The Bioarchaeology of Urbanization

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Bioarchaeology of Urbanization (Sharon N. DeWitte and Tracy K. Betsinger).- Part I: Early Urban Centers.- Chapter 2. Changing People, Changing Settlements? A Perspective on Urbanization from Roman Britain (Rebecca C. Redfern).- Chapter 3. Ritual, Urbanism and the Everyday: Mortuary Behavior in the Indus Civilization (Gwen Robbins Schug).- Chapter 4. Urbanization and Parasitism: Archaeoparisitology of South Korea (Dong Hoon Shin, Min Seo, Sang-Yuck Shim, Jong Ha Hong and Jieun Kim).- Part IIMedieval and Post-medieval Cities.- Chapter 5. Dietary Variation in an Urbanizing City: A Temporal Analysis of Diet in Late Medieval London Using Stable Isotopes (Brittany S. Walter, Sharon N. DeWitte, Tosha Dupras and Julia Beaumont).- Chapter 6. Bioarchaeological Aspects of the Early Stage of Urbanization in Sigtuna, Sweden (Anna Kjellström_.- Chapter 7. Markets and Mycobacteria: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Influence of Urbanization on Leprosy and TuberculosisPrevalence in Denmark (AD 1200-1536) (K. Saige Kelmelis, Vicki R.L. Kristensen, Mette Alexandersen and Dorthe Dangvard Pedersen).- Chapter 8. The Bioarchaeology of Urbanization in Denmark (Julia A. Gamble).- Chapter 9.Frailty, Survivorship, and Stress in Medieval Poland: A Comparison of Urban  and Rural Populations (Tracy K. Betsinger, Sharon N. DeWitte, Amanda M. Agnew and Hedy Justus).- Chapter 10. Urban-Rural Differences in Respiratory Tract Infections in Medieval and Early  Modern Polish Subadult Samples (Marta Krenz-Niedbala and Sylwia Lukasik).- Part III: Premodern and Industrial Cities.- Chapter 11. Colonial Urbanism: A Comparative Exploration of Skeletal Stress in the Two  Eighteenth Century North American Colonies (Amy B. Scott, Marie Danforth, Sarah MacInnes, Nicole Hughes and Mattia Fonzo).- Chapter 12.Eighteenth Century Urban Growth and Parasites at the Fotress of Louisbourg,  Nova Scotia, Canada (Mattia Fonzo, Amy B. Scott and Mike Duffy).- Chapter 13.

Tracy K. Betsinger is Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY-Oneonta. She specializes in bioarchaeology, paleopathology, and mortuary archaeology. Her research focuses on examining the impacts of age, gender, social status, settlement patterns, and social identity and personhood on various aspects of health including disease, diet, stress, and trauma. She has worked extensively with medieval and post-medieval Polish skeletal remains as well as remains from the American Southeast. She recently co-edited two volumes: The Anthropology of the Fetus: Biology, Culture, and Society and The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange: Bioarchaeological Explorations of Atypical Burials.

"The case-studies are fascinating and many showcase novel investigative techniques that generate nuanced and insightful interpretations. The contributors represent both well-established figures within the field as well as more junior researchers. That makes this book an essential read for anybody interested in palaeopathology, interdisciplinary methodology or future directions in bioarchaeology." (Ben R. Wigley, Assemblage, Vol. 18, October, 2021)