Published: 2017-12-28
Research Articles
Pursuit of Famine: Investigating Famine in Bioarchaeological Literature
101–115
AbstractFamine is a complex calamity that has affected communities across the world throughout human history. While many social sciences have recognized...
Bioarchaeological Analysis of Disability and Caregiving from a Nineteenth-Century Institution in Central Kentucky
116–130
AbstractThis article presents a case of disability and care provision from a mid-nineteenth-century psychiatric institutional care facility (Eastern...
Habitual Activity in Pre-industrial Rural and Urban Dutch Populations: A Study of Lower Limb Cross-sectional Geometry
131–147
AbstractThis study combines historical data and the principles of bone functional adaptation to examine variation in terrestrial mobility in men and...
Health and the Little Ice Age in Southeastern Germany and Alpine Austria: Synergies between Stress, Nutritional Deficiencies, and Disease
148–170
AbstractClimate change has diverse effects on populations depending on their local contexts. This paper examines bioarchaeological samples...
Brief Reports
Femur Length and Famine Mortality in Medieval London
171–182
AbstractFrom the twelfth to the sixteenth century, London was one of Europe’s largest urban centers and suffered from frequent cereal shortages that...
Commentaries
NAGPRA and Repatriation in the Twenty-First Century: Shifting the Discourse from Benefits to Responsibilities
183–190
AbstractSince the 1990s, in bioarchaeology we have typically learned to think of descendant communities as people who gain certain rights or benefits...
Building a Better Bioarchaeology through Community Collaboration
191–204
AbstractBioarchaeologists have worked with stakeholders, including descendant communities, for decades. While many mutually fulfilling...