Encountering evidence of postmortem examinations - dissection or autopsy in historic skeletal collections is relatively rare, but recently there has been an inc

An archaeological site that tells a story of structural violence in medical research In 2010, a pit containing over 4,000 human skeletal elements was discovered

Bioarchaeology covers the history and general theory of the field plus the recovery and laboratory treatment of human remains. Bioarchaeology is the study of hu

This volume features bioarchaeological research that interrogates the human skeleton in concert with material culture, ethnographic data and archival research.

This social and cultural history of Civil War medicine and science sheds important light on the question of why and how anti-Black racism survived the destructi