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The Body as Material Culture: A Theoretical Osteoarchaeology

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"Through a close examination of disciplinary practice, Joanna Sofaer highlights the tensions and possibilities offered by one particular kind of archaeological body, the human skeleton, with particular regard to the study of gender and age. Using a range of examples, she argues for reassessment of the role of the skeletal body in archaeological practice, and develops a theoretical framework for bioarchaeology based  Read more...

Author(s): Sofaer, Joanna R.
Series: Topics in contemporary archaeology.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 188
City: Cambridge
Tags: Human remains (Archaeology);Restes humains (Archéologie);Paléoanthropologie;Paläopathologie;Körper;Archäologie;Sachkultur

Bodies and boundaries --
The body as an archaeological resource --
The body and convention in archaeological practice --
Material bodies --
Sex and gender --
Age.