1. Interrogating the alterity of hunter-gatherers in bioarchaeological context: adaptability, transformability and resilience of hunter-gatherers in the past Daniel H. Temple and Christopher M. Stojanowski; 2. Regional continuity and local challenges to resilience among holocene hunter-gatherers of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa Susan Pfeiffer and Lesley Harrington; 3. Hunter-gatherer persistence and demography in Patagonia (Southern South America): the impact of ecological changes during the Pleistocene and Holocene Valeria Bernal, S. Ivan Perez, María Bárbara Postillone and Diego D. Rindel; 4. The success and failure of resilience in the European Mesolithic Rick J. Schulting; 5. Persistence of time: resilience and adaptability in prehistoric Jomon hunter-gatherers from the inland sea region of Southwestern Honshu, Japan Daniel H. Temple; 6. Biomechanics, habitual activity, and resilience among Southern African hunter-gatherers and herders Michelle E. Cameron and Jay Stock; 7. Biocultural adaptation and resilience in the hunter-gatherers of Lagoa Santa, Central-Eastern Brazil Pedro Da-Gloria and Lucas Bueno; 8. Resiliency among hunter-gatherers in Southern California before and after European colonization: a bioarchaeological perspective Erin E. Bornemann and Lynn H. Gamble; 9. Persistence or pastoralim: the challenges of studying hunter-gatherer resilience in Africa Christopher M. Stojanowski; 10. Ancient mortuary ritual and cultural resilience on the northwest coast of North America Bryn Letham and Gary Coupland; 11. Bioarchaeological evidence for cultural resilience at Point Hope, Alaska: persistence and memory in the ontology of personhood in northern hunter-gatherers Lauryn C. Justice and Daniel H. Temple; 12. Biocultural perspectives on interpersonal violence in the prehistoric San Francisco Bay Area Eric J. Bartelink, Viviana I. Bellifemine, Irina Nechayev, Valerie A. Andrushko, Alan Leventhal and Robert Jurmian; 13. The discovery and rapid demise of the Sadlermiut Charles F. Merbs; 14. When resilience fails: fences, water control, and Aboriginal history in the Western Riverina, Australia Judith Littleton; 15. Models, metaphors, and measures Jane E. Buikstra.