socioeconomic indicator in nineteenth-century colonial Triabunna (Tasmania, Australia) Madeleine E. Lucas (Independent Scholar, Australia), Sofia C. Samper Carro (Australian National University, Australia), D. A. Lenton (Australian National University, Australia), Catherine J. Frieman (Australian National University, Australia), and James L. Flexner (University of Sydney, Australia)Part IV - Expressions of Individuality 11. New insights on the identity of a seventh-century horse rider. The case of grave 104 bis from TârgsorErwin Gáll (Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Romania), Andrei Dorian Soficaru (Anthropology Institute F. Rainer, Romania), Ana Stefan, Andrei Magureanu (Institute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’, Romania), Gergely Szenthe (Hungarian National Museum, Hungary) and Bogdan Ciuperca (Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology, Romania)12. Archaeological storytelling, or stories about the ‘other’? Cognitive archaeology and its potential to understand emotional actions toward the deceasedPatrycja Godlewska (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland)13. Brick by brick: constructing anthropomorphic graves for the early nobilityDaniela Marcu-Istrate (Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Romania)14. ‘In a community of pipes is a community of hearts’: glazed tobacco pipes as a reflection of identityIonu?-Cosmin Codrea (Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation, Romania)Part V - Reclaiming and Protecting Identities15. After the storm: counteracting the impact of catastrophic weather events on the Indigenous archaeological record with creative mitigating solutions in the Midwestern United StatesElizabeth C. Reetz (University of Iowa, USA) and John F. Doershuk (University of Iowa, Archaeologist, USA)16. The Roman-Catholic Bulgarians of Transylvania and the Franciscan Monastery in Vintu de Jos: historical and archaeological evidence of an eighteenth-century diasporaSebastian Ovidiu Dobrota (Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Romania)17. Identity without context: Integrating anthropological and forensic methods for the analysis of isolated archaeological skullsAnnamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland), Daniel O’Meara (Independent Scholar, Ireland) and Julieta Gómez García-Donas EpilogueAnnamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland), Daniela Marcu-Istrate (Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Romania) and Alice Toso (University of Bonn, Germany)NotesBibliographyIndex