Bioarchaeologists Speak Out: Deep Time Perspectives on Contemporary Issues

by Jane E. Buikstra

Bioarchaeologists who study human remains in ancient, historic and contemporary settings are securely anchored within anthropology as anthropologists, yet they have not taken on the pundits the way other subdisciplines within anthropology have. Popular science authors frequently and selectively use bioarchaeological data on demography, disease, violence, migration and diet to buttress their poorly formed arguments about general trends in human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319930117
• ISBN13: 9783319930114
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"