Bioarchaeological and forensic perspectives on violence : how violent death is interpreted from skeletal remains / edited by Debra L. Martin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Cheryl P. Anderson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
| Author/creator | American Association of Physical Anthropologists |
| Other author | Martin, Debra L. (Professor of Biological Anthropology) editor. |
| Other author | Anderson, Cheryl P., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. |
| Description | xii, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 67 Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 67. ^A419748 |
| Contents | 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. |
| General note | Papers presented at a symposium entitled Bioarchaeology and Forensic Case Studies of Violence: Reconstructing Context and Meaning, held during the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Portland, Oregon, April 11-14, 2012. (Introduction and Meeting's website) |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Conference proceedings. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2013034214 |
| ISBN | 9781107045446 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1107045444 (hardback) |