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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790574503321

Autore

Stojanowski Christopher M (Christopher Michael), <1973->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, 2013

ISBN

0-8130-4616-5

0-8130-4851-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Collana

Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives

Altri autori (Persone)

LarsenClark Spencer

Disciplina

975.9/01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Anthropometry - Florida

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.



Sommario/riassunto

Using biodistance analysis in the context of Spanish Florida, explores how a variety of inferences can be made about past populations and community patterns.