Archaeological Human Remains Global Perspectives [Paperback]

This volume addresses the directions that studies of archaeological human remains have taken in a number of different countries, where attitudes range from widespread support to prohibition. Overlooked in many previous publications, this diversity in attitudes is examined through a variety of lenses, including academic origins, national identities, supporting institutions, archaeological context and globalization. The volume situates this diversity of attitudes by examining past and current tendencies in studies of archaeologically-retrieved human remains across a range of geopolitical settings. In a context where methodological approaches have been increasingly standardized in recent decades, the volume poses the question if this standardization has led to a convergence in approaches to archaeological human remains or if significant differences remain between practitioners in different countries. The volume also explores the future trajectories of the study of skeletal remains in the different jurisdictions under scrutiny.

Chapter 1: To Be or Not To Be: Global Approaches to Ancient Human Remains, Barra ODonnabhain and Mar?a C. Lozada.- Chapter 2: Bioarchaeological Research in Argentina: Past, Present and&Future? Mar?a A. Bordach, Osvaldo J. Mendon?a, Mario A. Arrieta and Lila Bernardi.- Chapter 3: Becoming Bioarchaeology? Traditions of Physical Anthropology and Archaeology in Armenia, Maureen E. Marshall.- Chapter 4: Local Trajectories??A View from Down-Under, Judith Littleton.- Chapter 5: Bioarchaeology in Brazil, Sheila M.F. Mendon?a de Souza.- Chapter 6: The Biology of Early British Populations, Don Brothwell.- Chapter 7: Bioarchaeology in Canada: Origins and Contemporary Issues, Jerome S. Cybulski and M. Anne Katzenberg.- Chapter 8: The Status of Approaches to Archaeological Human Remains in Grls/