Human Osteology, Bioarchaeology
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La complejidad y cotidianidad relacionadas a la alimentación humana, nos revela que debe ser analizada a través de un enfoque holístico, que incluya aspectos de naturaleza biológica, social, cultural, económica y política (Álvarez et al.... more
Autorka prezentuje współczesne techniki badań mumii egipskich oraz ich rozwój, począwszy od badań inwazyjnych, polegających głównie na rozwijaniu mumii, poprzez nieinwazyjne badania radiologiczne, a skończywszy na laboratoryjnych... more
Nell'ambito delle indagini archeologiche condotte tra il 2013 e il 2014 all'interno della chiesa duecentesca dei SS. Filippo e Giacomo di Nosedo (MI) - svolte in accordo tra la Soprintendenza Archeologia della Lombardia e l'Università... more
The identification of deviant burials as those of ‘vampires’ is a feature of excavated skeletons from sites across Eastern, Central and Southern Europe as well as the Balkans. Based on a close reading of historic and folkloric sources... more
Here I use a biohistorical approach to examine the connection between 19th-century nation building in the United States and physicians’ collection of crania, notably “specimens” amassed by Dr. Samuel Morton. Globally disparate places are... more
English abstract: Since the discovery in 1860 of La Pastora, one of the most beautiful and outstanding megalithic constructions of Iberia, the Copper Age and Bronze Age site of Valencina de la Concepción – Castilleja de Guzmán has... more
To obtain data about the sexual differences among subadult skeletons is very important to bioarchaeology, paleodemography and forensic anthropology, likewise to the physical anthropology
Clyde Snow’s osteobiographic approach, with its focus on the individual and acknowledgment of speculation’s part in analyses, provides a starting point (a counterpoint, more appropriately) for developing a subdisciplinary bioethos. The... more
This paper uses an osteological approach and applies the study of entanglement in an attempt to understand the crematoria on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), which represent a unique tradition within the ceremonial spheres of the Polynesian... more
El presente estudio tiene como objetivo caracterizar desde una perspectiva bioarqueológica a los individuos inhumados en el sitio Az-143, uno de los tantos cementerios ubicados en el valle de Azapa (extremo norte de Chile) durante el... more
Archaeological investigations identified several Bronze Age cultures and populations in the Carpathian Basin. Exchanges among them were not only economic and cultural but also biological. The transformation of the archaeological cultures... more
The “Lapa do Santo” is an archaeological site located in the Lagoa Santa region (central Brazil) which was excavated from 2001 to 2009 as part of a large scientific project entitled “Origins and Microevolution of Man in America: a... more
SLO: Zgodnjesrednjeveško grobišče na Muljavi je datirano večinoma v 10. stoletje z odstopanji v 9. in začetek 11. stoletja. Magistrsko delo je sestavljeno iz arheološke analize grobnih pridatkov in antropološke analize 129 posameznikov,... more
U špiljama i drugim speleološkim objektima kao arheološkim lokalitetima ponekad nalazimo ostatke ljudskih kostiju. Za većinu takvih špilja možemo pretpostaviti da su mjesto ukopa, odnosno izvjestan oblik nekropole, mada je ponekad riječ i... more
Investigations of Midnight Terror Cave, Belize between 2008-2010 recovered a human osteological assemblage of over 10,000 bones, the largest reported for a cave in the southern Maya lowlands. Analysis indicates that approximately a... more
RESUMEN Los modelos bioantropológicos y arqueológicos proponen cambios en la demografía, en la organización social, en las dinámicas poblacionales y en las redes de interacción social entre los grupos cazadores-recolectores del norte de... more
The incorporation of a wider range of bioarchaeological data with mortuary practices can provide a clearer method for archaeologists to perceive social structure. In isolation, each can provide an interpretation of an individual’s... more