With one million dead and just as many forced to emigrate the Irish Famine 1845-52 is among the worst health calamities in history. Because historical records of the Victorian period in Ireland were generally written by the middle and upper classes relatively littl... Lees meer.

Integrates data from researchers in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology to explain when and why group-targeted violence occurs. By analysing skeletal remains within their broader cultural and historical contexts this volume opens up important new understandings of... Lees meer.

This book synthesizes in-depth bioarchaeological research into diet subsistence regimes and nutrition and corresponding insights into adaptation suffering and resilience among indigenous north-coastal Peruvian communities from early agricultural through European col... Lees meer.

This volume explores the role that injury recidivism and accumulative trauma plays in prehistoric historic and modern contexts. Case studies provide examples of the ways in which skeletal remains can be used to understand and analyze repetitive trauma. Injury recid... Lees meer.

Every year there are over 1.6 million violent deaths worldwide making violence one of the leading public health issues of our time. And with the 20th century just behind us it s hard to forget that 191 million people lost their lives directly or indirectly through co... Lees meer.

This book synthesizes in-depth bioarchaeological research into diet subsistence regimes and nutrition and corresponding insights into adaptation suffering and resilience among indigenous north-coastal Peruvian communities from early agricultural through European col... Lees meer.

This volume features bioarchaeological research that interrogates the human skeleton in concert with material culture ethnographic data and archival research. This volume features bioarchaeological research that interrogates the human skeleton in concert with materia... Lees meer.

Windover 8BR46 represents one of the most ancient and well-preserved skeletal populations in North America. Excavated in the 1980s from a mortuary pond near Florida s eastern coast the remains represent over 168 individuals from neonates to elderly enabling an eval... Lees meer.

Investigations of skeletal remains from key archaeological sites reveal new data and offer insights on prehistoric life and health in the Southeast. The shift from foraging to farming had important health consequences for prehistoric peoples but variations in health ex... Lees meer.

This book synthesizes in-depth bioarchaeological research into diet subsistence regimes and nutrition and corresponding insights into adaptation suffering and resilience among indigenous north-coastal Peruvian communities from early agricultural through European col... Lees meer.

Hunter-gatherer lifestyles defined the origins of modern humans and for tens of thousands of years were the only form of subsistence our species knew. This changed with the advent of food production which occurred at different times throughout the world. The chapters i... Lees meer.

The Hopewell peoples lived in the Scioto valley and neighboring areas in Ohio in the first centuries A.D. This is the first book to examine them using a holistic approach. It is based on 10 years of research and analysis of data uncovered at several sites. This book p... Lees meer.

Every year there are over 1.6 million violent deaths worldwide making violence one of the leading public health issues of our time. And with the 20th century just behind us it s hard to forget that 191 million people lost their lives directly or indirectly through c... Lees meer.