Injury and Trauma in Bioarchaeology - Interpreting Violence in Past Lives

Explores how bioarchaeological evidence of violence and trauma sheds light on the hierarchies and social relationships of past societies.

List of contents

Foreword Debra L. Martin; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Approaches to understanding and interpreting violence in the past; 3. Violent behaviour in humans and human societies; 4. Environmental factors and violence; 5. Trauma in life course perspective; 6. Violent happenings: intentional injury patterns; 7. Living with the consequences of injury; 8. Conclusions; References; Index.

About the author

Rebecca C. Redfern is Curator of Human Osteology at the Centre for Human Bioarchaeology, Museum of London, and Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Durham. Her research interests include palaeopathology, the archaeologies of ageing and gender, impairment and disability, and medical practices.

Summary

This book provides a critical examination of the sources of social science, clinical and archaeological evidence that bioarchaeologists use to study injury in past communities. Redfern explores the consequences of violence in a bioarchaeological context, highlighting how its evidence can shed new light on the hierarchies and social relationships of past societies.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca C. Redfern, Redfern Rebecca C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780521133043
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13304-3
• No. of pages: 343
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Human biology, Physical anthropology, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques