Theory and practice in the bioarchaeology of care

This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and explanation of, the theory and practice of the 'bioarchaeology of care', an original, fully theorised and contextualised case study-based approach designed to identify and interpret cases of care provision in prehistory. The a...

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Main Author: Tilley, Lorna,
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2015.
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations.
Series: Bioarchaeology and social theory.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introducing a Bioarchaeology of Care
  • Chapter 2. The status of archaeological research into care Chapter
  • 3. Context for a Bioarchaeology of Care.- Chapter 4. The Origins of Care.- Chapter 5. Agency, identity and the bioarchaeology of care
  • Chapter 6. The Bioarchaeology of Care Methodology:Stages 1-3
  • Chapter 7. The Bioarchaeology of Care Methodology: Stage 4
  • Chapter 8. Survival against the odds
  • intensive care in the Vietnamese Neolithic. (Case Study 1)
  • Chapter 9. Evidence for care in the Upper Middle Palaeolithic: the cases of La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 and La Ferrassie 1 (Case Study 2)
  • Chapter 10. Accommodating difference in the British Neolithic: Lanhill Burial 7 and his community (Case Study 3).- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Current Status and Future Directions for the Bioarchaeology of Care.