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Cover of Emily Wilson: Mildred Trotter and the Invisible Histories of Physical and Forensic Anthropology

Emily Wilson: Mildred Trotter and the Invisible Histories of Physical and Forensic Anthropology

In the wake of World War II, anatomist and anthropologist Mildred Trotter left the Midwest for a temporary post as the forensic anthropology expert for the Army in the Territory of Hawaii. Her formid …

Cover of Gavin Davies & Eugenia Robinson: Routes, Interaction and Exchange in the Southern Maya Area

Gavin Davies & Eugenia Robinson: Routes, Interaction and Exchange in the Southern Maya Area

This book explores routes of interaction and exchange in the Southern Maya Area, a zone that had both short- and long-distance trade and whose natural resources were exploited by merchants and rulers …

Cover of David (Tucson, Arizona, USA) Bachman & Robert B. Pickering: The Use of Forensic Anthropology

David (Tucson, Arizona, USA) Bachman & Robert B. Pickering: The Use of Forensic Anthropology

A forensic investigation requires a team of specialists from many different scientific fields of study along with legal and law enforcement specialists. In recent years, the range of cases on which …

Cover of Innocent (University of Pretoria) Pikirayi & Federica Sulas: Water and Society from Ancient Times to the Present

Innocent (University of Pretoria) Pikirayi & Federica Sulas: Water and Society from Ancient Times to the Present

As water availability, management and conservation become global challenges, there is now wide consensus that historical knowledge can provide crucial information to address present crises, offe …

Cover of Robert Witcher & Daniel (University of Leicester, UK) van Helden: Researching the Archaeological Past through Imagined Narratives

Robert Witcher & Daniel (University of Leicester, UK) van Helden: Researching the Archaeological Past through Imagined Narratives

Archaeological interpretation is an imaginative act. Stratigraphy and artefacts do not tell us what the past was like; that is the task of the archaeologist. The diverse group of contributors to this …

Cover of Martijn M. (INRAP, Lesser Antilles and French Guiana) van den Bel: Archaeological Investigations on Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Martijn M. (INRAP, Lesser Antilles and French Guiana) van den Bel: Archaeological Investigations on Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Comprising 20 scientific contributions to the archaeology of Guadeloupe, French West Indies, this volume places the latter Caribbean Island in the spotlight by presenting the results of four contempo …

Cover of Ericka N. L'Abbe & James T. (Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA) Pokines: Manual of Forensic Taphonomy

Ericka N. L’Abbe & James T. (Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA) Pokines: Manual of Forensic Taphonomy

The main goals in any forensic skeletal analysis are to answer who is the person represented (individualization), how that person died (trauma/pathology) and when that person died (the postmortem int …

Cover of Nadia Ben-Marzouk & Danielle Candelora: Ancient Egyptian Society

Nadia Ben-Marzouk & Danielle Candelora: Ancient Egyptian Society

This volume challenges assumptions about—and highlights new approaches to—the study of ancient Egyptian society by tackling various thematic social issues through structured individual case studies. …

Cover of Mark J. (Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology at Durham University, UK.) White: A Global History of The Earlier Palaeolithic

Mark J. (Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology at Durham University, UK.) White: A Global History of The Earlier Palaeolithic

This book tells the story of both the ancient humans who made handaxes and the thoughts and ideas of scholars who have spent their lives trying to understand them.　 Beginning with the earliest know …

Cover of Matthew Harpster: Reconstructing a Maritime Past

Matthew Harpster: Reconstructing a Maritime Past

Reconstructing a Maritime Past argues that rather than applying geo-ethnic labels to shipwrecks to describe “Greek” or “Roman” seafaring, a more intriguing alternative emphasizes a maritime culture’s …