Overview
- Discusses research that examines the skeletal evidence of dissection and autopsy and how it can be used to inform on a number of themes including the construction of social identity during the 17th – early 20th centuries in the United States
- Provides a diachronic perspective on the development of postmortem procedures and the connection to European practices
- Includes a discussion of 20th century medical education, anatomy laws, and the role of the body in these
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory (BST)
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Evidence from Almshouse Cemeteries
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Bioarchaeology of Dissection and Autopsy in the United States
Editors: Kenneth C. Nystrom
Series Title: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26836-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-26834-7Published: 19 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80023-3Published: 09 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-26836-1Published: 13 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2567-6776
Series E-ISSN: 2567-6814
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 346
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 66 illustrations in colour
Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology