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The Bioarchaeology of Dissection and Autopsy in the United States

The Bioarchaeology of Dissection and Autopsy in the United States

Nystrom, Kenneth C.

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Series: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory

AnthropologyArchaeologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 331980023X
ISBN13: 9783319800233
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jun 9 2018
Pages: 346
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Encountering evidence of postmortem examinations - dissection or autopsy in historic skeletal collections is relatively rare, but recently there has been an increase in the number of reported instances. And much of what has been evaluated has been largely descriptive and historical. The Bioarchaeology of Dissection and Autopsy brings together in a single volume the skeletal evidence of postmortem examination in the United States. Ranging from the early colonial period to the early 1900's, from a coffeehouse at Colonial Williamsburg to a Quaker burial vault in lower Manhattan, the contributions to this volume demonstrate the interpretive significance of a historically and theoretically contextualized bioarchaeology. The authors employ a wide range of perspectives, demonstrating how bioarchaeological evidence can be used to address a wide range of themes including social identity and marginalization, racialization, the nature of the body and fragmentation, and the emergence of medical practice and authority in the United States.​

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