Mission cemeteries, mission peoples : historical and evolutionary dimensions of intracemetery bioarchaeology in Spanish Florida / Christopher M. Stojanowski ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.

Author/creator Stojanowski, Christopher M., 1973-
Other author Larsen, Clark Spencer.
Format Book
PublicationGainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Descriptionxx, 304 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Indians of North America--Florida. --Anthropometry.
Indians of North America--Missions. --Florida.
Indians of North America--Florida. --Population.
Missions, Spanish--Florida.
Cemeteries--Florida.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Florida.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Floirda.
Social archaeology--Florida.
Florida--History. --Spanish colony, 1565-1763.
Florida--Antiquities.

SeriesBioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives
Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past. ^A768018
Contents Introduction: Historical and evolutionary dimensions of bioarchaeological research -- Life and death in Spanish Colonial Florida -- Kin structure and community health at Mission Patale -- Microtemporal variation in health experience at Mission San Martín de Timucua -- Cemetery structure after collapse: Mission Santa Catalina de Guale de Santa María -- The Santa María Mission and the Santa Catalina Ossuary on Amelia Island -- Mission Santa María: the cemetery structure of an early Christian church -- Mission cemeteries, mission peoples: a synthesis of intracemetery bioarchaeology in Spanish Colonial Florida.
Abstract Using biodistance analysis in the context of Spanish Florida, explores how a variety of inferences can be made about past populations and community patterns.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2013007079
ISBN9780813044637 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813044634 (alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40022702535

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Joyner General Stacks E78.F6 S76 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold