New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care Further Case Studies
New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care evaluates, refines and expands existing concepts and practices in the developing field of bioarchaeological research into health-related care provision in the past. Evidence in human remains that indicat
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Lorna Tilley Alecia A. Schrenk Editors
New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care Further Case Studies and Expanded Theory
Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
Series Editor Debra L. Martin Professor of Anthropology University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11976
Lorna Tilley • Alecia A. Schrenk Editors
New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care Further Case Studies and Expanded Theory
Editors Lorna Tilley School of Archaeology and Anthropology Australian National University Canberra, ACT, Australia
Alecia A. Schrenk Department of Anthropology University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV, USA
Bioarchaeology and Social Theory ISBN 978-3-319-39900-3 ISBN 978-3-319-39901-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39901-0
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We dedicate this book to Tony Cameron, partner of Lorna Tilley, and David Beane, fiancé of Alecia A. Schrenk.
Foreword
This collection of case studies represents a companion volume to Lorna Tilley’s Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care (2015) published in this same series, Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. The one-two punch of these volumes cements the future of this paradigm-shifting approach in bioarchaeology. The continued working of the theoretical underpinning for approaching the notion of caregiving in communities from both the deep past and more historical yesteryears provides a wealth of caveats, approaches, suggestions and confirmations of what can be learned by asking the twin questions: How did severe ailments affect individuals, and were there caretakers involved? This follow-up volume offers a wholly new paradigm for the identification, careful analysis
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