Mission Cemeteries, Mission Peoples: Historical and Evolutionary Dimensions of Intracemetary Bioarchaeolgy in Spanish Florida

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Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables xi Foreword xiii Acknowledgments xvii Abbreviations xix Introduction: Historical and Evolutionary Dimensions of Bioarchaeological Research 1 1. Life and Death in Spanish Colonial Florida 15 2. Kin Structure and Community Health at Mission Patale 41 3. Microtemporal Variation in Health Experience at Mission San Martín de Timucua 76 4. Cemetery Structure after Collapse: Mission Santa Catalina de Guale de Santa María 127 5. The Santa María Mission and the Santa Catalina Ossuary on Amelia Island 165 6. Mission Santa María: The Cemetery Structure of an Early Christian Church 195 7. Mission Cemeteries, Mission Peoples: A Synthesis of Intracemetery Bioarchaeology in Spanish Colonial Florida 242 Notes 263 References Cited 275 Index 297 ...