Browse by Subject: Anthropology and Archaeology

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Native Persistence at a California Mission Outpost: The Bioarchaeology and History of the Asistencia de San Pedro y San Pablo

This book presents collaborative bioarchaeological research at the site of a historic Spanish mission outpost in the San Francisco Bay Area, offering insights into the experiences of Native communities during early colonization on California’s Pacific coast.

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Bioarchaeology of the Southwest: Volume 2

The two volumes of Bioarchaeology of the Southwest bring together more than 100 years of research into the lives of the ancient people of the Southwest United States and Northwest Mexico. Volume 2 contains chapters that include northern and southern Arizona, southwest New Mexico, and northern Mexico.

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Bioarchaeology of the Southwest: Volume 1

The two volumes of Bioarchaeology of the Southwest bring together more than 100 years of research into the lives of the ancient people of the Southwest United States and Northwest Mexico. Volume 1 contains chapters that range from Colorado to central New Mexico and the Lower Pecos region of Texas.

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The Mann Phase: Hopewell Culture in Southwestern Indiana

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Mann site in southwestern Indiana, which dates to 200?600 CE and is one of the most consequential but enigmatic archaeological sites of the Middle Woodland period.

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Archaeology, Heritage, and Reactionary Populism

This volume explores how populist movements and politics present new challenges to public archaeologists, using global examples to propose practical forms of community engagement amid increasing polarization and extremism.

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Cemetery Protections in Urban Environments: Archaeology, Preservation, and the Law

This book illuminates the role of the law in the protection and preservation of urban cemetery spaces, providing a history and analysis of cemetery site protections in the United States and discussing how to prevent future damage and development in these landscapes of grieving and cultural memory.

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Intertidal Shipwrecks: Management of a Historic Resource in an Unmanageable Environment

This volume presents a global array of case studies on the management of shipwreck sites in intertidal zones, including strategies for conservation, archaeological research, and public outreach focused on such vulnerable sites.

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The Archaeology of American Medicine and Healthcare

In this book, Meredith Reifschneider synthesizes archaeological research on healthcare and medicine to show how practices in the United States have evolved since the nineteenth century, demonstrating that historical archaeology can provide important insights into healthcare and modes of self-care in the past.

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Roman Bioarchaeology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Life and Death in the Roman World

In this book, researchers use human skeletal remains uncovered from throughout the Roman world to portray how ordinary people lived and died, spanning the empire’s vast geography and 1,000 years of ancient history.

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An Archaeology of Woodland Transformation: Social Movements, Identities, and Pottery Production on the Gulf Coast

In this book, Jessica Jenkins provides a detailed look at the transition from the Middle to Late Woodland periods in the Lower Suwannee region of Florida’s Gulf Coast, drawing on ceramic analysis techniques to explore a period of transformative change.