Sabrina C. Agarwal & Bonnie A. Glencross 
Social Bioarchaeology 

* Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human
social and biological variation

* Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the
globe

* Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by
key researchers and established experts around the world

Table of Content

List of Tables and Figures.

Notes on Contributors.

Series Editors’ Preface.

1 Building a Social Bioarchaeology (Sabrina C. Agarwal and
Bonnie A. Glencross).

Part I Materials and Meaning: The Nature of Skeletal
Samples.

2 The Origins of Biocultural Dimensions in Bioarchaeology
(Molly K. Zuckerman and George J. Armelagos).

3 Partnerships, Pitfalls, and Ethical Concerns in International
Bioarchaeology (Bethany L. Turner and Valerie A.
Andrushko).

4 The Formation of Mortuary Deposits: Implications for
Understanding Mortuary Behavior of Past Populations (Estella
Weiss-Krejci).

5 Representativeness and Bias in Archaeological Skeletal Samples
(Mary Jackes).

Part II Social Identity: Bioarchaeology of Sex, Gender,
Ethnicity, and Disability.

6 Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeological Research: Theory, Method,
and Interpretation (Sandra E. Hollimon).

7 Population Migration, Variation, and Identity: An Islamic
Population in Iberia (Sonia Zakrzewski).

8 Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Colonial New York: A
Bioarchaeological Study of the New York African Burial Ground
(Autumn R. Barrett and Michael L. Blakey).

9 The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Comparative
Study of Perceptions, Stigma, Diagnosis, and Treatment
(Charlotte Roberts).

Part III Growth and Aging: The Life Course of Health and
Disease.

10 Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of Age (Joanna
Sofaer).

11 It is Not Carved in Bone: Development and Plasticity of the
Aged Skeleton (Sabrina C. Agarwal and Patrick
Beauchesne).

12 The Bioarchaeological Investigation of Children and Childhood
(Siân E. Halcrow and Nancy Tayles).

13 Moving from the Canary in the Coalmine: Modeling Childhood in
Bahrain (Judith Littleton).

14 Skeletal Injury Across the Life Course: Towards Understanding
Social Agency (Bonnie A. Glencross).

15 Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy
(Tracy L. Prowse).

Index.

About the author

Sabrina C. Agarwal is an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Berkley and Faculty Affiliate of the Archaeological Research Facility at UC Berkeley. She is co-editor of the volume Bone Loss and Osteoporosis: An Anthropological Perspective (2003).

Bonnie Glencross is Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, at Wilfrid Laurier University, and held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California from 2006-2008.