Population Migration, Variation, and Identity

Zakrzewski, Sonia R.

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“…Herds of sheep and goat, valued more for meat, were moved to better grazing pastures at certain times of the year. Such movement may be notable from Écijan caprine data in Zakrzewski's (2010) mobility study; caprines have more elevated Sr values than humans, perhaps reflecting inhabitation in an area away from the town, such as nearby hill or mountain regions. Research by García-García (2017), who draws on Davis (2008) and Davis et al (2013), has highlighted the possibility that a system for the provision of animal products from a specialised herding system existed in the region, which could explain the lower variation in caprine data.…”

Section: Staple Food Resources Consumed By the Inhabitants Of éCijamentioning

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Diet and food strategies in a southern al-Andalusian urban environment during Caliphal period, Écija, Sevilla

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Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The Iberian medieval period is unique in European history due to the widespread socio-cultural changes that took place after the arrival of Arabs, Berbers and Islam in 711 AD. Recently, isotopic research has been insightful on dietary shifts, status, resource availability and the impact of environment. However, there is no published isotopic research exploring these factors in southern Iberian populations, and as the history of this area differs to the northern regions, this leaves a significant lacuna in our knowledge. This research fills this gap via isotopic analysis of human (n = 66) and faunal (n = 13) samples from the 9th to the 13th century Écija, a town renowned for high temperatures and salinity. Stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) isotopes were assessed from rib collagen, while carbon (δ 13 C) values were derived from enamel apatite. Human diet is consistent with C 3 plant consumption with a very minor contribution of C 4 plants, an interesting feature considering the suitability of Écija to C 4 cereal production. δ 15 N values vary among adults, which may suggest variable animal protein consumption or isotopic variation within animal species due to differences in foddering. Consideration of δ 13 C collagen and apatite values together may indicate sugarcane consumption, while moderate δ 15 N values do not suggest a strong aridity or salinity effect. Comparison with other Iberian groups shows similarities relating to time and location rather than by religion, although more multi-isotopic studies combined with zooarchaeology and botany may reveal subtle differences unobservable in carbon and nitrogen collagen studies alone.

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“…Archaeological identity studies, for the recognition and identification of populations and groups, would include analyzes of ethnicity, gender, age, as well as class and social status, sexuality and religion [38]. These and other identity studies are integrated within Bioarchaeology.…”

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Funerary Practices in Archaeology: Pluralities & Heritage

Oliveira¹,

Silva²

2021

IJA

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This article presents an aspect of the configuration of the studies of funerary practices in archaeology, first in terms of their plural perspectives and intersecting spaces, such as mortuary studies, funerary archaeology, social bioarchaeology and archaeology-anthropology of death; and in a second moment, with emphasis on the issue of cemeteries as historical archaeological heritage. It was based on an article initially published in Revista Clio Série Arqueológica, a periodical of the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, which dealt with the issue of the relationship between funerary sites, funerary practices and archaeological heritage. From a review of the random archaeological bibliography, the intersections between a general archaeological theory of material culture and as bioarchaeologies were verified, on the one hand in the international perspective and hermetic legislation and burial terminologies, on the other hand, in the perspective of the case from Brazil. In the first case, hypotheses were formulated to characterize funerary contexts and non-funerary contexts in relation to funerary cycles. In the second case, exemplified sites and funerary terminologies linked with the proper funerary contexts -the heritage-cemeteries in the case of Brazil. Heritage-cemeteries contain objects of material culture, closely related to human skeletal remains, comprising artifacts or primordial, symbolic, sensitive structures, representing an innovative intersectional area, with the body amalgamated with artifacts and funerary structures, within the studies of funeral practices, perhaps necessarily, in the underground and aboveground approaches.

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“…To do so, bioarchaeologists have been integrating social theory into their interpretations. For example, we see social theories applied to the study of sex, gender, and identity (Holliman 2011;Zakrzewski 2011); the spatial analysis of the social organization of ancient cemeteries (Ashmore and Geller 2005); the study of the stigmatization and care for those with disabilities or diseases (Roberts 2011;Tilley 2015); and even the re-examination of mortuary interpretations and basic bioarchaeological units such as age (Rakita and Buikstra 2005;Sofaer 2011). This list is not even remotely exhaustive; however, it does exemplify that all aspects of bioarchaeological study can be undertaken through, and benefit from, the lens of social theory.…”

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Reorienting Bioarchaeology for an Era of Reconciliation

Bourgeois¹

2020

pathways

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Anthropology, in general, has recently been working toward reworking their systems to be better suited to the needs of descendent communities. Bioarchaeology, however, has been slower to adopt these efforts. In the spirit of reconciliation, it is important for all disciplines to self-reflect and critique the colonial systems that have been institutionalized their teaching and research. This paper serves as a theoretical exploration into the current practice of bioarchaeology and seeks to provide a theoretical model that could contribute toward the decolonization of the discipline to be appropriate for application in Canada. It discusses how to better orient theory to compliment ancestral knowledge and reorganize bioarchaeology so that it could be more useful to responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action (2015) and benefit the needs of descendants. It will proceed by reviewing the integration of social theory in bioarchaeology, providing a critique of the biocultural approach, and finish by proposing a theoretical model that seeks to contribute to the ongoing decolonization of bioarchaeology. The model that this paper proposes serves is a suggestion of how to better structure and conduct a project including ancient human remains to better optimize the application of archaeological theory as a compliment to traditional knowledge. It is formed on the bases of theories of personhood, shared histories, behavioral archaeology, and biocultural approaches to provide a pragmatic synthesis of theory for a community driven bioarchaeology.

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Population Migration, Variation, and Identity

Cited by 9 publications

References 105 publications

Diet and food strategies in a southern al-Andalusian urban environment during Caliphal period, Écija, Sevilla

Diet and food strategies in a southern al-Andalusian urban environment during Caliphal period, Écija, Sevilla

Funerary Practices in Archaeology: Pluralities & Heritage

Reorienting Bioarchaeology for an Era of Reconciliation

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