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Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

AvLorna Tilley

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This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and explanation of, the theory and practice of the ‘bioarchaeology of care’, an original, fully theorised and contextualised case study-based approach designed to identify and interpret cases of care provision in prehistory.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-10-22
Mått155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt558 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBioarchaeology and Social Theory
Antal sidor319
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319361475

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Lorna Tilley is a latecomer to archaeology; she has a degree in psychology and experience in areas of health practice; health status and health outcomes assessment; and health policy development. Having completed a Graduate Diploma in archaeology and bioanthropology at the Australian National University, Canberra, in 2006, she submitted her doctoral dissertation, Towards a Bioarchaeology of Care: A contextualised approach for identifying and interpreting health-related care provision in prehistory, in early 2013.

Chapter 1. Introducing a Bioarchaeology of Care.- Chapter 2. The status of archaeological research into care Chapter.- 3. Context for a Bioarchaeology of Care.- Chapter 4.The Origins of Care.- Chapter 5.Agency, identity and the bioarchaeology of care.- Chapter 6.The Bioarchaeology of Care Methodology:Stages 1-3.- Chapter 7.The Bioarchaeology of Care Methodology: Stage 4.- Chapter 8.Survival against the odds - intensive care in the Vietnamese Neolithic. (Case Study 1).- Chapter 9.Evidence for care in the Upper Middle Palaeolithic: the cases of La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 and La Ferrassie 1 (Case Study 2).- Chapter 10. Accommodating difference in the British Neolithic: Lanhill Burial 7 and his community (Case Study 3).- Chapter 11.Conclusion: Current Status and Future Directions for the Bioarchaeology of Care.