1st Edition
Theoretical Approaches in Bioarchaeology
Foreword
Agustin Fuentes
Chapter 1 – Theory in Bioarchaeology: An Introduction
Colleen M. Cheverko, Julia R. Prince-Buitenhuys, Mark Hubbe
Chapter 2 – Embodying Bioarchaeology: Theory and Practice
Sarah A. Schrader, Christina Torres-Rouff
Chapter 3 – Gender
Molly K. Zuckerman
Chapter 4 – Bioarchaeological Applications of Intersectionality
Sharon N. DeWitte, Samantha L. Yaussy
Chapter 5 – Life Course Approaches and Life History Theory: Synergistic Perspectives for Bioarchaeology
Colleen M. Cheverko
Chapter 6 – Reconstructing Immune Competence in Skeletal Samples: A Theoretical and Methodological Approach
Fabian Crespo
Chapter 7 – Niche Construction Theory in Bioarchaeology
Julia R. Prince-Buitenhuys, Eric J. Bartelink
Chapter 8 – Live Through This: Developing a Sustainable Pathway for Resilience Theory in Bioarchaeological Research
Danial H. Temple
Chapter 9 – Structural Violence and Political Economy: Epistemological Considerations for Bioarchaeology
Lisa N. Bright
Chapter 10 – Making Silenced Voices Speak: Restoring Neglected and Ignored Identities in Anatomical Collections
Carlina de la Cova
Chapter 11 – Theoretical Approaches to Bioarchaeology: The View from Across the Pond
Rebecca Gowland, Sacha Kacki
Chapter 12 – Towards a Bioarchaeology beyond Nature and Culture: Potentials and Possibilities in Contemporary Theoretical Bioarchaeology
Haagen D. Klaus
Biography
Colleen M Cheverko earned her PhD in Anthropology from The Ohio State University in 2018 and was a University of California Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Merced from 2018–2020. She is currently the Anatomical Sciences Lab Supervisor and Faculty at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Monroe, Louisiana. Her research interests include bioarchaeology, life history theory, and methodological and theoretical development.
Julia R Prince-Buitenhuys is an archaeologist and environmental scientist at the California Department of Water Resources. She received her MAs in Anthropology from California State University, Chico and the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests include stable isotope ecology, methodological development, and the application of theory to osteological research.
Mark Hubbe is a Professor at the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University. His research covers diverse topics in biological anthropology, including the early human occupation of South America and the origin of social inequality among prehistoric societies from the South Central Andes.
