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Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care

, 2021
This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and explanation of, the theory and practice of the 'bioarchaeology of care', an original, fully theorised and contextualised case study-based approach designed to identify and interpret cases of
Tilley, Lorna
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Landscape Archaeology of the Late La Tène in South Pannonia: Perspectives and Possibilities of Stable Isotope Analyses

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2017
In the long tradition of research into the La Tene period in the region of South Pannonia many questions have been raised, but economic activity, especially agriculture and cattle-breeding, have not received due attention.
Teodora Radišić
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The IsoArcH initiative: Working towards an open and collaborative isotope data culture in bioarchaeology

Data in Brief, 2022
From its inception in 2011, the IsoArcH initiative ( https://isoarch.eu [1] ) has been an altruistic effort to benefit and engage as many people as possible in the field of bioarchaeological science and beyond. The initiative quickly evolved from a small
E. Plomp, C. Stantis, Hannah F. James, Christina Cheung, C. Snoeck, L. Kootker, A. Kharobi, Caroline Borges, Diana K. Moreiras Reynaga, Łukasz Pospieszny, Francesca Fulminante, R. Stevens, Aleksa K. Alaica, A. Becker, Xavier de Rochefort, Kévin Salesse   +15 more
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Where are the Roman women of Ovilava? A spatio-temporal approach to interpret the female deficit at the eastern Roman cemetery (Gräberfeld Ost) of Ovilava, Austria

Anthropological Review, 2023
In historic and prehistoric populations, the sex ratio can often only be determined based on bioarchaeological analyses of cemeteries. In this context, a so-called female deficit has been described, which clearly contrasts the sex ratio typical of recent
Dominik Hagmann, Barbara Ankerl, Michaela Greisinger, Renate Miglbauer, Sylvia Kirchengast   +4 more
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“The People of Ghazali”: a consideration of community engagement in bioarchaeology

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
Community engagement approaches, along with the development of capacity building and knowledge transfer under the aegis of such, have grown rapidly in recent years within archaeology as a discipline.
Robert J. Stark
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Surviving Childhood: The Relationship Between Childhood Health and Longevity in the Early Bronze Age Necropolises Mokrin and Ostojićevo (2100-1800 BC)

Etnoantropološki Problemi
The study of prehistoric societies requires a holistic approach to all segments of the population. Researchers agree that the period of growth and development is crucial for the life course, its quality, and duration.
Marija Krečković Gavrilović, Mihailo Radinović   +1 more
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Proxy Evidence: Epistemological Considerations for Isotope Analysis in Bioarchaeology and Zooarchaeology

Annual Review of Anthropology
Isotopic analysis of human and animal remains has become an important method in both bioarchaeology and zooarchaeology, driven by the ongoing development of new and improved methods.
H. Chazin
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Online Bioarchaeology Education through Participant Survey of a Cohort of International Adult Learners

Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the adoption of online education across all sectors worldwide, which was particularly challenging for disciplines that rely on hands-on learning such as bioarchaeology.
S. Ward, A. Barker, R. Shoocongdej, Naruphol Wangthongchaicharoen, J. Miszkiewicz, C. King, S. Halcrow   +6 more
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Children in bioarchaeology: methods and interpretations

, 2018
In 1992, Shelley Saunders provided one of the first overviews on the position of non-adult studies in bioarchaeology. While acknowledging that things had moved on since 1968, when Johnson lamented the almost complete neglect of children in biological ...
Lewis, Mary E.
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Perspectives on Health: Working with Communities as Cultural Anthropologists and Bioarchaeologists

Engaged Scholar Journal, 2020
   The anthropological study of health has always been an integral part of the discipline. With the development of cultural anthropology and physical anthropology (specifically, bioarchaeology) in the nineteenth century came different theories and ...
Samantha Purhcase
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