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This book expands on Archaeological Human Remains: Global
Perspectives that was published in the Springer Briefs series in
2014 and which had a strong focus on post-colonial countries. In
the current volume, the editors include papers that deal with
non-Anglophone European traditions such as Portugal, Germany and
France. In addition, authors continue the exploration of
osteological trajectories that are not well-documented in the West,
such as Senegal, China and Russia. The lasting legacies of
imperialism, communism and colonialism are apparent as the authors
of the individual country profiles examine the historical roots of
the study of archaeological human remains and the challenges
encountered while also considering the likely future directions
likely of this multi-faceted discipline in different world areas.
This book expands on Archaeological Human Remains: Global
Perspectives that was published in the Springer Briefs series in
2014 and which had a strong focus on post-colonial countries. In
the current volume, the editors include papers that deal with
non-Anglophone European traditions such as Portugal, Germany and
France. In addition, authors continue the exploration of
osteological trajectories that are not well-documented in the West,
such as Senegal, China and Russia. The lasting legacies of
imperialism, communism and colonialism are apparent as the authors
of the individual country profiles examine the historical roots of
the study of archaeological human remains and the challenges
encountered while also considering the likely future directions
likely of this multi-faceted discipline in different world areas.
This volume addresses the directions that studies of
archaeological human remains have taken in a number of different
countries, where attitudes range from widespread support to
prohibition. Overlooked in many previous publications, this
diversity in attitudes is examined through a variety of lenses,
including academic origins, national identities, supporting
institutions, archaeological context and globalization. The volume
situates this diversity of attitudes by examining past and current
tendencies in studies of archaeologically-retrieved human remains
across a range of geopolitical settings. In a context where
methodological approaches have been increasingly standardized in
recent decades, the volume poses the question if this
standardization has led to a convergence in approaches to
archaeological human remains or if significant differences remain
between practitioners in different countries. The volume also
explores the future trajectories of the study of skeletal remains
in the different jurisdictions under scrutiny. "
Andean Ontologies is a fascinating interdisciplinary investigation
of how ancient Andean people understood their world and the nature
of being. Exploring pre-Hispanic ideas of time, space, and the
human body, these essays highlight a range of beliefs across the
region's different cultures, emphasizing the relational aspects of
identity in Andean worldviews. This volume breaks new ground by
bringing together an array of renowned specialists including
anthropologists, bioarchaeologists, historians, linguists,
ethnohistorians, and art historians to evaluate ancient Amerindian
ideologies through different interpretive lenses. Many are local
researchers from South American countries such as Ecuador, Peru,
Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, and this volume makes their work
available to North American readers for the first time. Their
essays are highly contextualized according to the territories and
time periods studied. Instead of taking an external, outside-in
approach, they prioritize internal and localized views that
incorporate insights from today's indigenous societies. This
cutting-edge collection demonstrates the value of a multifaceted,
holistic, inside-out approach to the pre-Columbian world.
The meanings of ritualized head treatments among ancient
Mesoamerican and Andean peoples is the subject of this book, the
first overarching coverage of an important subject. Heads are
sources of power that protect, impersonate, emulate sacred forces,
distinguish, or acquire identity within the native world. The
essays in this book examine these themes in a wide array of
indigenous head treatments, including facial cosmetics and hair
arrangements, permanent cranial vault and facial modifications,
dental decorations, posthumous head processing, and head hunting.
They offer new insights into native understandings of beauty,
power, age, gender, and ethnicity. The contributors are experts
from such diverse fields as skeletal biology, archaeology,
aesthetics, forensics, taphonomy, and art history.
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