Bones of Complexity: Bioarchaeological Case Studies of Social Organization and Skeletal Biology (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past)

Drawing upon wide-ranging studies of prehistoric human remains from Europe, northern Africa, Asia, and the Americas, this groundbreaking volume unites physical anthropologists, archaeologists, and economists to explore how social structure can be reflected in the human skeleton. Contributors identify many ways in which social, political, and economic inequality have affected health, disease, metabolic insufficiency, growth, and diet. The volume makes a strong case for a broader integration of bioarchaeology with mortuary archaeology as its distinctive approaches offer new ways to look at power, resources, social organization, and the shape of human lives over time and across cultures. Contributors: Marshall Joseph Becker | Tracy K. Betsinger | Ruth A. Brinker | Carles Boix | Mark N. Cohen | Della Collins Cook | Marie Danforth | Jack L. Davis | Misty Fields | Ryan P. Harrod | Amanda R. Harvey | Sylvia A. Jiménez-Brobeil | Haagen D. Klaus | Evangelia Malapani | Lourdes Márquez Morfín | Debra L. Martin | Sari Miller-Antonio | Robin Moser Knabel | Sarah Muno | Joanne Murphy | Luis Fernando Núñez | Anastasia Papathanasiou | Ekaterina Pechenkina | Michael Richards | Gwen Robbins Schug | Frances Rosenbluth | Izumi Shimada | Ken-ichi Shinoda | María G. Roca | Ellen Salter-Pedersen | Lynne A. Schepartz | Nancy A. Ross-Stallings | Sharon R. Stocker | Rebecca Storey | Paraskevi Tritsaroli | Mario Vásquez | Fan Wenquan | Lori Wright | Ma Xiaolin | Sonia Zakrzewski A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen

Haagen D. Klaus, associate professor of anthropology at George Mason University, is coeditor of Ritual Violence in the Ancient Andes: Reconstructing Sacrifice on the North Coast of Peru.

Amanda R. Harvey is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Mark N. Cohen, University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Plattsburgh, is coeditor of Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture.