Bioarchaeology
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Debra L. Martin is the Lincy Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She directs a graduate program in bioarchaeology.
Ryan Harrod is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and an instructor at College of Southern Nevada.
Ventura R. Pèrez is assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Debra L. Martin is the Lincy Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She directs a graduate program in bioarchaeology.
Ryan Harrod is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and an instructor at College of Southern Nevada.
Ventura R. Pèrez is assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Content
History and Current State of Bioarchaeology.- Ethics and Research that Matters.- What Integration Means.- Taphonomic Signatures.- Burial Pratices and Mortuary Ritual.- Excavation Techniques.- Demography and Disease.- Reconstruction of Diet and Nutrition.- Reconstucting Ancestry, Migration, and Relatedness.- Osteobiography.- Sex, Organization, and Stratification.- Trauma and Violence.- Body Modifications and Ornamentation.- Behavior, Ritual, and Patterned Complexity.- Process and Population.
