Injury and Trauma in Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Violence in Past Lives

ISBN-13: 9780521133043 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 343 str.

Rebecca C. Redfern

Opis

This book provides a critical examination of the sources of social science, clinical and archaeological evidence that bioarchaeologists use to study injury in past communities. Redfern explores the consequences of violence in a bioarchaeological context, highlighting how its evidence can shed new light on the hierarchies and social relationships of past societies.

Recenzje

'Elegantly written and immensely interesting, this book may be of interest to readers from a wide range of disciplines, including social scientists, sociologists, bioarchaeologists, medical anthropologists, forensic scientists, psychologists and historians.' Sue Howarth, The Biologist

Spis treści

Foreword Debra L. Martin; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Approaches to understanding and interpreting violence in the past; 3. Violent behaviour in humans and human societies; 4. Environmental factors and violence; 5. Trauma in life course perspective; 6. Violent happenings: intentional injury patterns; 7. Living with the consequences of injury; 8. Conclusions; References; Index.