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...ve models of paleodiets. Apatite isotopic analysis is now an important area of bone biogeochemistry research that provides powerful tools for reconstructing human behavior in the emerging anthropological discipline of bioarchaeology. 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Bone chemistry; Radiocarbon dating; Carbon isotopes; Nitrogen isotopes; Strontium isotopes; Bone chemistry; Paleodiet; ArchaeologyIntroduction Bones and teeth lie at the emerging nexus of several subdisciplines within anthropology. This new interdisciplinary field of research, which is now called bioarchaeology (Larsen, 1997), encompasses the common interests and goals of anthropologists with training and skills in biological/physical anthropology and archaeology. The morphology, pathologies and chemistry of bones and teeth of humans and other animals retain a record of their evolutionary history, life history, growth and development, environment, diet, and behavior. Some bioarchaeologists now routinely analyze the* Corresponding author. Fax: +1-352-392-6929. E-mail addresses: ambrose@uiuc.edu (S.H. Ambrose), krigbaum@ufl.edu (J. Krigbaum). 0278-4165/$ - see front matter 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserve doi...

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...ject to non-genetic, or environmental influences, this category of variation is generally viewed as reflecting genetic similarity and provides the basis for biodistance studies (Buikstra et al. 1990; =-=Larsen 1997-=-: 302–32). Concordance in results based on anthropometric and quantitative genetic analyses strengthens this assertion (Konigsberg and Ousley 1995), which allows distances based on metric data to be i...

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...s that we see as the most critical and stimulating issues confronting the discipline today. In particular, we examine progress toward resolving a series of issues known as the “osteological paradox” P1: GRA Journal of Archaeological Research [jar] pp631-jare-452944 November 3, 2002 9:44 Style file version June 4th, 2002 Recent Progress in Bioarchaeology: Approaches to the Osteological Paradox 45 (Wood et al., 1992). We focus our review and the accompanying bibliography on research published since the appearance of Larsen’s detailed inventory of bioarchaeological research methods and findings (Larsen 1997). A more recent edited volume provides technical summaries of many of the methodological approaches considered here (Katzenberg and Saunders, 2000). Rather than repeating these reviews, we consider the development of bioarchaeological methods in light of the theoretical issues raised by Wood et al. (1992) and examine progress toward the populational and biocultural goals of bioarchaeology. Challenges and Prospects The publication of Wood et al.’s article “The Osteological Paradox” (Wood et al., 1992) stimulated a period of introspection and debate that we believe has strengthened the disciplin...

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...chaeol. 9: 147–169 (1999) C.M. Haverkort and D. Lubell150 sacrifices, violent death and secondary burial (Molleson, 1981; Larsson, 1984 1990; Bennike, 1985; Bush & Stirland, 1991; McKinley, 1993; see =-=Larsen, 1997-=- for a recent review of studies of skeletal trauma associated with injury and violent death). In many cases of sacrificial or violent death or decapitation, the contextual evidence leaves no doubt as ...

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...n 1996)s“The process of tooth wear is well understood: it commences withsloss of occlusal enamel, followed by deposition of secondary dentin serving as a protective zonesoverlying the pulp chamber.” (=-=Larsen 1997-=-:248)sMost of the Mimbres exhibit moderate tossevere tooth wear.sAttrition is seen mainly on the premolars and molars, but many of thesHorvat 8sMimbres do exhibit moderate to severe wear on their inci...

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...nsion in response to the stimuli.s34s4 CRANIAL LESIONSs4.1 IntroductionsSkeletal growth rate has been identified as a highly sensitive indicator of stress, health,sand well-being of past populations (=-=Larsen 1997-=-:9). In early stages of life, growth andsdevelopment are “sensitive indicators of the quality of the social, economic, and politicalsenvironment” in which individuals live (Lewis 2006:60). During the ...

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... et al., 2011, Weiss &sJurmain, 2007); therefore in many cases the analysis of osteoarthritis in skeletal populations is carried out in accordance to the past groups physical activity reconstruction (=-=Larsen, 1997-=-; Cope et al., 2005; Liverse et al., 2007;sMolnar et al., 2011). Taking the above one would expect that individuals with more loaded elbow joint might havesgreater tendency to septal aperture formatio...