INDICE: Contributors, xv .Acknowledgements, xix .A biocultural tribute to a biocultural scholar: Professor George J. Armelagos, May 22, 1936 May 15, 2014, 1Debra L. Martin & Molly K. Zuckerman .References, 6 .1 Introduction: the development of biocultural perspectives in anthropology, 7Molly K. Zuckerman & Debra L. Martin .Introduction, 7 .The origins and development of the biocultural approach, 8 .Using a biocultural model, 12 .Difficulties in using the biocultural approach, 15 .The case studies in this volume, 15 .Conclusion, 24 .References, 24 .Notes, 26 .Part I: Critical and synthetic approaches to biocultural anthropology .2 Exploring biocultural concepts: anthropology for the next generation, 29R. Brooke Thomas .Introduction, 29 .Background, 29 .Case study: the Quechua of southern Peru, 1964 to the present, 31 .Discussion, 41 .Conclusion, 42 .References, 44 .Notes, 47 .Endnotes, 47 .3 Local nutrition in global contexts: critical biocultural perspectives on the nutrition transition in Mexico, 49Thomas L. Leatherman, Morgan K. Hoke & Alan H. Goodman .Introduction, 49 .Background, 49 .Case study: the coca–colonization of diet in the Yucatán, 54 .Conclusion, 61 .References, 62 .Notes, 65 .Part II: Biocultural approaches to identity .4 Disease and dying while black: how racism, not race, gets under the skin, 69Alan H. Goodman .Introduction, 69 .Background, 72 .Case study: race versus racism, 81 .Discussion and conclusion, 85 .References, 86 .5 Beyond genetic race: biocultural insights into the causes of racial health disparities, 89Christopher W. Kuzawa & Clarence C. Gravlee .Introduction, 89 .Background, 90 .Case study #1: hypertension in the African Diaspora, 99 .Case study #2: does the experience of racial discrimination in the United States have intergenerational health consequences?, 101 .Discussion and conclusion, 101 .References, 102 .6 Political economy of African forced migration and enslavement in colonial New York: an historical biology perspective, 107Michael L. Blakey & Lesley M. Rankin–Hill .Introduction, 107 .Background, 108 .Case study, 109 .Discussion, 125 .Conclusion, 127 .References, 129 .Notes, 131 .7 Identifying the First African Baptist Church: searching for historically invisible people, 133Lesley M. Rankin–Hill .Introduction, 133 .Case study: Afro–American biohistory, 134 .Conclusion, 152 .References, 153 .Notes, 155 .Part III: Biocultural approaches to health and diet .8 Canaries in the mineshaft: the children of Kulubnarti, 159Paul A. Sandberg & Dennis P. van Gerven .Introduction, 159 .Case study: Nubia and Kulubnarti, 160 .Conclusion, 176 .Acknowledgments, 176 .References, 176 .9 Biocultural investigations of ancient Nubia, 181Brenda J. Baker .Introduction, 181 .Background, 183 .Case study: operationalizing a biocultural investigation: the Bioarchaeology of Nubia Expedition, 191 .Conclusion, 194 .Acknowledgments, 194 .References, 194 .10 Life and death in nineteenth–century Peoria, Illinois: taking a biocultural approach towards understanding the past, 201Anne L. Grauer, Laura A. Williams & M. Catherine Bird .Introduction, 201 .Case study: life and death in nineteenth–century Peoria, 203 .Discussion, 210 .Conclusion, 212 .Acknowledgments, 213 .References, 213 .11 Does industrialization always result in reduced skeletal robusticity?, 219Ann L. Magennis & Joshua G.S. Clementz .Introduction, 219 .Background, 220 .Case study: testing ideas about robusticity and industrialization, 225 .Discussion, 232 .Conclusion, 235 .Acknowledgments, 236 .References, 237 .12 Stable isotopes and selective forces: examples in biocultural and environmental anthropology, 241Christine D. White & Fred J. Longstaffe .Introduction, 241 .Background, 244 .Case study: isotopes and epidemiological risk factors/synergies at Wadi Halfa and surrounding regions, 247 .Discussion and conclusion, 252 .Acknowledgments, 253 .References, 254 .13 The cuisine of prehispanic Central Mexico reconsidered: the omnivore s dilemma revisited, 259Randolph J. Widmer & Rebecca Storey .Introduction, 259 .Case study: prehispanic cuisine of Central Mexico, 263 .Conclusion, 272 .Acknowledgments, 273 .References, 274 .Part IV: Biocultural approaches to infectious disease .14 The specter of Ebola: epidemiologic transitions versus the zombie apocalypse, 279Ronald Barrett .Introduction, 279 .Case study: Ebola and the epidemiological transitions, 282 .Discussion and conclusion, 290 .References, 291 .Notes, 293 .15 Beyond the differential diagnosis: new approaches to the bioarchaeology of the Hittite plague, 295Nicole E. Smith–Guzmán, Jerome C. Rose & Kathleen Kuckens .Introduction, 295 .Case study: investigating the cause of the Hittite plague, 297 .Discussion and conclusion, 313 .Acknowledgments, 313 .References, 313 .16 Paleoepidemiological and biocultural approaches to ancient disease: the origin and antiquity of syphilis, 317Molly K. Zuckerman & Kristin N. Harper .Introduction, 317 .Background, 319 .Case study: biocultural and paleoepidemiological approaches to the origin and antiquity of syphilis, 324 .Discussion, 328 .Conclusion, 330 .References, 331 .Notes, 335 .Part V: Biocultural approaches to understanding population dynamics .17 Population and disease transitions in the Åland Islands, Finland, 339James H. Mielke .Introduction, 339 .Background, 340 .Case study: Åland archipelago, 346 .Discussion, 352 .Conclusion, 357 .Acknowledgments, 358 .References, 358 .18 The hygiene hypothesis and the second epidemiologic transition: using biocultural, epidemiological, and evolutionary theory to inform practice in clinical medicine and public health, 363Molly K. Zuckerman, Jonathan R. Belanich & George J. Armelagos .Introduction, 363 .Background, 366 .Case study: applying the hygiene hypothesis to practice in public health and clinical medicine, 373 .Discussion and conclusion, 377 .References, 379 .19 An emerging history of indigenous Caribbean and circum–Caribbean populations: insights from archaeological, ethnographic, genetic, and historical studies, 385Theodore G. Schurr, Jada Benn Torres, Miguel G. Vilar, Jill B. Gaieski & Carlalynne Melendez .Introduction, 385 .Case study: exploring Caribbean genetic history, 387 .Discussion, 394 .Conclusion, 395 .Acknowledgments, 396 .References, 397 .Notes, 402 .20 Explorations in paleodemography: an overview of the Artificial Long House Valley agent–based modeling project, 403Alan C. Swedlund, Lisa Sattenspiel, Amy Warren, Richard S. Meindl & George J. Gumerman III .Introduction, 403 .Background, 407 .Case study: the Artificial Long House Valley (ALHV) Project models, 408 .Discussion, 419 .Conclusion, 422 .Acknowledgments, 424 .References, 424 .Part VI: Biocultural approaches to inequality and violence 21 Biocultural perspectives in bioarchaeology, 429Bethany L. Turner & Haagen D. Klaus .Introduction, 429 .Background, 430 .Case study: understanding European contact in the Americas, 437 .Conclusion, 446 .Acknowledgments, 446 .References, 447 .Notes, 451 .22 The poetics of violence in bioarchaeology: Integrating social theory with trauma analysis, 453Ventura R. Pérez .Introduction, 453 .Background, 454 .Case study: the Sierra de Mazatán massacre, 458 .Conclusion, 465 .Acknowledgments, 467 .References, 467 .23 Broken bodies and broken bones: Biocultural approaches to ancient slavery and torture, 471Debra L. Martin & Anna J. Osterholtz .Introduction, 471 .Background, 474 .Case study: slavery and torture in the prehispanic Southwest, 475 .Discussion, 486 .Conclusion, 487 .References, 488 .Notes, 490 .Part VII: The next generation .24 Concluding thoughts: a bright future for students trained in using a biocultural perspective, 493Debra L. Martin & Molly K. Zuckerman .Introduction, 493 .Teaching, pedagogy, and ethics, 494 .The past as a guide, 496 .A bright future for biocultural scholarship, 496 .References, 498 .Notes, 498 .Index, 499
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