{"product_id":"new-directions-in-biocultural-anthropology-isbn-9781118962961","title":"New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiocultural or biosocial anthropology is a research approach that views biology and culture as dialectically and inextricably intertwined, explicitly emphasizing the dynamic interaction between humans and their larger social, cultural, and physical environments. The biocultural approach emerged in anthropology in the 1960s, matured in the 1980s, and is now one of the dominant paradigms in anthropology, particularly within biological anthropology. This volume gathers contributions from the top scholars in biocultural anthropology focusing on six of the most influential, productive, and important areas of research within biocultural anthropology. These are: critical and synthetic approaches within biocultural anthropology; biocultural approaches to identity, including race  and racism; health, diet, and nutrition; infectious disease from antiquity to the modern era; epidemiologic transitions and population dynamics; and inequality and violence studies. Focusing on these six major areas of burgeoning research within biocultural anthropology makes the proposed volume timely, widely applicable and useful to scholars engaging in biocultural research and students interested in the biocultural approach, and synthetic in its coverage of contemporary scholarship in biocultural anthropology. Students will be able to grasp the history of the biocultural approach, and how that history continues to impact scholarship, as well as the scope of current research within the approach, and the foci of biocultural research into the future. Importantly, contributions in the text follow a consistent format of a discussion of method and theory relative to a particular aspect of the above six topics, followed by a case study applying the surveyed method and theory. This structure will engage students by providing real world examples of anthropological issues, and demonstrating how biocultural method and theory can be used to elucidate and resolve them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey features include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions which span the breadth of approaches and topics within biological anthropology from the insights granted through work with ancient human remains to those granted through collaborative research with contemporary peoples.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive treatment of diverse topics within biocultural anthropology, from human variation and adaptability to recent disease pandemics, the embodied effects of race and racism, industrialization and the rise of allergy and autoimmune diseases, and the sociopolitics of slavery and torture.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions and sections united by thematically cohesive threads.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClear, jargon-free language in a text that is designed to be pedagogically flexible: contributions are written to be both understandable and engaging to both undergraduate and graduate students.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvision of synthetic theory, method and data in each contribution.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe use of richly contextualized case studies driven by empirical data.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThrough case-study driven contributions, each chapter demonstrates how biocultural approaches can be used to better understand and resolve real-world problems and anthropological issues.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors, xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements, xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA biocultural tribute to a biocultural scholar: Professor George J. Armelagos, May 22, 1936–May 15, 2014, 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebra L. Martin \u0026amp; Molly K. Zuckerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: the development of biocultural perspectives in anthropology, 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMolly K. Zuckerman \u0026amp; Debra L. Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe origins and development of the biocultural approach, 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing a biocultural model, 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifficulties in using the biocultural approach, 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case studies in this volume, 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Critical and synthetic approaches to biocultural anthropology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Exploring biocultural concepts: anthropology for the next generation, 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. Brooke Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: the Quechua of southern Peru, 1964 to the present, 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion, 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes, 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Local nutrition in global contexts: critical biocultural perspectives on the nutrition transition in Mexico, 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas L. Leatherman, Morgan K. Hoke \u0026amp; Alan H. Goodman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: the “coca-colonization” of diet in the Yucatán, 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Biocultural approaches to identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Disease and dying while black: how racism, not race, gets under the skin, 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan H. Goodman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: race versus racism, 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion and conclusion, 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Beyond genetic race: biocultural insights into the causes of racial health disparities, 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher W. Kuzawa \u0026amp; Clarence C. Gravlee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study #1: hypertension in the African Diaspora, 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study #2: does the experience of racial discrimination in the United States have intergenerational health consequences?, 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion and conclusion, 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Political economy of African forced migration and enslavement in colonial New York: an historical biology perspective, 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael L. Blakey \u0026amp; Lesley M. Rankin-Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study, 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion, 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Identifying the First African Baptist Church: searching for historically invisible people, 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLesley M. Rankin-Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: Afro-American biohistory, 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Biocultural approaches to health and diet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 \"Canaries in the mineshaft\": the children of Kulubnarti, 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul A. Sandberg \u0026amp; Dennis P. van Gerven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: Nubia and Kulubnarti, 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Biocultural investigations of ancient Nubia, 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrenda J. Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: operationalizing a biocultural investigation: the Bioarchaeology of Nubia Expedition, 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Life and death in nineteenth-century Peoria, Illinois: taking a biocultural approach towards understanding the past, 201\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnne L. Grauer, Laura A. Williams \u0026amp; M. Catherine Bird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: life and death in nineteenth-century Peoria, 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion, 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Does industrialization always result in reduced skeletal robusticity?, 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnn L. Magennis \u0026amp; Joshua G.S. Clementz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: testing ideas about robusticity and industrialization, 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion, 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Stable isotopes and selective forces: examples in biocultural and environmental anthropology, 241\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristine D. White \u0026amp; Fred J. Longstaffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: isotopes and epidemiological risk factors\/synergies at Wadi Halfa and surrounding regions, 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion and conclusion, 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 The cuisine of prehispanic Central Mexico reconsidered: the \"omnivore’s dilemma\" revisited, 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandolph J. Widmer \u0026amp; Rebecca Storey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: prehispanic cuisine of Central Mexico, 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Biocultural approaches to infectious disease\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The specter of Ebola: epidemiologic transitions versus the zombie apocalypse, 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonald Barrett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: Ebola and the epidemiological transitions, 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion and conclusion, 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Beyond the differential diagnosis: new approaches to the bioarchaeology of the Hittite plague, 295\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole E. Smith-Guzmán, Jerome C. Rose \u0026amp; Kathleen Kuckens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: investigating the cause of the Hittite plague, 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion and conclusion, 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Paleoepidemiological and biocultural approaches to ancient disease: the origin and antiquity of syphilis,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e317\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMolly K. Zuckerman \u0026amp; Kristin N. Harper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: biocultural and paleoepidemiological approaches to the origin and antiquity of syphilis, 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion, 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Biocultural approaches to understanding population dynamics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Population and disease transitions in the Åland Islands, Finland, 339\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames H. Mielke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: Åland archipelago, 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion, 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 The hygiene hypothesis and the second epidemiologic transition: using biocultural, epidemiological, and evolutionary theory to inform practice in clinical medicine and public health, 363\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMolly K. Zuckerman, Jonathan R. Belanich \u0026amp; George J. Armelagos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: applying the hygiene hypothesis to practice in public health and clinical medicine, 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion and conclusion, 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 An emerging history of indigenous Caribbean and circum-Caribbean populations: insights from archaeological, ethnographic, genetic, and historical studies, 385\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheodore G. Schurr, Jada Benn Torres, Miguel G. Vilar, Jill B. Gaieski \u0026amp; Carlalynne Melendez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: exploring Caribbean genetic history, 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion, 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Explorations in paleodemography: an overview of the Artificial Long House Valley agent-based modeling project, 403\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan C. Swedlund, Lisa Sattenspiel, Amy Warren, Richard S. Meindl \u0026amp; George J. Gumerman III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: the Artificial Long House Valley (ALHV) Project models, 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion, 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Biocultural approaches to inequality and violence 21 Biocultural perspectives in bioarchaeology, 429\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBethany L. Turner \u0026amp; Haagen D. Klaus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: understanding European contact in the Americas, 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 The poetics of violence in bioarchaeology: Integrating social theory with trauma analysis, 453\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVentura R. Pérez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: the Sierra de Mazatán massacre, 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 465\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 Broken bodies and broken bones: Biocultural approaches to ancient slavery and torture, 471\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebra L. Martin \u0026amp; Anna J. Osterholtz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 471\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground, 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: slavery and torture in the prehispanic Southwest, 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion, 486\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 488\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 490\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: The next generation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e24 Concluding thoughts: a bright future for students trained in using a biocultural perspective, 493\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebra L. Martin \u0026amp; Molly K. Zuckerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, 493\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeaching, pedagogy, and ethics, 494\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe past as a guide, 496\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA bright future for biocultural scholarship, 496\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes, 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex, 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolly K. Zuckerman\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures at Mississippi State University. The author of numerous peer-reviewed publications employing the biocultural approach, Dr Zuckerman also teaches graduate and undergraduate introductory courses in anthropology and biological anthropology, osteology, diet and nutrition, and human behavior and disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDebra L. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e is the UNLV Barrick Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her expertise is in the biocultural approach as it can be applied to understanding poor health, inequality and violence. She has published four co-edited volumes, three co-authored volumes, and over 100 chapters and peer-reviewed articles on biocultural approaches in anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiocultural or biosocial anthropology is a research approach that views biology and culture as dialectically and inextricably intertwined, explicitly emphasizing the dynamic interaction between humans and their larger social, cultural, and physical environments. The biocultural approach emerged in anthropology in the 1960s, matured in the 1980s, and is now one of the dominant paradigms in anthropology, particularly within biological anthropology. This volume gathers contributions from the top scholars in biocultural anthropology focusing on six of the most influential, productive, and important areas of research within biocultural anthropology. These are: critical and synthetic approaches within biocultural anthropology; biocultural approaches to identity, including race  and racism; health, diet, and nutrition; infectious disease from antiquity to the modern era; epidemiologic transitions and population dynamics; and inequality and violence studies. Focusing on these six major areas of burgeoning research within biocultural anthropology makes the proposed volume timely, widely applicable and useful to scholars engaging in biocultural research and students interested in the biocultural approach, and synthetic in its coverage of contemporary scholarship in biocultural anthropology. Students will be able to grasp the history of the biocultural approach, and how that history continues to impact scholarship, as well as the scope of current research within the approach, and the foci of biocultural research into the future. Importantly, contributions in the text follow a consistent format of a discussion of method and theory relative to a particular aspect of the above six topics, followed by a case study applying the surveyed method and theory. This structure will engage students by providing real world examples of anthropological issues, and demonstrating how biocultural method and theory can be used to elucidate and resolve them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey features include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions which span the breadth of approaches and topics within biological anthropology from the insights granted through work with ancient human remains to those granted through collaborative research with contemporary peoples.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive treatment of diverse topics within biocultural anthropology, from human variation and adaptability to recent disease pandemics, the embodied effects of race and racism, industrialization and the rise of allergy and autoimmune diseases, and the sociopolitics of slavery and torture.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions and sections united by thematically cohesive threads.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClear, jargon-free language in a text that is designed to be pedagogically flexible: contributions are written to be both understandable and engaging to both undergraduate and graduate students.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvision of synthetic theory, method and data in each contribution.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe use of richly contextualized case studies driven by empirical data.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThrough case-study driven contributions, each chapter demonstrates how biocultural approaches can be used to better understand and resolve real-world problems and anthropological issues.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989686239461,"sku":"NP9781118962961","price":145.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118962961.jpg?v=1761785103","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/new-directions-in-biocultural-anthropology-isbn-9781118962961","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}