Bioarchaeology of the Southwest

Volume 2

Ann L. W. Stodder, Dawn M. Mulhern

• Publisher: University of Florida Press
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN: 9781683405160
• eBook ISBN: 9781683405399
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

A wide-ranging synthesis of research illuminating the lives of ancient people who lived in the deserts, mountains, and river valleys of the North American Southwest  

The two volumes of Bioarchaeology of the Southwest bring together more than 100 years of research into the lives of the ancient people of the Southwest United States and Northwest Mexico. Featuring contributions from specialists working in academic, museum, and cultural resource management settings, these books make available knowledge from a variety of unpublished sources that have been difficult to access until now.  



Chapters in volume 2 include northern and southern Arizona, southwest New Mexico, and northern Mexico. The contributors summarize findings about people of the Sinagua, Kayenta, Mimbres, Hohokam, and Trincheras traditions and the Casas Grandes region. Four topically focused chapters discuss evidence of cancer in the Southwest, biological distance in Colonial-era populations, stable isotope studies, and archaeoparasitology. The concluding chapter reviews the strengths and challenges in the field, and some avenues for progress.  



With chapters representing hundreds of ancient communities dating from the Archaic to the early Historic period, Bioarchaeology of the Southwest demonstrates the range of topics that can be addressed through the contextualized study of human remains, the insights this field offers into the everyday experiences of people in the past, and the challenges and promise of collaborative approaches to this research. Together, these volumes constitute an unparalleled resource for understanding the history of bioarchaeology and critical issues impacting the future of the discipline in the region.  



Contributors: M. Anne Katzenberg | Teresa Rodrigues | M. Elisa Villalpando | Lorrie Lincoln-Babb | Lara K. Noldner | Adrianne Offenbecker | Karl Reinhard | Kimberly Spurr | Chris Loendorf | Jeffrey Boyer | Heather J.H. Edgar | Dawn M. Mulhern | Rebecca J. Hill | Catrina Banks Whitley | Corey Ragsdale | Korri Turner | Morgana Camacho | Jessica I. Cerezo-Román | Kathryn M. Baustian | Debra L. Martin | Darrell G. Creel | Kyle Waller | Penny Dufoe Minturn | John McClelland | Courtney McConnan Borstad | T. Michael Fink | Claira Ralston | James T. Watson | Ann L. W. Stodder



A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Plates
• List of Tables
• List of Supplemental Tables and Appendixes
• Foreword
• 1. Introduction to Volume 2
• 2. Bioarchaeology of the Sinagua Culture of Arizona
• 3. Bioarchaeology and the Kayenta Region
• 4. Mimbres Bioarchaeology: Past and Present Efforts in Reconstructing Prehistoric Southwest New Mexico
• 5. Southern and Central Arizona Bioarchaeology: Disease, Health, Mortuary Programs, and Affinity in the Land of the Hohokam
• 6. Bioarchaeology in the Trincheras Heartland
• 7. Bioarchaeology of the Casas Grandes Region, Chihuahua, Mexico
• 8. Neoplasms in the Prehistoric North American Southwest
• 9. Migration and Population Relationships in the Jemez Region
• 10. Contributions of Stable Isotope Analysis to the Archaeology of the American Southwest / Northwest Mexico
• 11. Archaeoparasitology of the Colorado Plateau
• 12. Looking Ahead
• List of Contributors
• Index