The Bioarchaeology of Violence

Contents

Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Foreword xi Introduction: Bioarchaeology and the Study of Violence 1 Debra L. Martin, Ryan P. Harrod, and Ventura R. Pérez Part I. Method and Theory 1. The Politicization of the Dead: Violence as Performance, Politics as Usual 13 Ventura R. Pérez 2. The Bioarchaeology of Structural Violence: A Theoretical Model and a Case Study 29 Haagen D. Klaus 3. Deciphering Violence in Past Societies: Ethnography and the Interpretation of Archaeological Populations 63 Ryan P. Harrod, Pierre Liénard, and Debra L. Martin Part II. Small-Scale Conflict 4. The Social and Cultural Implications of Violence at Qasr Hallabat 83 Robert T. Montgomery and Megan Perry 5. Community Violence and Everyday Life: Death at Arroyo Hondo 111 Ann M. Palkovich 6. Bioarchaeological Signatures of Strife in Terminal Pueblo III Settlements in the Northern San Juan 121 Kristin A. Kuckelman Part III. Warfare 7. The Space of War: Connecting Geophysical Landscapes with Skeletal Evidence of Warfare-Related Trauma 141 Heather Worne, Charles R. Cobb, Giovanna Vidoli, and Dawnie Wolfe Steadman 8. Where Are the Warriors? Cranial Trauma Patterns and Conflict among the Ancient Maya 160 Vera Tiesler and Andrea Cucina 9. Violence against Women: Differential Treatment of Local and Foreign Females in the Heartland of the Wari Empire, Peru 180 Tiffiny A. Tung Part IV. Ritualized Violence 10. Meaning and the Bioarchaeology of Captivity, Sacrifice, and Cannibalism: A Case Study from the Mississippian Period at Larson, Illinois 201 Mallorie A. Hatch 11. Performances of Imposed Status: Captivity at Cahokia 226 Kathryn M. Koziol 12. Biological Distance Analysis in Contexts of Ritual Violence 251 William N. Duncan Conclusion: Implications and Future Directions 276 Ryan P. Harrod, Debra L. Martin, and Ventura R. Pérez List of Contributors 281 Index 283 ...