Bioarchaeological and forensic perspectives on violence how violent death is interpreted from skeletal remains /

Every year, there are over 1.6 million violent deaths worldwide, making violence one of the leading public health issues of our time. And with the 20th century just behind us, it's hard to forget that 191 million people lost their lives directly or indirectly through conflict. This collection o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Annual meeting
Otros Autores: Martin, Debra L., Anderson, Cheryl P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Colección:Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 67.
Temas:
Human remains (Archaeology) > Congresses.
Violence > History > Congresses.
Wounds and injuries > History > Congresses.
Social archaeology > Congresses.
Forensic anthropology > Congresses.
Restes humains (Archéologie) > Congrès.
Violence > Histoire > Congrès.
Lésions et blessures > Histoire > Congrès.
Archéologie sociale > Congrès.
Anthropologie légale > Congrès.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Forensic anthropology
Human remains (Archaeology)
Social archaeology
Violence
Wounds and injuries
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : interpreting violence in the ancient and modern world when skeletonized bodies are all you have / Debra L. Martin and Cheryl P. Anderson
  • Killed in action? : a biometrical analysis of femora of supposed battle victims from the Middle Bronze Age site of Weltzin 20, Germany / Stefan Flohr, Ute Brinker, Elena Spanagel, Annemarie Schramm, Jörg Orschiedt, and Uwe Kierdorf
  • The taphonomy of maritime warfare : a forensic reinterpretation of sharp force trauma from the 1676 wreck of the Royal Swedish Warship Kronan / Anna Kjellström and Michelle D. Hamilton
  • The determination of homicide vs. suicide in gunshot wounds / Vincent H. Stefan
  • The first cut is the deepest : looking for patterns in cases of human dismemberment / Andrew C. Seidel and Laura C. Fulginiti
  • Victims of violence? : a methodological case study from precolonial northern Mexico / Cheryl P. Anderson
  • Signatures of captivity and subordination on skeletonized human remains : a bioarchaeological case study from the ancient Southwest / Ryan P. Harrod and Debra L. Martin
  • Classic Maya warfare and skeletal trophies : victims and aggressors / Rebecca Storey
  • Face me like a man! (or, like a woman) : antemortem nasal fractures in pre-Columbian San Pedro de Atacama / Christina Torres-Rouff and Laura M. King
  • Why some bodies matter : defacement and narrative in historical forensics cases / William N. Duncan and Christopher M. Stojanowski
  • Violence in life, violence in death, resiliency through repatriation : bioarchaeological analysis and heritage value of Yaqui skeletal remains from Sonora, Mexico / Heidi J. Bauer-Clapp and Ventura R. Pérez
  • Interpreting skeletal trauma and violence at Grasshopper Pueblo (AD 1275-1400) / Kathryn M. Baustian
  • The contribution of forensic anthropology to national identity in Chile : a case study from Patio 29 / Elizabeth M. DeVisser, Krista E. Latham, and Marisol Intriago Leiva
  • Cranial trauma and cranial modification in post-imperial Andahuaylas, Peru / Danielle Kurin
  • Allies today, enemies tomorrow : a comparative analysis of perimortem injuries along the biomechanical continuum / Melissa Scott Murphy, Brian Spatola, and Rick Weathermon
  • Interpreting gunshot trauma as context clue : a case study from historic North Las Vegas, Nevada / John J. Crandall, Ryan P. Harrod, Cheryl P. Anderson, and Kathryn M. Baustian
  • Living on the sidelines of death : anthropologists and violence / Alison Galloway.

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