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Book SynopsisThis book presents the multidisciplinary field of forensic archaeology as complementary but distinct from forensic anthropology. By looking beyond basic excavation methods and skeletal analyses, this book presents the theoretical foundations of forensic archaeology, novel contexts and applications, and demonstrative case studies from practitioners active in the field. Many of the chapters present new approaches and methods not previously covered in other forensic archaeology books, some of which may be of direct use to those conducting criminal investigations.Trade Review“This book is of interest particularly to forensic pathologists, as well as to other professionals involved in the investigational process, such as forensic anthropologists and police investigators. ... The book aims to familiarize the audience with this new forensic discipline and to extend the knowledge of the experts interested in this particular field. … Careful reading of this book will provide the reader with the clear definition of forensic archeology and its distinction from forensic anthropology.” (Vedrana Petrovečki, Croatian Medical Journal, Vol. 60 (3), June, 2019)Table of ContentsPart 1 - Theoretical Frameworks.- Different but equal: the philosophical foundations of forensic archaeology.- Four-Field Forensic Archaeology.- Professionalism in Forensic Archaeology: Transitioning from ‘Cowboy of science’ to ‘officer of the court’.- Forensic Archaeologist or Crime Scene Investigator?.- The Human Side of Forensic Archaeology.- Part 2 - Forensic Archaeological Contexts.- The Language of Forensic Archaeology: Discourses in Field and in Court.- Convincing LEO: Successful interaction between the archaeologist and law enforcement officials in crime scene investigations.- The Use of Forensic Archaeology in Missing Person Cases.- Landfill Searches for Human Remains.- The Application of archaeological techniques to forensic fire scenes.- An Evolving Problem for Forensic Archaeology: The Involvement of Armed Users of Controlled Substances in Archaeological Crime.- Part 3 – Multi-disciplinary Techniques & Methods.- The Role of Palynology in Forensic Archaeology.- Chemistry & Forensic Archaeology – A Marriage Made in Heaven.- The Use of 3D Laser Scanning in Forensic Archaeology to Document Unauthorized Archaeological Damage.- Forensic Archaeology and the Question of Using Geographic Profiling Methods such as “Winthropping”.- Part 4 - Case Studies.- The Benefits of a Cooperative Approach: Case Studies from Lancaster County, Nebraska.- Digging, Defacement, Damage, and Dealing: Case Studies of the Role of Forensic Archaeology in Archaeology.- Looking Back: 10 Years after “The Station” Nightclub Fire, West Warwick, Rhode Island.- Acquisition and Disposition Problems and Experiences Policing the Online Marketplace for Human Remains.- Take Them to the Woods: Melding Forensic Education with Real Case Experience.

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines evolving trends and transnational perspectives on public interpretation of archaeological and cultural heritage, as well as levels of communication, from local to regional, national and international. It is presented in the context of the evolution of cultural heritage studies from the 20th century “expert approach” to the 21st century “people-centered approach,” with public participation and community involvement at all phases of the decision-making process. Our premise is not just about bringing in community members to be partners in decision making processes; some projects are being initiated by the community--not the heritage experts. In some instances, community members are central in initiating and bringing about change rather than the archaeologists or heritage specialists. In several cases in the book, descendants take the lead in changing heritage narratives.The book addresses several central questions: Do these actions represent new emphases, or more fundamental pedagogical shifts, in interpretation? Are they resulting in more effective interpretation in facilitating emotional and intellectual connections and meanings for audiences? Are they revealing silenced histories? Can they contribute to, or help mediate, dialogues among a diversity of cultures? Can they be shared experiences as examples of good practice at national and international levels? What are the interpretation and presentation challenges for the future? Cultural heritage, as an expression of a diversity of cultures, can be an important mediator between pasts and futures. In the past, people in power from the dominant ethnic, racial, socio-economic, gender, and religious groups determined the heritage message. Minorities were often silenced; their participation in the building and growth of a city, county, or nation’s history was overlooked. New philosophical/methodological trends in public interpretation are reshaping the messages delivered at archaeological/cultural heritage sites worldwide. The role of the experts, as well as the participatory engagement of audiences and stakeholders are being redefined and reassessed. This book explores these processes, their results and effects on the future.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Role of Participatory Dialogue in Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Interpretation Worldwide; John Jameson.- Chapter 2. Reflections and Conclusions; Sherene Baugher.- Chapter 3. Emerging Heritage Education: Training the Next Interpreters and Heritage Community Mediators; Kristen Barry.- Chapter 4. Shifting the Narrative: Indigenous cultural heritage and Archaeology in Ontario; Dena Dorozenko.- Chapter 5. Inclusive archaeology. Scientific outreach among 'forgotten collectives’; Juan F. Gibaja et al.- Chapter 6. Interpretation of cultural heritage in World Heritage Sites in Albania. Why should it be included the participation of the local community?; Elisabeta Kodheli.- Chapter 7. Community Archaeology and Collaborative Interpretation at a Rosenwald School: Understanding Fairview’s Past through its Present; Sarah Love.- Chapter 8. On the Horns of an Archaeological Dilemma: Balancing Site Confidentiality and Public Interpretation Imperatives at Delaware State Parks; John McCarthy and Jonathan Wickert.- Chapter 9. Collaboration, Investigation, Interpretation: Collaborative Projects as Pathways for Research, Interpretation, and Meaning; Jennifer McKinnon et al.- Chapter 10. Jeanne Moe.- Chapter 11. Gold Rush vs. Heritage Preservation. Rosia Montana Case (Romania); Sergiu Musteata & Elena Cozma.- Chapter 12. Raquel Piqué and Oriol Vicente.- Chapter 13. Prehistoric and Current communities: new ways of understanding; Antoni Ferrer Rotger et al.- Chapter 14. Peter Schmidt.- Chapter 15. Adding value to heritage management: public involvement in monument designation; Jose Schreurs & Marjolein Verschuur.- Chapter 16. Unearthing the Trent House, Collaborative Community Archaeology in Action; Rich Veit.- Chapter 17. Revolutionary Narratives: Irish, Polish, and Haudenosaunee Crafting of Heritage Narratives of the Revolutionary War; Brant Venables.- Chapter 18. Decolonizing Fort Vancouver: Archaeology’s Role in Interpreting Colonial Heritage Sites; Doug Wilson et.al.

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Book SynopsisReindeer have been an integral part of the lives of people in Northern Fennoscandia in prehistoric and historic times. Today, reindeer herding practices are changing fast due to climate change, land use pressures and new technologies. This book outlines recent advances in the archaeology of reindeer domestication and development of reindeer herding among the Sámi of Northern Fennoscandia, focusing especially on the identification and understanding of various reindeer herding tasks and practices through archaeological evidence and traditional knowledge of reindeer herders. Covering more than a thousand years of history of reindeer herding, the book explores how reindeer herding practices have always been dynamic and adapted to the changing social, economic and environmental pressures. While reindeer herding practices have changed, they have also retained memory and tradition. The continuity and adaptation of reindeer herding testifies of the resilience of reindeer herders and their animals, and the importance of their relationship in the changing Arctic. This book will be of interest to scholars interested in archaeology, anthropology, and history of the Arctic, as well as local communities and reindeer herders.Table of ContentsPart I: The history and biology of reindeer domestication.- Chapter 1. Introduction: Perspectives on the history and ethnoarchaeology of reindeer domestication and herding.- Chapter 2. Impact of human selection on the genetics and morphology of the reindeer.- Part II: Domestication and herding strategies.- Chapter 3. Castration as part of reindeer herd management.- Chapter 4. Working reindeer in past and present reindeer herding.- Chapter 5. Human-reindeer relationships and reindeer feeding: Perspectives from archaeology and reindeer herders’ knowledge.- Part III: Human-reindeer landscapes.- Chapter 6. Habitation sites and herding landscapes.- Chapter 7. Mobility in early reindeer herding.- Part IV: Social and cultural entanglements.- Chapter 8. Effects of reindeer domestication on society and religion.- Chapter 9. Conclusions: Past and present reindeer herding in dialogue.

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Book SynopsisAcknowledgements.- Content warning.- Chapter 1. Introduction - Funerary Textiles in situ. Archaeological Perspectives from Europe and the Nile Valley (Elsa Yvanez and Magdalena M. Wozniak).- Part I: Aspects of theory and methods.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Approaches to the Functions of Textiles in Graves. Case Studies from 1000 BCE1000 CE in Central Europe (Karina Grömer).- Chapter 3. Fabrics and Funerals: An Ethnographic Enquiry (Estella Weiss-Krejci).- Part II: Case studies in Europe and the Nile Valley.- Chapter 4. Silk Textiles in Funerary Liturgical Garments in Poland (17th19th Centuries) (Dawid Grupa).- Chapter 5. Research on Post-Medieval Funerary Attire: Ethics, Challenges, and Successful Methods in Studying Coffin Textiles Found Below Finnish Church Floors (Sana Lipkin).- Chapter 6. Textiles and Bones on Site: A First-Hand Experience from the Cemeteries at Naqlun (Egypt) and Crypts at Old Dongola (Sudan) (Barbara Czaja and Robert Mahler).- Chapter 7. Grave Concerns: The Complexity of Recovery, Documentation, and the Study of Funerary Textiles from Ancient Egyptian Inhumations at Saqqara (Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin).- Chapter 8. Wrapping Practices in Medieval Sudan. Case Studies from Gebel Adda (Magdalena Wozniak).- Chapter 9. Conservation Approaches for Pyre-Burial Textiles Excavated in Greece (Christina Margariti, Stella Spantidaki, Maria Kinti, and Tina Chanialaki).- Chapter 10. The Stronghold Has Become a Grave Preliminary Analysis of Fabrics from Early Medieval Trzcianka, Janów Commune, Poland (Malgorzata Grupa and Tomasz Kozlowski).- Chapter 11. Two Mycenaean Textile Imprints from Tomb XXI at Deiras, Argos (Greece) (Malgorzata Siennicka).- Chapter 12. Naked Graves? Thoughts on the Recording and Reconstruction of Funerary Attire in the Early Iron Age of Southwestern Iberia (Francisco Gomes).- Part III: Tools for the in situ analysis of funerary textiles.- Chapter 13. Protocol for the Study and Analysis of Funerary Textiles in situ (Elsa Yvanez, Valentina Turina, and editorial committee).- Index.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction - Towards multidisciplinary trajectories for the study of ancient textiles and fibres (Francesca Coletti, Vanessa Forte, Christina Margariti and Stella Spantidaki).- Chapter 2. Using Scanning Electron Microscopy for the Study of Mineralised Textiles: The Case of Roman Venetia (Margarita Gleba and Maria Stella Busana).- Chapter 3.  A button, a hook and a rug paper wrapping - Identifying plant fibre finds from Hailuoto, Finland (Jenni A. Suomela and Sanna Lipkin).- Chapter 4. The effects of carbonisation on the morphology of textile fibres. Comparison between modern and ancient materials: The example of Pompeii (Francesca Coletti and Christina Margariti).- Chapter 5. Multi-analytical approach for the characterisation of ancient mineral fibres. Tracing the use of asbestos in the Italic Peninsula (Francesca Coletti, Alessandro Ciccola and Paolo Postorino).- Chapter 6. Revealing the unknown: how multi-technical approach can be crucial in identification of dyes and protein in archeological remains (Ilaria Serafini, Alessandro Ciccola, Roberta Curini, Gabriele Favero, Gwénaëlle M. Kavich, Timothy P. Cleland and Caroline Solazzo).- Chapter 7. Radiocarbon for the dating of fibres and textiles: the case study of a silk double knitted fabric from Pompeii (Mariaelena Fedi, Serena Barone, Francesca Coletti and Lucia Liccioli).- Chapter 8. Which tool for which fiber? Experimental spinning tests using bone, glass and amber instruments (Maria Stella Busana, Denis Francisci and Agnese Lena).- Chapter 9. Residues of activities: towards an analytical protocol for studying residues on textile tools (Vanessa Forte, Francesca Coletti, Carlo Virili, Alessandro M. Jaia and Cristina Lemorini).- Chapter 10. Resolving the mystery of the 2000-year-old net found in the Cave of Letters (Reuven Yosef, Lee Perry-Gal and Naama Sukenik).- Index.

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Book SynopsisUnder pressure? Living with climate change and environmental haz ards in the past & now.- Concepts and theoretical debates.- What is a disaster? An overview of (contested) disaster concepts.- Disaster and Resilience: Some observations for living well from the vantagepoint of the social sciences.- Mobility, vulnerability, and resilience. A theoretical framework for studying social response to climate-related hazards and disasters in the past.- Fire without smoke? Ancient hazards and the allure of disaster narra tives in prehistoric archaeology, with reference to the Storegga Tsunami (8150 BP).- Telling Transformative Climate Narratives from Prehistoric Pasts for Future Positive Existence.-  Storying experiences with trauma/danger/hazards/disasters - The Storegga tsunami 8200BP as monster.- Stories of societies under pressure.- Living with a Changing Environment: An Ethnographic Account of Indigenous Forest Village Communities' Experience of Floods and Land slides in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India.- Memories of Disaster: Tracing the material and immaterial remains of the 1648 Intagan landslide.- Lower Limb Diaphyseal Morphology Reveals Diverse Mobility Strategies in the Creation and Maintenance of Resilient Landscapes: Coastal Hunter-Gatherers from Japan and Latvia.- Capacity-building and resilience in the face of rising sea levels. Implications from the Baltic Stone Age.- The impact of the Storegga tsunami (ca. 6150 BCE) upon Mesolithic site distribution in Western and Central Norway.- Human impacts of the 8.2 ka event on Mesolithic foragers in western Denmark – a model-based approach inspired by ‘radical’ disaster risk reduction research.- Is too much Resilience a Good or a Bad Thing? Hidden Hazards and the Long-term Robusticity of Hunting, Gathering and Fishing in the Epi palaeolithic of the Southern Levant.- Resilience, Disaster, Risk and Hazard studies - the benefits of multi disciplinary studies, and future aspirations.

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Book Synopsis.- Part I General Archaeometric Issues.- 1 Archaeological Researches: Dating Problems.- 2 Possibilities of Using the Results of AMS Dating when Studying Archeology of Food: Bronze Age of the Southern Urals.- 3 Background Value Analysis of Sr Isotope Data in Studying Mobility (Russian Experience).- Part II Complex Studies of Archaeological Monuments.- 4 Phosphorus as a Predictor of Bronze Age Architecture in the Southern Trans-Urals.- 5 Horizontal Phosphates Distribution in Cultural Layers of Kamenny Brod Bronze Age Settlement in the Trans-Ural Steppes.- 6 Localization of the ?ities Mentioned by Claudius Ptolemy in the Middle Dniester Basin, etc.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Building a Model of Poetics in Bioarchaeology.- Chapter 2. Poetics and Identity.- Chapter 3. Bioarchaeology and the Bodies.- Chapter 4. Mortuary archaeology: what do we learn from mortuary contexts?.- Chapter 5. The Poetics of Processing: Bodies as Cultural Media.- Part II: Applying the Model.- Chapter 6. Preservation as Processing.- Chapter 7. Inhumation and Cremation.- Chapter 8. A few famous cemeteries.- Chapter 9. The (in)famous Dead.- Part III: Modern Interactions with the Dead.- Chapter 10. Cremation and the disposal of ashes.- Chapter 11. Modern Interactions with the Dead.- Chapter 12. Modern Memorialization.- Part IV: Bodies and Politics.- Chapter 13. Nation Building with Bodies.- Chapter 14. NAGPRA, Sovereignty, and the Ancestors.- Part V: Bodies and Material Culture.- Chapter 15. The Body in Education, Art, and Religion.- Chapter 16. Relics and Reliquaries.- Chapter 17. Wrapping Up: the Poetics of Mortuary Performance and Us.

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Book SynopsisPart I. Forensic Archaeology out of Crime Scenes.- Chapter 1. Cutting-edge Methodologies for Searching Missing Persons.- Chapter 2. Homicide Reconstruction from Metal Paint Particles in Urban Soil.- Chapter 3. Prospects for the development of forensic archaeology in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.- Chapter 4. Forensic archaeology and anthropology within Swedish law enforcement agencies.- Chapter 5. Hands-on workshops on Forensic Archaeology in Europe: benefits and requirements.- Chapter 6. Forensic Archaeology, Forensic Taphonomy, and Outdoor Crime Scene Reconstruction in America: Personal Perspectives, 40 Years in the Making.- Chapter 7. When forensic entomology becomes essential to document forensic archaeology: enlightening burials with insects.- Part II. Forensic Anthropology and Humanitarian Investigations.- Chapter 8. The Mass Grave Project.- Chapter 9. Complex context - current perspectives on forensic anthropology and taphonomy in Switzerland.- Chapter 10. Investigations into the crimes of the Soviet totalitarian regime in Lithuania - search for the clandestine graves of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters.- Chapter 11. Forensic Archaeological Investigations of the former Mother and Baby Home at Tuam, Ireland.- Chapter 12. Recovering Commonwealth soldiers in France, a forensic archaeology approach.- Chapter 13. The need for forensic archaeology in the investigation of aircraft crash sites.- Part III. Heritage Crimes.- Chapter 14. Forensic Archaeology and Heritage Crimes.- Chapter 15. Heritage Protection by Local Police and Forensic Archaeologists.- Chapter 16. The Human Remains Trade in Spain.

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Book SynopsisIt is perhaps a truism to note that ancient religion and rhetoric were closely intertwined in Greek and Roman antiquity. Religion is embedded in socio-political, legal and cultural institutions and structures, while also being influenced, or even determined, by them. Rhetoric is used to address the divine, to invoke the gods, to talk about the sacred, to express piety and to articulate, refer to, recite or explain the meaning of hymns, oaths, prayers, oracles and other religious matters and processes. The 13 contributions to this volume explore themes and topics that most succinctly describe the firm interrelation between religion and rhetoric mostly in, but not exclusively focused on, Greek and Roman antiquity, offering new, interdisciplinary insights into a great variety of aspects, from identity construction and performance to legal/political practices and a broad analytical approach to transcultural ritualistic customs. The volume also offers perceptive insights into oriental (i.e. Egyptian magic) texts and Christian literature.

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Book SynopsisThe archaeologies of food and warfare have independently developed over the past several decades. This volume aims to provide concrete linkages between these research topics through the examination of case studies worldwide. Topics considered within the book include: the impacts of warfare on the daily food quest, warfare and nutritional health, ritual foodways and violence, the provisioning of warriors and armies, status-based changes in diet during times of war, logistical constraints on military campaigns, and violent competition over subsistence resources. The diversity of perspectives included in this volume may be a product of new ways of conceptualizing violence—not simply as an isolated component of a society, nor as an attribute of a particular societal type—but instead as a transformative process that is lived and irrevocably alters social, economic, and political organization and relationships. This book highlights this transformative process by presenting a cross-cultural perspective on the connection between war and food through the inclusion of case studies from several continents.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Towards and Archaeology of Food and Warfare (Gregory D. Wilson and Amber M. VanDerwarker).- Chapter 2: War and the Food Quest in Small-Scale Societies: Settlement-Pattern Formation in Contact-Era New Guinea (Paul “Jim” Roscoe).- Chapter 3: Food, Fighting, and Fortifications in Pre-European New Zealand: Beyond the Ecological Model of Maori Warfare (Mark Allen).- Chapter 4: The Role of Food Production in Incipient Warfare in Protohistoric Timor Leste (Peter Lape).- Chapter 5: War, Food, and Structural Violence in the Mississippian Central Illinois River Valley (Amber M. VanDerwarker and Gregory D. Wilson).- Chapter 6: Cycles of Subsistence Stress, Warfare, and Population Movement in the Northern San Juan (Kristin A. Kuckelman).- Chapter 7: Burning the Corn: Subsistence and Destruction in Ancestral Pueblo Conflict (James E. Snead).- Chapter 8: Aztec Logistics and the Unanticipated Consequences of Empire (Ross Hassig).- Chapter 9: Warfare and Food Production at the Postclassic Maya City of Mayapán (Douglas J. Kennett, Marilyn A. Masson, Stanley Serafin, Brendan J. Culleton and Carlos Peraza Lope).- Chapter 10: Patterns of Violence and Diet among Children during a Time of Imperial Decline and Climate Change in the Ancient Peruvian Andes (Tiffiny A. Tung, Melanie Miller, Larisa De Santis, Emily A. Sharp and Jasmine Kelly).-Chapter 11: Trauma, Nutrition, and Malnutrition in the Andean Highlands during Peru’s Dark Age (1000-1250 C.E.) (Danielle S. Kurin).- Chapter 12: Managing Mayhem: Conflict, Environment, and Subsistence in the Andean Late Intermediate Period, Puno, Peru (BrieAnna S. Langlie and Elizabeth N. Arkush).- Chapter 13: Food for War, War for Food, and War on Food (Lawrence Keeley).

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