Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care
This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and explanation of, the theory and practice of the ‘bioarchaeology of care’, an original, fully theorised and contextualised case study-based approach designed to identify and interpret cases of
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Lorna Tilley
Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care
Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
Series Editor Debra L. Martin Professor of Anthropology University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11976
Lorna Tilley
Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care
Lorna Tilley Australian National University Canberra, Australia
Bioarchaeology and Social Theory ISBN 978-3-319-18859-1 ISBN 978-3-319-18860-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18860-7
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For Tony & Dedicated to the memories of my mother, Gwyneth Tilley, and my father, Derek Tilley.
Foreword
This volume kicks off a new book series, Bioarchaeology and Social Theory, in a grand and illustrative manner. The series highlights the application of social theories in interpreting data derived from bioarchaeological research. Social theory bridges data with explanation and focuses on cultural processes such as power, ideology, symbols, meaning, social structures, agency and identity. The series promotes studies that link past understandings with present-day problem solving. These studies emphasise ethical and critical considerations of bioarchaeological research. Disease is a perennial topic of interest to a broad range of social and natural scientists and the public. Being able to systematically place disease within a broader framework to understand its impact on individuals, communities and societies can only be done utilising a framework that is integrative across environmental, biological and cultural domains. Traditionally, bioarchaeological approaches to disease have focused more on the pathology itself. From this,
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