Published: 2021-10-20
Introduction
Research Articles
Two (Missing) Left Feet
Caring for Foot Amputees in Late Pre-Hispanic Túcume, Lambayeque, Peru
1–20
AbstractUnderstanding pre-Hispanic Andean medical practices through skeletal evidence of surgery has been the focus of a number of bioarchaeological...
Exploring the Efficacy of Comparative Bioarchaeological Approaches in Providing Answers on Marginality and Networking
The Example of Late Bronze Age Achlada in Florina, Northern Greece
21–46
AbstractThis paper investigates the efficacy of comparative bioarchaeological approaches in exploring the impact of economic marginality on human...
Classic Maya Dental Interventions
Evidence for Tooth Extractions at Piedras Negras, Guatemala
47–67
AbstractTooth extractions are among the most common dental procedures performed globally today; however, archaeological evidence for such procedures in...
Patterns of Disease and Culture in Ancient Panama
A Bioarchaeological Analysis of the Early Graves at Cerro Juan Díaz
78–95
AbstractCerro Juan Díaz (LS-3) is a large archaeological site located in the coastal lowlands of central Pacific Panama that comprised a pre-Columbian...
Brief Report
Haunting Bodies
Lethal Violence in Three Late Holocene Precontact Hunter-Gatherers from Southernmost Fuego-Patagonia (52°–56°S, Chile)
68–77
AbstractThe goal of this study is to describe and assess evidence of trauma in the osteological remains of three individuals that were fortuitously...