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Title Commingled and disarticulated human remains / edited by Anna J. Osterholtz, Kathryn M. Baustian, Debra L. Martin.

Publication Info. New York : Springer, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, charts)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary Commingled and Disarticulated Human Remains: Working Toward Improved Theory, Method, and Data brings together research that provides innovative methodologies for the analysis of commingled human remains. It has temporal and spatial breadth, with case studies coming from pre-state to historic periods, as well as from both the New and Old World. Highlights of this volume include standardized methods and the presentation of best practices in the field. Using a case study approach, the volume demonstrates how data gathered from commingled human remains can be incorporated into the overall interpretation of a site and explores the best ways to formulate the demographic makeup of commingled assemblages. Field archaeologists, bioarchaeologists, academic anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, zooarchaeologists, and students of anthropology and archaeology will find this to be an invaluable resource.
Contents Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; Introduction; Types of Commingled, Disarticulated, or Fragmentary Assemblages; Long-Term Usage Commingled Assemblages; Episodic-Usage Commingled Assemblages; Lab Commingling; Volume Focus and Organization; Innovation; Applicability; Terminology; Individual Chapters; Long-Term-Usage Assemblages; Episodic Commingled Assemblages; Contributions from Other Disciplines, Caveats, and Future Directions; References; Part I:Long Term Usage Assemblages.
Making Sense of Social Behavior from Disturbed and Commingled Skeletons: A Case Study from Çatalhöyük, TurkeyTracing the Movement of Bones; Determining MNI; Observed MNI; Computerized MNI; Deposition, Age, and Sex; Locations of Graves in the Houses; Dismemberment; Conclusions; References; Commingled Human Skeletal Assemblages: Integrative Techniques in Determination of the MNI/MNE; Introduction; Umm an-Nar Mortuary Patterns; Baseline Data and the Tell Abraq Assemblage; Methodology; Tell Abraq and Sacred Ridge; Sorting; Data Management; Accession Numbers; Demographic Standards; Results.
Element RepresentativenessDemography; Future Research; Mapping the Tomb; Subadult MNI; Conclusion; References; Bioarchaeological Spatial Analysis of the Walker-Noe Crematory (15GD56); Introduction; Walker-Noe (15Gd56); Quantification and Spatial Analysis Methods; Quantification Estimation Methods; Spatial Analysis Method; Results; Quantification; Spatial Analysis; Color; Temporal Bone Distribution; Bone Weight and Cranial Bone Distribution; Discussion; References; Into the Kettle: The Analysis of Commingled Remains from Southern Ontario; Introduction.
The Ethnography and Archaeology of Commingled Human Remains in Southern OntarioYandatsa: The Kettle; Yandasqua: Prisoner; The Bioarchaeology of Commingled Human Remains in Southern Ontario; Research on the Concept of Identity: Age, Life Course, and Community Identity; Conclusion; References; Part II:Episodic Assemblages; Crow Creek Bone Bed Commingling: Relationship Between Bone Mineral Density and Minimum Number of Individuals and Its Effect on Paleodemographic Analyses; Introduction; History of Commingled Remains in the Middle Missouri River Subregion.
Crow Creek Archaeological and Bioarchaeological BackgroundMaterials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Study Limitations; Suggestions for Future Research; Summary; References; Extreme Processing at Mancos and Sacred Ridge: The Value of Comparative Studies; Introduction; Cranial Modification; The Shoulder; The Upper Limb; Vertebrae; Pelvis; The Lower Limb; Extremities; Conclusion; References; Disarticulated and Disturbed, Processed and Eaten? Cautionary Notes from the La Plata Assemblage (ad 1000-1150); Introduction; Methodological Considerations.
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Subject Human remains (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Methodology.
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Methodology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Osterholtz, Anna J., editor.
Baustian, Kathryn M., editor.
Martin, Debra L. (Professor of Biological Anthropology), editor.
Other Form: Print version: Commingled and disarticulated human remains 9781461475590 (OCoLC)850176677
ISBN 9781461475606 (electronic book)
1461475600 (electronic book)
9781461475590
1461475597