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Bioarchaeology of Ethnogenesis in the Colonial Southeast (Paperback)
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"Stojanowski compellingly situates biological distance research as
central to the ethnohistorical and anthropological study of Native
American and colonial history in the Southeastern United States.
The intricate discussion of his statistical methodology--especially
his acute and appropriate attention to the microevolutionary basis
of his analyses and results--will very much be a must-read for all
bioarchaeologists."--Ann M. Kakaliouras, Whittier College "This
artful combination of dental, archaeological, and historical
information contributes much to our understanding of the peoples of
the early historic Southeast. It will be of special interest to
researchers grappling with how best to employ skeletal remains in
the study of ethnogenesis."--George Milner, Pennsylvania State
University Christopher Stojanowski seeks to understand changes in
social identities among Christianized Native Americans living
within Franciscan missions during the Spanish colonial period. His
novel contribution is attempting to reconstruct identity
transformation through skeletal analysis within a microevolutionary
framework. Key to this narrative is a detailed, contextual analysis
of data gathered from mission cemetery remains of Apalachee,
Timucua, and Guale individuals interpreted within broad historical
trends and social theoretical constructions of ethnicity and
ethnogenesis. Stojanowski's investigation of biological data
gathered from these earlier groups may help scientists trace the
ethnogenesis of the present-day Seminole tribe in Florida. Analyses
suggest the native communities throughout northern Florida and
coastal Georgia were developing a common social identity by the end
of the seventeenth century--a fact that allows for reinterpretation
of eighteenth-century ideas about Seminole origins. In this
intriguing and controversial investigation, Stojanowski strives to
bridge the divide between the social world of humans and the
biological aspects of our lives by linking patterns of past
skeletal variation to patterns of group affinity and
identification. Christopher M. Stojanowski is a bioarchaeologist
affiliated with the Center for Bioarchaeological Research at
Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social
Change. He is the author of "Biocultural Histories in La Florida"
and coeditor of "Bioarchaeology and Identity in the Americas."
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