Recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in the application of archaeological knowledge an... more Recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in the application of archaeological knowledge and methodology to medico-legal issues. Forensic Archaeology has rapidly emerged as a vital speciality. This new four-volume collection from Routledge, assembled and introduced by a transatlantic editorial team, brings together foundational and cutting-edge major works to enable users to make sense of a vast—and rapidly growing—corpus of scholarship.
"Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, ana... more "Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation and potential reburial of human skeletal remains differ throughout the world. As work forces have become increasingly mobile and international research collaborations are steadily increasing, the need for a more comprehensive understanding of different national research traditions, methodologies and legislative structures within the academic and commercial sector of physical anthropology has arisen. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation provides comprehensive information on the excavation of archaeological human remains and the law through 62 individual country contributions from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Australasia.
More specifically, the volume discusses the following:
What is the current situation (including a brief history) of physical anthropology in the country?
What happens on discovering human remains (who is notified, etc.)?
What is the current legislation regarding the excavation of archaeological human skeletal remains? Is a license needed to excavate human remains? Is there any specific legislation regarding excavation in churchyards? Any specific legislation regarding war graves?
Are physical anthropologists involved in the excavation process?
Where is the cut-off point between forensic and archaeological human remains (e.g. 100 years, 50 years, 25 years…)?
Can human remains be transported abroad for research purposes?
What methods of anthropological analysis are mostly used in the country? Are there any methods created in that country which are population-specific?
Are their particular ethical issues that need to be considered when excavating human remains, such as religious groups or tribal groups?
In addition, an overview of landmark anthropological studies and important collections are provided where appropriate.
The entries are contained by an introductory chapter by the editors which establish the objectives and structure of the book, setting it within a wider archaeological framework, and a conclusion which explores the current European and world-wide trends and perspectives in the study of archaeological human remains. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation makes a timely, much-needed contribution to the field of physical anthropology and is unique as it combines information on the excavation of human remains and the legislation that guides it, alongside information on the current state of physical anthropology across several continents. It is an indispensible tool for archaeologists involved in the excavation of human remains around the world."
Steven Pinker’s thesis on the decline of violence since prehistory has resulted in many popular a... more Steven Pinker’s thesis on the decline of violence since prehistory has resulted in many popular and scholarly debates on the topic that have ranged—at times even raged— across the disciplinary spectrum of evolution, psychology, philosophy, biology, history, and beyond. Those disciplines that made the most substantial contribution to the empirical data underpinning Pinker’s notion of a more violent prehistoric past, namely, archaeology and bioarchaeology/physical anthropology, have not featured as prominently in these discussions as may be expected. This article will focus on some of the issues resulting from Pinker’s oversimplifi ed cross-disciplinary use of bioarchaeological data sets in support of his linear model of the past, a model that, incidentally, has yet to be incorporated into current accounts of violent practices in prehistory.
The nineteenth century in Ireland is well documented, and much information is available to resear... more The nineteenth century in Ireland is well documented, and much information is available to researchers writing about life in the workhouse and other institutions in this period. Nevertheless, although many eyewitness accounts of Irish life survive, as well as ... Despite a considerable ...
Livre: Sticks, stones, and broken bones: neolithic violence in a european perspective (hardback) ... more Livre: Sticks, stones, and broken bones: neolithic violence in a european perspective (hardback) SCHULTING Rick J., FIBIGER Linda.
... Titre du document / Document title. The human remains from irish caves project Auteur(s) / Au... more ... Titre du document / Document title. The human remains from irish caves project Auteur(s) / Author(s). DOWD Marion ; FIBIGER Linda ; LYNCH Linda G. ; Revue / Journal Title. Archaeology Ireland ISSN 0790-892X Source / Source. 2006, vol. 20, n o 3, pp. 16-19 [4 page(s) (article ...
Ohne Zweifel gehörten Gewalt und Konflikte zum neolithischen Alltag. Verletzungsspuren an menschl... more Ohne Zweifel gehörten Gewalt und Konflikte zum neolithischen Alltag. Verletzungsspuren an menschlichen Skeletten belegen, dass auch Frauen und Kinder nicht von Gewaltakten verschont blieben. Waren diese Toten einfach nur wehrlose Opfer oder gibt es Indizien dafür, dass Kampfhandlungen nicht ausschließlich von erwachsenen Männern ausgeführt wurden? Eine anthropologische Studie zu gewaltsamen Schädelverletzungen gewährt Einblicke in Verhaltensmuster und Tathergänge im neolithischen Nordwesteuropa. Titelthema I Krieg im Neolithikum , !
Recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in the application of archaeological knowledge an... more Recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in the application of archaeological knowledge and methodology to medico-legal issues. Forensic Archaeology has rapidly emerged as a vital speciality. This new four-volume collection from Routledge, assembled and introduced by a transatlantic editorial team, brings together foundational and cutting-edge major works to enable users to make sense of a vast—and rapidly growing—corpus of scholarship.
"Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, ana... more "Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation and potential reburial of human skeletal remains differ throughout the world. As work forces have become increasingly mobile and international research collaborations are steadily increasing, the need for a more comprehensive understanding of different national research traditions, methodologies and legislative structures within the academic and commercial sector of physical anthropology has arisen. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation provides comprehensive information on the excavation of archaeological human remains and the law through 62 individual country contributions from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Australasia.
More specifically, the volume discusses the following:
What is the current situation (including a brief history) of physical anthropology in the country?
What happens on discovering human remains (who is notified, etc.)?
What is the current legislation regarding the excavation of archaeological human skeletal remains? Is a license needed to excavate human remains? Is there any specific legislation regarding excavation in churchyards? Any specific legislation regarding war graves?
Are physical anthropologists involved in the excavation process?
Where is the cut-off point between forensic and archaeological human remains (e.g. 100 years, 50 years, 25 years…)?
Can human remains be transported abroad for research purposes?
What methods of anthropological analysis are mostly used in the country? Are there any methods created in that country which are population-specific?
Are their particular ethical issues that need to be considered when excavating human remains, such as religious groups or tribal groups?
In addition, an overview of landmark anthropological studies and important collections are provided where appropriate.
The entries are contained by an introductory chapter by the editors which establish the objectives and structure of the book, setting it within a wider archaeological framework, and a conclusion which explores the current European and world-wide trends and perspectives in the study of archaeological human remains. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation makes a timely, much-needed contribution to the field of physical anthropology and is unique as it combines information on the excavation of human remains and the legislation that guides it, alongside information on the current state of physical anthropology across several continents. It is an indispensible tool for archaeologists involved in the excavation of human remains around the world."
Steven Pinker’s thesis on the decline of violence since prehistory has resulted in many popular a... more Steven Pinker’s thesis on the decline of violence since prehistory has resulted in many popular and scholarly debates on the topic that have ranged—at times even raged— across the disciplinary spectrum of evolution, psychology, philosophy, biology, history, and beyond. Those disciplines that made the most substantial contribution to the empirical data underpinning Pinker’s notion of a more violent prehistoric past, namely, archaeology and bioarchaeology/physical anthropology, have not featured as prominently in these discussions as may be expected. This article will focus on some of the issues resulting from Pinker’s oversimplifi ed cross-disciplinary use of bioarchaeological data sets in support of his linear model of the past, a model that, incidentally, has yet to be incorporated into current accounts of violent practices in prehistory.
The nineteenth century in Ireland is well documented, and much information is available to resear... more The nineteenth century in Ireland is well documented, and much information is available to researchers writing about life in the workhouse and other institutions in this period. Nevertheless, although many eyewitness accounts of Irish life survive, as well as ... Despite a considerable ...
Livre: Sticks, stones, and broken bones: neolithic violence in a european perspective (hardback) ... more Livre: Sticks, stones, and broken bones: neolithic violence in a european perspective (hardback) SCHULTING Rick J., FIBIGER Linda.
... Titre du document / Document title. The human remains from irish caves project Auteur(s) / Au... more ... Titre du document / Document title. The human remains from irish caves project Auteur(s) / Author(s). DOWD Marion ; FIBIGER Linda ; LYNCH Linda G. ; Revue / Journal Title. Archaeology Ireland ISSN 0790-892X Source / Source. 2006, vol. 20, n o 3, pp. 16-19 [4 page(s) (article ...
Ohne Zweifel gehörten Gewalt und Konflikte zum neolithischen Alltag. Verletzungsspuren an menschl... more Ohne Zweifel gehörten Gewalt und Konflikte zum neolithischen Alltag. Verletzungsspuren an menschlichen Skeletten belegen, dass auch Frauen und Kinder nicht von Gewaltakten verschont blieben. Waren diese Toten einfach nur wehrlose Opfer oder gibt es Indizien dafür, dass Kampfhandlungen nicht ausschließlich von erwachsenen Männern ausgeführt wurden? Eine anthropologische Studie zu gewaltsamen Schädelverletzungen gewährt Einblicke in Verhaltensmuster und Tathergänge im neolithischen Nordwesteuropa. Titelthema I Krieg im Neolithikum , !
As an activity-related pathological lesion, spondylolysis and its prevalence rates are indicative... more As an activity-related pathological lesion, spondylolysis and its prevalence rates are indicative of relative diachronic activity levels in different populations. In this paper we document the prevalence of spondylolytic defects in a series of time-successive populations with special reference to the recording methods employed, and compare the findings with modern clinical studies. We identify epidemiological trends in expression of the condition through 1500 years in a series of skeletonised human remains from England. This includes a 5th-6th-century settlement, a 15th-century mass grave, a 14th to 17th-century rural parish, a medieval Dominican friary, a medieval leper hospital and an 18th to 19th-century crypt collection. These skeletal populations sample human groups experiencing considerable social change from an agrarian, non-centralised early medieval period through the development of the medieval state to the earliest phases of industrialisation in England. A detailed study of all lumbar vertebrae in one of the assemblages highlights discrepancies between clinical prevalence rates for spondylolysis established through radiography, and those resulting from direct osteological analysis of the lumbar region of the vertebral column. Current prevalence rates cited in the osteological as well as the clinical literature are greatly dependent upon the recording methods employed, and the effects of several methods for osteological remains are considered in this treatment. For the populations reported on here, prevalence rates vary from considerably less than 1% to as much as 12%, depending on the method selected. A standardised recording method for spondylolytic lesions is suggested to facilitate accurate prevalence reporting and comparison of activity levels between different populations.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an overview of the results of two brief excavation seasons (2008 and... more ABSTRACT This paper presents an overview of the results of two brief excavation seasons (2008 and 2010) at Foxhole Cave, Gower, south Wales, placing them into the wider context of mid-Holocene Britain. No prehistoric pottery was found and the few pieces of worked flint recovered are diagnostic of the Mesolithic period. Typically for the Carboniferous limestone caves of Gower, bone was well preserved, however, and though much of the material in the heavily disturbed upper metre or so of the deposits was modern sheep and rabbit, scattered fragments representing the remains of at least six humans were also recovered, of which two have been directly radiocarbon-dated using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS 14C) to the Late Mesolithic and two to the earlier Neolithic (the remaining two providing Romano-British and medieval dates). Their associated stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values indicate a significant difference in diet between the two periods (contrary to the results from an earlier excavation in 1997), with marine foods contributing around half of the protein for the Mesolithic individuals and little or none for the Neolithic individuals. The new results are consistent with those from Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire, some 30km to the west. The floor of the cave has still not been reached at around 2m depth; limited investigation of the lowermost levels has yielded a Pleistocene fauna (including reindeer, aurochs or bison and collared lemming) with dates back to approx 33,500 cal BC, though with no definite evidence for human activity so far. A small, dark-stained fragment of human cranium was recovered from what may be pre-Holocene levels, but this failed to produce sufficient collagen for dating. In addition to a marked dietary shift, the combined stable isotope and dating programme provides further support for an equally striking temporal gap of some two millennia between the Mesolithic and Neolithic use of caves for burial.
This paper presents the results of a pilot study utilising a multi-isotope approach to studying p... more This paper presents the results of a pilot study utilising a multi-isotope approach to studying population mobility and diet in early prehistoric Ireland. In particular it combines the use of strontium, carbon and nitrogen analysis as well as AMS radiocarbon dating on human remains from later Mesolithic and early to middle Neolithic contexts. The results demonstrate significant variation in the strontium signatures, suggesting a degree of mobility among both the Mesolithic and Neolithic individuals. They also highlight, however, the importance of providing a model for biologically available strontium across the Irish landscape so that a more refined interpretation of datasets like this is possible. The results from stable isotope analysis demonstrate that all Neolithic individuals did subsist on a heavily terrestrially based diet. Although this was also the case for the Mesolithic individuals, one showed possible indicators for the consumption of freshwater fish.
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More specifically, the volume discusses the following:
What is the current situation (including a brief history) of physical anthropology in the country?
What happens on discovering human remains (who is notified, etc.)?
What is the current legislation regarding the excavation of archaeological human skeletal remains? Is a license needed to excavate human remains? Is there any specific legislation regarding excavation in churchyards? Any specific legislation regarding war graves?
Are physical anthropologists involved in the excavation process?
Where is the cut-off point between forensic and archaeological human remains (e.g. 100 years, 50 years, 25 years…)?
Can human remains be transported abroad for research purposes?
What methods of anthropological analysis are mostly used in the country? Are there any methods created in that country which are population-specific?
Are their particular ethical issues that need to be considered when excavating human remains, such as religious groups or tribal groups?
In addition, an overview of landmark anthropological studies and important collections are provided where appropriate.
The entries are contained by an introductory chapter by the editors which establish the objectives and structure of the book, setting it within a wider archaeological framework, and a conclusion which explores the current European and world-wide trends and perspectives in the study of archaeological human remains. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation makes a timely, much-needed contribution to the field of physical anthropology and is unique as it combines information on the excavation of human remains and the legislation that guides it, alongside information on the current state of physical anthropology across several continents. It is an indispensible tool for archaeologists involved in the excavation of human remains around the world."
Papers by Linda Fibiger
More specifically, the volume discusses the following:
What is the current situation (including a brief history) of physical anthropology in the country?
What happens on discovering human remains (who is notified, etc.)?
What is the current legislation regarding the excavation of archaeological human skeletal remains? Is a license needed to excavate human remains? Is there any specific legislation regarding excavation in churchyards? Any specific legislation regarding war graves?
Are physical anthropologists involved in the excavation process?
Where is the cut-off point between forensic and archaeological human remains (e.g. 100 years, 50 years, 25 years…)?
Can human remains be transported abroad for research purposes?
What methods of anthropological analysis are mostly used in the country? Are there any methods created in that country which are population-specific?
Are their particular ethical issues that need to be considered when excavating human remains, such as religious groups or tribal groups?
In addition, an overview of landmark anthropological studies and important collections are provided where appropriate.
The entries are contained by an introductory chapter by the editors which establish the objectives and structure of the book, setting it within a wider archaeological framework, and a conclusion which explores the current European and world-wide trends and perspectives in the study of archaeological human remains. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation makes a timely, much-needed contribution to the field of physical anthropology and is unique as it combines information on the excavation of human remains and the legislation that guides it, alongside information on the current state of physical anthropology across several continents. It is an indispensible tool for archaeologists involved in the excavation of human remains around the world."
diet in early prehistoric Ireland. In particular it combines the use of strontium, carbon and nitrogen analysis as well as
AMS radiocarbon dating on human remains from later Mesolithic and early to middle Neolithic contexts. The results
demonstrate significant variation in the strontium signatures, suggesting a degree of mobility among both the Mesolithic
and Neolithic individuals. They also highlight, however, the importance of providing a model for biologically available
strontium across the Irish landscape so that a more refined interpretation of datasets like this is possible. The results
from stable isotope analysis demonstrate that all Neolithic individuals did subsist on a heavily terrestrially based diet.
Although this was also the case for the Mesolithic individuals, one showed possible indicators for the consumption of
freshwater fish.