Identified skeletal collections : : the testing ground of anthropology? / / edited by Charlotte Yvette Henderson, Francisca Alves Cardoso.

• TeilnehmendeR: Cardoso, Francisca Alves,; Henderson, Charlotte Yvette,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, England : : Archaeopress,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)

Human skeletons are widely studied in archaeological, anthropological and forensic settings to learn about the deceased. This book focusses on identified skeletal collections and discusses how and why collections were amassed and shows the vital role they play in improving methods and interpretations for archaeological and forensic research.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Introduction -- Charlotte Henderson -- What are identified human skeletal collections? -- Conception of the book -- Why are they so useful? -- Biases -- Identified but anonymous -- Dignity and respect -- References -- Archaeological human skeletal collections: their significance and value as an ongoing contribution to research -- Introduction -- Jelena Bekvalac1 and Dr Rebecca Redfern1 -- Archaeological Human Skeletal Remains Collections, Museum of London -- Centre for Human Bioarchaeology -- Research -- Research Output -- Destructive Sampling -- Biographical collections -- Outreach, Teaching and Exhibitions -- Conclusion -- References -- The Grant Human Skeletal Collection and Other Contributions of J. C. B. Grant to Anatomy, Osteology, and Forensic Anthropology -- Introduction -- John Albanese1,2 -- The University of Edinburgh and the University of Durham: 1909-1919 -- The University of Manitoba: 1919-1930 -- The University of Toronto and the University of California at Los Angeles: 1930-1973 -- Grant's Legacy: James E. Anderson and Physical Anthropology in Canada -- The Grant Human Skeletal Collection -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References Cited -- Strategies for Dealing with Bias in Identified Reference Collections and Implications for Research in the 21st Century -- Introduction -- John Albanese1,2 -- A Model for Identifying and Assessing the Sources and Nature of Bias: An Approach to Pursuing Research Using Identified Skeletal Collections -- Cemetery Studies Theory and Methods -- The New Biocultural Synthesis -- From Living Population to Available Sample -- From Available Sample to Observed Sample -- Discussion: Examples of the Efficacy of this Approach -- Methods for Estimating Sex -- Assessing Patterns of Human Variation and the Study of Past Populations.

Methods for Estimating Stature -- Beyond Race and Ancestry -- Conclusion -- References -- Bioarchaeology and Identified Skeletal Collections: Problems and Potential Solutions -- Introduction -- Jennifer Sharman1 and John Albanese2,3 -- What Were the Reasons for Collecting and What was the Source of the Skeletons? -- Anatomical Collections -- The Dart Collection -- The Pretoria Collection -- The Terry Collection -- Grant Collection -- Cemetery Collections -- Modern Cemetery Collections: The Coimbra Collection -- Potential Impacts of Curation -- Who is in the Collection? -- Basic Demographic Parameters: Age and Sex -- 'Race' and Human Variation -- Socioeconomic Status -- Age -- How Well-Known are 'Known' Ages? -- When Did the People Die and When Did Collecting Occur? -- Where Did the Skeletons (People) Come From? -- Immigrants? From How Far? -- Local People? -- Why Were Particular Skeletons Added to the Collection? -- Research Using Documented Collections: Impact and Interrelationship of 'Who, What, When, Where, Why' -- Example 1: Accuracy of Age-at-Death Data and Age Heaping for the Terry Collection -- Example 2: Race, Apartheid and the Accuracy of Age at Death in the Dart and Pretoria Collections -- Example 3: Misinterpretation of Mortality Bias in the Terry Collection as 'Racial Differences' -- Conclusion -- References -- tThe significance of identified human skeletal collections to further our understanding of the skeletal ageing process in adults -- Introduction -- Vanessa Campanacho1,2,3 and Hugo F.V. Cardoso4 -- The importance of understanding the ageing process with identified skeletal remains -- The effects of environmental factors on the rate of bone ageing -- Pregnancy and parturition -- Drugs and alcohol use -- Occupation and physical activity -- Disease and diet -- Body size.

Limitations of identified skeletal collections and their constraints on age estimation research -- Ethical and legal issues with identified skeletal collections: a Portuguese example -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Secular changes in cranial size and sexual dimorphism of cranial size: a comparative analysis of standard cranial dimensions in two Portuguese identified skeletal reference collections and implications for sex estimation -- Introduction -- Luísa Marinho1, Ana R. Vassalo2, Hugo F. V. Cardoso1 -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Lives Not Written in Bones: Discussing Biographical Data Associated With Identified Skeletal Collections. -- Francisca Alves Cardoso1 -- Identified Skeletal Collections and Biographical Data. -- Introduction -- Working Life in Bones: Do Skeletons Tell it All? -- What does it mean to be a Doméstica? -- Concluding remarks -- References -- The Fate of Anatomical Collections in the US: Bioanthropological Investigations of Structural Violence -- Introduction -- Rachel J. Watkins1 -- Statement of the Problem -- Early Mobilization of a Cadaver and Skeletal Collection -- The Skeletal Collection and Texts -- Twenty-first Century Mobilizations -- Current Mobilizations: Mitigating Present-Day Structural Violence -- Conclusion: The Fate of Anatomical Collections in the US - Questions Worth Asking -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Final Summary -- Francisca Alves-Cardoso1.