Archaeological human remains : global perspectives / Barra O'Donnabhain, María Cecilia Lozada, editors.

Other author O'Donnabhain, Barra, editor.
Other author Lozada, María Cecilia, editor.
Format Book
PublicationCham [Switzerland] ; New York : Springer, [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Descriptionx, 252 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Human remains (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology)--Moral and ethical aspects.
Physical anthropology--Moral and ethical aspects.
Archaeology--Methodology. --Moral and ethical aspects.

SeriesSpringer briefs in archaeology, 1861-6623
SpringerBriefs in archaeology. ^A1130146
Contents 1. To be or not to be : global approaches to ancient human remains / Barra O'Donnabhain and María Cecilia Lozada -- 2. Bioarchaeological research in Argentina : past, present and future challenges / María A. Bordach, Osvaldo J. Mendonça, Mario A. Arrieta and Lila Bernardi -- 3. Becoming bioarchaeology? : traditions of physical anthropology and archeology in Armenia / Maureen E. Marshall -- 4. Local trajectories? : a view from down under / Judith Littleton -- 5. Bioarchaeology in Brazil / Sheila M.F. Mendonça de Souza -- 6. The biology of early British populations / Don Brothwell -- 7. Bioarchaeology in Canada : origins and contemporary issues / Jerome S. Cybulski and M. Anne Katzenberg -- 8. The state of approaches to archaeological human remains in Greece / Anna Lagia, Anastasia Papathanasiou and Sevi Triantaphyllou -- 9. Themes in Icelandic bioarchaeological research / Hildur Gestsdóttir -- 10. Human skeletal studies in India : a review / Veena Mushrif-Tripathy -- 11. The development of the contextual analysis of human remains in Ireland / Barra O'Donnabhain and Eileen Murphy -- 12. Past, present and future perspectives in Maya bioarchaeology : a view from Yucatan, Mexico / Vera Tiesler and Andrea Cucina -- 13. The emergence of bioarchaeology in Peru : origins and modern approaches / María Cecilia Lozada -- 14. Controversies about the study of human remains in post-apartheid South Africa / Alan G. Morris -- 15. The history of physical anthropology in Turkey / Handan Üstündağ and Gökçe Bike Yazıcıoğlu -- 16. Bioarchaeology as a process : an examination of bioarchaeological tribes in the USA / Gordon F.M. Rakita -- 17. Archaeology, bioethics, and policies regarding the treatment of ancient human remains in Venezuela / Franz Scaramelli and Kay Scaramelli.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN3319063693
ISBN9783319063690

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