Published: 2017-06-30
Introduction
Stronger Together: Advancing a Global Bioarchaeology
1–18
AbstractBioarchaeology is a relatively young field that aims to improve our understanding of life, death, and interrelationships among past humans...
Research Articles
Everyday Life after Collapse: A Bioarchaeological Examination of Entheseal Change and Accidental Injury in Postcolonial Nubia
19–34
AbstractBioarchaeological perspectives of collapse scenarios have contributed to our understanding of the persistence and regeneration of communities...
Facilitating Transitions: Postmortem Processing of the Dead at the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex, Ireland (3500–3000 cal B.C.)
35–51
AbstractThis study explores the burial practices and secondary funerary rites at the Carrowkeel Neolithic passage tomb complex in County Sligo in...
Skull Retrieval and Secondary Burial Practices in the Neolithic Near East: Recent Insights from Çatalhöyük, Turkey
52–71
AbstractThe retrieval and re-deposition of elements of the human skeleton, especially the skull (i.e., cranium and mandible), is a common feature of...
A Bioarchaeological Matrix Retrospective: Quantifying the Value of Post-Excavation Harris Matrix Reconstruction of Skeletal Assemblages
72–85
AbstractThe Harris Matrix is a vital tool for recording and interpreting archaeological sites, diagrammatically organizing single deposits and features...
Commentaries
Bioarchaeology of the Human Microbiome
86–99
AbstractFrom prehistory to the present, microbes have played a significant role in the development of human society and culture—from providing essential...