The bioarchaeology of dissection and autopsy in the United States. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kenneth C. Nystrom, editor.
• Editors: Nystrom, Ken
• Contents: Foreword; Foreword II: The Afterlife of Death ; Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Dissection vs. Autopsy; Organization of€the€Volume; Part I: Evidence from€Early Colonial America; Part II: Evidence from€Public Cemeteries; Part III: Evidence from€Medical Institutions; Part IV: Evidence from€Almshouse Cemeteries; References; Part I: Evidence from Early Colonial America; Chapter 2: Renaissance Anatomy in€the€Americas: A€Bioarchaeological Perspective on€the€Earliest Skeletal Evidence of€Autopsy in€the€New World; Introduction. Historical Context and€Archaeology of€the€Saint Croix Island Settlement The Practice of€Autopsy in€Renaissance Europe; Bioarchaeological Evidence of€Autopsy at€Saint Croix Island, 1604-1605; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Evidence for€Early Seventeenth-Century Surgery and€Dissection at James Fort, Virginia; Introduction; Skeletal Evidence; JR1425C; JR2361C; JR2158X; Jamestown's First Surgeons and€Their Tools; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: A Dissection at the€Coffeehouse? The€Performance of€Anatomical Expertise in€Colonial America. Introduction: Dissection as€a€Public Drama and€Private Inquiry The Archaeological Evidence for€Dissection or Autopsy at€the€Williamsburg Coffeehouse; Colonial Medicine in€Virginia; Spaces of€Dissection Performance; Discussion; References; Part II: Evidence from Public Cemeteries; Introduction; New York African Burial Ground; Old Frankfort Cemetery; Eighth Street First African Baptist Church Cemetery; Alameda-Stone Cemetery; Newburgh Colored Burial Ground; Freedman's Cemetery; References. Chapter 5: Partible Persons or Persons Apart: Postmortem Interventions at the€Spring Street Presbyterian Church, Manhattan Cityscapes; Extensions and€Articulations; Adult Autopsy; Infant Autopsy; Adolescent Dissection; Conclusion; References; Part III: Evidence from Medical Institutions; Chapter 6: Teachings of€the€Dead: The€Archaeology of€Anatomized Remains from€Holden Chapel, Harvard University; Introduction: Teachings of€the€Dead; The Holden Chapel Collection; Excavation; Methods and€Frameworks; Description of€Human Remains from€Holden Chapel; Overview; MNI and€Demographics. Taphonomy Cut Marks and€Evidence of€Anatomization; Disease and€Trauma; History of€the€Harvard Medical School; Curriculum; Overview; On Specimens; On the€Roles of€Bones; On the€Imperfect Teachings of€the€Dead; Reflections; Findings; Lessons; References; Chapter 7: Skeletal Evidence of€Anatomical and€Surgical Training in€Nineteenth-Century Richmond; Discovery and€Investigation; Medical Training in€Nineteenth-Century Richmond; Human Skeletal Remains; Evidence of€Amputation, Dissection, and€Surgery; Conclusion; References; Historic References.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 346 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 930.1; Social sciences; Human remains (Archaeology) -- United States; Dissection; Autopsy; Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States; Archaeology; Anthropology; HISTORY -- Ancient -- General; Autopsy; Dissection; Excavations (Archaeology); Human remains (Archaeology); Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Anthropology; Social Science -- Archaeology; Archaeology; Autopsy; Dissection; Archaeology -- methods; Forensic Anthropology -- methods; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319268361; 3319268368
• Related ISBNs: 9783319268347; 3319268341
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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