Published: 2019-09-30

Ambiguity in the Bioarchaeological Record: The Case of "Euthanasia" at Roonka, South Australia

Judith Littleton, Shirley Wallace

103–117

Abstract

In 1983, Pounder et al. described the burial of a woman and fetus as a probable case of mercy killing due to obstructed labor. In this article...

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Labor across an Occupational and Gendered Taskscape: Bones and Bodies of the Tiwanaku State (A.D. 500–1100)

Sara K. Becker

118–141

Abstract

Within the prehistoric Tiwanaku state (A.D. 500–1100) of Bolivia and Peru, labor was divided by elevation, environment, and local identity...

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Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Diet at Chelechol ra Orrak, Palau

Jessica H. Stone, Scott M. Fitzpatrick, John Krigbaum

142–156

Abstract

Stable isotope studies of early human populations in Remote Oceania, the last major region to be settled by humans, have the potential to shed...

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