Theoretical Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Commingled Human Remains (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This volume centers on the application of social theory to commingled remains with special focus on the cultural processes that create the assemblages as a way to better understand issues of meaning, social structure and interaction, and lived experience in the past. The importance of the application of theoretical frameworks to bioarchaeology in general has been recognized, but commingled and fragmentary assemblages require an increased theoretical focus. Too often these assemblages are still relegated to appendices; they are analytical puzzles that need the interpretive power offered by social theory. Theoretical Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Commingled Human Remains provides case studies that illustrate how an appropriate theoretical model can be used with commingled and fragmentary remains to add to overall site and population level interpretations of past and present peoples. Specifically, the contributions show a blending and melding of different social theories, highlighting the broad interpretive power of social theory. Contributors are drawn from both the Old and New World. Temporally, time periods from the Neolithic to historic periods are present, further widening the audience for the volume.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
Release date:	November 2015
First published:	2016
Editors:	Anna J. Osterholtz
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	255
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-22553-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological methodology & techniques Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Forensic medicine Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-22553-7
Barcode:	9783319225531

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