Bioarchaeology of Impairment and Disability: Theoretical, Ethnohistorical, and Methodological Perspectives (Bioarchaeology and Social Theory)

Byrnes is an Assistant Professor in the Division of the Social Sciences at the University of Hawaii – West Oahu, USA. (2009) and Ph.D. She has ongoing research investigating the traumatic injuries and paleopathology of the adult skeletal remains exhumed from the Erie County Poorhouse in Buffalo, NY.. She has received training in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology. in Biology from the State University of New York

Such investigations typically take a case study approach and focus on the functional aspects of impairments. The third goal of the volume is to present various methodological approaches to quantifying impairment in skeletonized and mummified remains. Other social sciences and the humanities have far surpassed most of anthropology (with the exception of medical anthropology) in their integration of social theories of disability. However, these interpretations are disconnected from disability theory discourse. This volume has three goals: The first goal of this edited volume is to present theoretical and methodological discussions on impairment and disability. Over the years, impairment has been discussed in bioarchaeology, with some scholars providing carefully contextualized explanations for their causes and consequences. The second goal of this volume is to emphasize the necessity of interdisciplinarity in discussions of impairment and disability within bioarchaeology. This volume serves to engage scholars from many disciplines in our exploration of disability in the past, with particular emphasis on the bioarchaeological context.

However, these interpretations are disconnected from disability theory discourse. The third goal of the volume is to present various methodological approaches to quantifying impairment in skeletonized and mummified remains.This volume serves to engage scholars from many disciplines in our exploration of disability in the past, with particular emphasis on the bioarchaeological context.  . The second goal of this volume is to emphasize the necessity of interdisciplinarity in discussions of impairment and disability within bioarchaeology. Such investigations typically take a case study approach and focus on the functional aspects of impairments. From the Back Cover Over the years, impairment has been discussed in bioarchaeology, with some scholars providing carefully contextualized explanations for their causes and consequences. Other social sciences and the humanities have far s