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1	Criminality, Narrative and the Expert Witness in American Biohistory Duncan, William N., Stojanowski, Christopher M. 02 July 2016 (has links) This article considers forensic anthropologists’ roles in negotiating the concept of criminality in biohistorical cases, those investigations of the famous and infamous dead that are driven by public interest rather than traditional medicolegal relevance. We review three biohistorical cases from the United States: the purported skull of a martyred Catholic priest from sixteenth century Georgia, the Mountain Meadows Massacre that occurred in Utah in the mid-nineteenth century, and the search for Billy the Kid’s grave in New Mexico. We find that anthropologists have active and passive roles in the manufacture, assignment, and sometimes denial of criminality in these cases. Additionally we explore how the analysis and discussion of violence in these biohistorical cases reflects two concepts that are distinctive to United States’ history, notably manifest destiny and the idea of closure in historical narratives. The perception that the present order is a natural culmination of history, and that the past is truly past underestimates the relevance and impact of labelling past personages as criminals to contemporary culture. As a result, forensic anthropologists’ negotiation of criminality in U.S. biohistorical cases is fraught with nebulous ethical challenges and tangible consequences. bioarchaeology biohistory criminality forensic anthropology Sociology and Anthropology
2	Studies in Forensic Biohistory: Anthropological Perspectives Stojanowski, Christopher M., Duncan, William N. 26 January 2017 (has links) The lives of kings, poets, authors, criminals and celebrities are a perpetual fascination in the media and popular culture, and for decades anthropologists and other scientists have participated in 'post-mortem dissections' of the lives of historical figures. In this field of biohistory, researchers have identified and analyzed these figures' bodies using technologies such as DNA fingerprinting, biochemical assays, and skeletal biology. This book brings together biohistorical case studies for the first time, and considers the role of the anthropologist in the writing of historical narratives surrounding the deceased. Contributors theorize biohistory with respect to the sociology of the body, examining the ethical implications of biohistorical work and the diversity of social theoretical perspectives that researchers' work may relate to. The volume defines scales of biohistorical engagement, providing readers with a critical sense of scale and the different paths to 'historical notoriety' that can emerge with respect to human remains. forensic biohistory anthropology Sociology and Anthropology Anthropology
3	Emerging Opportunities and Challenges in Forensic Biohistory Duncan, William N., Stojanowski, Christopher 05 September 2018 (has links) Presented in the session “Boundary Bodies: Critically Thinking the Body in Contemporary Osteoarchaeology.” The last 10 years have seen an increase in high-profile historical forensic cases in the popular press, an area of investigation called forensic biohistory. This area typically involves effort to positively identify the famous dead (such as the case Richard III), of to characterize matters of facts surrounding famous historical remains (Mozart’s cause of death) or historical events (such as the Donner party and the Mountain Meadows Massacre in the Western United States), forensic biohistory remains undertheorized and under-considered as a locus of investigation in its own right. Such consideration is worthwhile however because forensic biohistory offers a unique opportunity for anthropologists to engage the public. Bodies of the famous dead serve as boundary objects through which various interested parties (including scientists) intersect. This potential is, however, coupled with a unique set of ethical challenges that researches must face because frequently we are asked to serve as arbiters and judges of the validity of narratives surrounding the bodies in question. In the presentation we discuss forensic biohistory as a district area of research and highlight some of the potential opportunities and challenges that define it as a whole. forensic cases popular press forensic biohistory famous dead Sociology and Anthropology Anthropology Biological and Physical Anthropology
4	Biological Distance and the African American Dentition Edgar, Heather Joy Hecht 20 December 2002 (has links) No description available. Anthropology, Physical biological anthropology dental morphology African American biohistory biological distance
5	Killing Time: Historical Narrative and the Black Death in Western Europe Zimmerman, Kira January 2019 (has links) No description available. Epidemiology European History Health History Medieval History Medicine Medieval Literature Middle Ages history plague biohistory Black Death Europe medieval epidemic epidemiology narrative narrative theory contagion catastrophe apocalypse time temporality bubonic plague pandemic disease

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