| Contents |
Foreword / Clark Spencer Larsen -- Across the Empire, on the Edge of Disciplines: Ongoing Research in Roman Bioarchaeology / Kathryn E. Marklein and Elizabeth A. Bews -- Sex and Gender in Roman Bioarchaeology / Leslie Quade and Rebecca Gowland -- Exploring Childhood in Roman Britannia / Rebecca Pitt and Mary E. Lewis -- Stable Isotope Analysis in Roman Bioarchaeology / Tracy L. Prowse -- Biodistance in the Roman World / Mahmoud Mardini and Efthymia Nikita -- Human Archaeogenetics and the Paleopathology of Tuberculosis in Italy during the Roman Age / Serena Viva, Gabriele Scorrano, Olga Rickards, Pier Francesco Fabbri, and Fabio Macciardi -- Paleoparasitology: Studying Parasites in the Roman Empire to Understand Disease, Diet, and Living Conditions / Marissa L. Ledger and Piers D. Mitchell -- Empire of Violence: Bioarchaeological Aspects of Violence in the Roman World / -- Mario Novak, Mario Cari?, Anna J. Osterholtz -- Critiquing the Urban-Rural Dichotomy in Roman Period Bioarchaeology / Sammuel Sammut, Kathryn E. Marklein, and Elizabeth A. Bews -- Identity in the Roman World and Its Relevance Today / Rebecca C. Redfern11. Progress and Future Prospects in Roman Bioarchaeology / Elizabeth A. Bews and Kathryn E. Marklein |
| Abstract |
"How bioarchaeology can illuminate the lived experiences of people in the Roman Empire Research on the Roman Empire has long focused on Rome's legendary leaders, culture, and conquest. But at the empire's peak, tens of millions of ordinary people coexisted in its territories-people who built the structures, wrote the literature, and transformed the landscapes we study today. In Roman Bioarchaeology, researchers use human skeletal remains recovered from throughout the Roman world to portray how individuals lived and died, spanning the empire's vast geography and 1,000 years of ancient history. This volume brings together scholarship from archaeological sites in Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Africa, featuring new and advanced scientific approaches including DNA studies, stable isotope analysis, paleoparasitology, paleopathology, biodistance, and more. Throughout, contributors prioritize the ethical treatment of the deceased by highlighting individual narratives and working with local descendants where possible. From rural homes in Britannia to bustling cities in Phoenicia, these essays showcase the diversity of Roman lives and illuminate the experiences of the most vulnerable in these societies. This book demonstrates how bioarchaeology can enrich our understanding of many facets of life in the Roman world. Contributors: Piers Mitchell, Mario Caric, Efthymia Nikita, Gabriele Scorrano, Mahmoud Mardini, Serena Viva, Tracy Prowse, Kathryn E. Marklein, Mario Novak, Olga Rickards, Marissa Ledger, Anna Osterholtz, Pier Francesco Fabbri, Leslie Quade, Sammuel Sammut, Fabio Macciardi, Rebecca Pitt, Elizabeth A. Bews, Mary Lewis, Rebecca Redfern, Rebecca Gowland A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen"-- Provided by publisher. |
