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The body as material culture : a theoretical osteoarchaeology

Joanna R. Sofaer (Author)
"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 on the materiality and historicity of human remains."--Jacket

eBook, English, 2006
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006