Social Bioarchaeology

Sabrina C. Agarwal is an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Berkley and Faculty Affiliate of the Archaeological Research Facility at UC Berkeley.  She is co-editor of the volume Bone Loss and Osteoporosis: An Anthropological Perspective (2003). Bonnie Glencross is Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, at Wilfrid Laurier University, and held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California from 2006-2008.

• List of Tables and Figures viiNotes on Contributors xivSeries Editors’ Preface xx1 Building a Social Bioarchaeology 1Sabrina C. Agarwal and Bonnie A. GlencrossPart I Materials and Meaning: The Nature of Skeletal Samples 132 The Origins of Biocultural Dimensions in Bioarchaeology 15Molly K. Zuckerman and George J. Armelagos3 Partnerships, Pitfalls, and Ethical Concerns in International Bioarchaeology 44Bethany L. Turner and Valerie A. Andrushko4 The Formation of Mortuary Deposits: Implications for Understanding Mortuary Behavior of Past Populations 68Estella Weiss-Krejci5 Representativeness and Bias in Archaeological Skeletal Samples 107Mary JackesPart II Social Identity: Bioarchaeology of Sex, Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability 1476 Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeological Research: Theory, Method, and Interpretation 149Sandra E. Hollimon7 Population Migration, Variation, and Identity: An Islamic Population in Iberia 183Sonia Zakrzewski8 Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Colonial New York: A Bioarchaeological Study of the New York African Burial Ground 212Autumn R. Barrett and Michael L. Blakey9 The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study of Perceptions, Stigma, Diagnosis, and Treatment 252Charlotte RobertsPart III Growth and Aging: The Life Course of Health and Disease 28310 Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of Age 285Joanna Sofaer11 It is Not Carved in Bone: Development and Plasticity of the Aged Skeleton 312Sabrina C. Agarwal and Patrick Beauchesne12 The Bioarchaeological Investigation of Children and Childhood 333Siân E. Halcrow and Nancy Tayles13 Moving from the Canary in the Coalmine: Modeling Childhood in Bahrain 361Judith Littleton14 Skeletal Injury Across the Life Course: Towards Understanding Social Agency 390Bonnie A. Glencross15 Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy 410Tracy L. ProwseIndex 438

“Furthermore, despite the technical nature of many of the contributions, the overall concepts are generally presented in an organized and clear format that would not at all preclude their use in advanced undergraduate seminars.”  (American Journal Physical Anthropology, 14 March 2014)"In the first instance the book is dedicated to scientists and students of Archaeology, biological Anthropology, and Palaeopathology as well as to other scientists interested in social and biological variations of man by permanent changes of the environment." (HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 2011) "Social Bioarchaeology makes an excellent reference for this subfield, and stresses the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach at a time perhaps when anthropology needs it most." (Social Bioarchaeology, 12 April 2011)