Theory and Practice in the Bioarchaeology of Care (Bioarchaeology and Social Theory)

This Book Provides The First Comprehensive Introduction To, And Explanation Of, The Theory And Practice Of The 'bioarchaeology Of Care', An Original, Fully Theorised And Contextualised Case Study-based Approach Designed To Identify And Interpret Cases Of Care Provision In Prehistory. The Applied Methodology Comprises Four Stages Of Analysis, Each Building On The Content Of The Preceding One(s), Which Provide The Framework For This Process. Theory And Practice In The Bioarchaeology Of Care Is The Primary Source Of Information On This New Approach And Serves As A Manual For Its Implementation. It Elaborates The Foundations On Which The Bioarchaeology Of Care Is Constructed; It Leads The Reader Through The Methodology; And It Provides Three Detailed Examples Of Prehistoric Caregiving Which Illustrate How Bioarchaeology Of Care Analysis Has The Capacity To Reveal Aspects Of Past Group And Individual Identity And Lifeways Which Might Otherwise Have Remained Unknown. Chapter 1. Introducing A Bioarchaeology Of Care -- Chapter 2. The Status Of Archaeological Research Into Care Chapter -- 3. Context For A Bioarchaeology Of Care.- Chapter 4. The Origins Of Care.- Chapter 5. Agency, Identity And The Bioarchaeology Of Care -- Chapter 6. The Bioarchaeology Of Care Methodology:stages 1-3 -- Chapter 7. The Bioarchaeology Of Care Methodology: Stage 4 -- Chapter 8. Survival Against The Odds -- Intensive Care In The Vietnamese Neolithic. (case Study 1) -- Chapter 9. Evidence For Care In The Upper Middle Palaeolithic: The Cases Of La Chapelle-aux-saints 1 And La Ferrassie 1 (case Study 2) -- Chapter 10. Accommodating Difference In The British Neolithic: Lanhill Burial 7 And His Community (case Study 3).- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Current Status And Future Directions For The Bioarchaeology Of Care. Lorna Tilley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introducing the Bioarchaeology of Care....Pages 1-11 Setting the Scene for a Bioarchaeology of Care....Pages 13-64 Context for a Bioarchaeology of Care....Pages 65-94 The Origins of Care....Pages 95-126 Agency, Identity and the Bioarchaeology of Care....Pages 127-152 The Bioarchaeology of Care Methodology: Stages 1–3....Pages 153-176 The Bioarchaeology of Care Methodology: Stage 4....Pages 177-190 Survival with Severe Disability: A Case of Long-Term Care in Neolithic Vietnam (Case Study 1)....Pages 191-218 Care Among the Neandertals: La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 and La Ferrassie 1 (Case Study 2)....Pages 219-257 Adjustment and Inclusion in the British Neolithic: Lanhill Burial 7 and His Community (Case Study 3)....Pages 259-287 Where to from Here? Current Status and Future Directions for the Bioarchaeology of Care....Pages 289-299 Back Matter....Pages 301-319