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Bodies and Lives in Ancient America: Health Before Columbus

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ANCIENT BODIES, ANCIENT LIVES From bones to bodies using social theory Conceptualizing the work that bioarchaeologists do Bioarchaeology in the U.S. today Skeletons and their descendants Bioarchaeology as engaged and relevant Social bodies and lives, then and now Cultural sketches of core areas in the U.S.California coast Pueblo Southwest Mississippian/Lower Illinois River Valley Georgia Bight Plan of the book Note to students and instructors To sum up References BIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH AND DISEASE Paleopathology and the biocultural nature of disease Using biocultural data to disrupt stereotypes Components of bioarchaeological research projects Bioarchaeologists are experts in osteology and paleopathology Bioarchaeology emphasizes a range of methodological approaches Bioarchaeology integrates osteology within a biocultural context Indicators of disease and trauma on bone and teeth Life history, disease, and trauma Biocultural stressors: changes and lesions on bones and teeth Techniques for the analysis of bone and teeth Estimation of age at death and sex Porotic hyperostosis and cribra orbitalia Nonspecific infection Enamel defects Subadult size Adult size and stature Degenerative disease Trauma Dental wear, caries, and antemortem loss Entheseal changes To sum up References PREGNANCY AND BIRTH IN ANCIENT AMERICA Background and some things to consider Vignettes California coast Pueblo Southwest Mississippian/Lower Illinois River Valley Georgia Bight To sum up References GROWING UP IN ANCIENT AMERICA Background and some things to consider Vignettes California coast Pueblo Southwest Mississippian/Lower Illinois River Valley Georgia Bight To sum up References ADULT LIFE IN ANCIENT AMERICA Background and some things to consider Vignettes California coast Pueblo Southwest Mississippian/Lower Illinois River Valley Georgia Bight To sum up References GROWING OLD IN ANCIENT AMERICA Background and some things to consider Vignettes California coast Pueblo Southwest Mississippian/Lower Illinois River Valley Georgia Bight To sum up References LIFE HISTORIES AND THE ARC OF TIME The past does not need us, but the future does Uniquely American history lessons from ancient health To sum up References

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What percentage of the world's poor live in South America?
Approximately 3.93 percent of all of the world's poor people live in South America. They are mostly concentrated in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Ecuador. Poor is defined as people having incomes of less than $1.00/day. What are the most heavily urbanized countries in South America? Argentina,...
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Social bodies and lives, then and now
This text focuses on providing selected case studies that provide a snapshot of health and disease for ancient communities. These vignettes of community life are not necessarily representative of every bioarchaeological report on health ever published; rather, they are introductions to the kind of information...
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PREGNANCY AND BIRTH IN ANCIENT AMERICA
Thinking about pregnancy, birth, and the first year of life for moms and babies for cultures in the past is very challenging. From the bioarchaeological record, it can be partially inferred from patterns in morbidity and mortality for infant and adult female human remains. Additional lines of evidence...
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GROWING UP IN ANCIENT AMERICA
Archaeologically, childhood has often been an understudied aspect of life, but this is rapidly changing (particularly within bioarchaeology; for numerous studies, see Bluebond-Langner and Korbin 2007; Halcrow and Tayles 2008; Kamp 2001; Thompson et al. 2014). Lewis (2007) dedicates an entire book to...
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ADULT LIFE IN ANCIENT AMERICA
Given the challenges posed by teasing out the data on neonates, infants, children, and adolescents, presenting summary data on adults between the ages of 20 and 50 is less so because adult human remains preserve better and are well represented in most final resting places for the dead. There is a quite...
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GROWING OLD IN ANCIENT AMERICA
Scientific research on human aging has focused on changes in physiological and psychological functioning as part of what is considered the normal process of aging (Goldsmith 2014). As stated previously, life expectancy in nonindustrialized societies was likely in the 40s; since the 1800s it has doubled,...
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Legible bodies and lives: How a biometric registration campaign reinvented the Chadian population
Marielle Debos Introduction For almost two decades, biometric identification technologies have been deployed in Africa, even in the most remote areas and among the most vulnerable populations. An identification revolution is taking place on the continent.1 This has been compounded by several factors:...
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The bureaucratic and biometric standardization of bodies and lives
Existing identification systems are a patchwork of accommodations. In practice, biometric identification was combined with low-tech identification practices. In addition, the registration process was socially embedded and gave a prominent role to traditional authorities and heads of families—as was...
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Prostitution: visible bodies, hidden lives
As Farley says, ‘the harm of prostitution is socially invisible, and it is also invisible in the law, in public health, and in psychology’ (2003: 247). The subject of prostitution is an emotive one, inspiring passionate ethical, philosophical and legal debates between those who view prostitution...
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ANCIENT BODIES, ANCIENT LIVES
The people who lived within what is now referred to as the U.S. prior to the colonial invasion in the 1500s were numerous and culturally diverse, and they spoke many different languages. But they did not use traditional forms of writing, so they did not leave behind tablets or scrolls detailing their...
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