Bioarchaeology of Marginalized People

Madeleine L. Mant, PhD, is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. She has published bioarcheological and historical articles in international peer-reviewed journals. Her Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship-funded doctoral research involved the uniting of archival and skeletal data to study skeletal trauma and fracture experience in Georgian London, UK. Alyson Jaagumägi Holland, PhD, has experience in archaeology, biological, and medical anthropology. She has published on topics related to bioarchaeology and medical anthropology, including her doctoral using qualitative methods to explore nutrition and osteoporosis in Canadian young adults. Dr. Holland is also active in bioarchaeology as a member of a community archaeology project in British Columbia and is a licensed professional She is currently training to become a family physician, seeking to unite her interest in the nutrition of past peoples with modern health interventions.

1. Introduction 2. Mummies, memories and marginalization: the changing social roles of a mummy from ancient to modern times 3. Task Activity and Tooth Wear in a Woman of Ancient Egypt 4. Looking into the Eyes of the Ancient Chiefs of Shíshálh: The osteology and facial reconstructions of a 4000-year-old high status family 5. "Officially absent but actually present": bioarchaeological evidence for population diversity in London during the Black Death, AD 1348-50 6. Marginalized by Choice – Kayenta Pueblo Communities in the Southwest (AD 800-1500) 7. Marginalized Bodies and the Construction of American Anatomical Collections 8. Health inequity and spatial divides: infant mortality during Hamilton, Ontario’s industrial transition, 1880-1912 9. In the Shadow of War: The Forgotten 1916 Polio Epidemic in New Zealand 10. Exploring the Effects of Structural Inequality in an Individual from Nineteenth-Century Chicago 11. Down and out in Post Medieval London: Changes in Welfare Ideology and the Impact on the Health of Workhouse Inmates 12. Innovation in population health intervention research: a historical perspective 13. Mapping Marginalized Pasts