Juengst and Becker, Editors Editors and Becker, Juengst of Community The Bioarchaeology 28 AP3A No. The Bioarchaeology of Community Sara L. Juengst and Sara K. Becker, Editors Contributions by Sara K. Becker Deborah Blom Jered B. Cornelison Sylvia Deskaj Lynne Goldstein Sara L. Juengst Ann M. Kakaliouras Wendy Lackey-Cornelison William J. Meyer Anna C. Novotny Molly K. Zuckerman 2017 Archeological Papers of the ISSN 1551-823X American Anthropological Association, Number 28 aapaa_28_1_cover.inddpaa_28_1_cover.indd 1 112/05/172/05/17 22:26:26 PPMM The Bioarchaeology of Community Sara L. Juengst and Sara K. Becker, Editors Contributions by Sara K. Becker Deborah Blom Jered B. Cornelison Sylvia Deskaj Lynne Goldstein Sara L. Juengst Ann M. Kakaliouras Wendy Lackey-Cornelison William J. Meyer Anna C. Novotny Molly K. 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Theory for a Bioarchaeology of Community: Potentials, Practices, and Pitfalls pppppppppppppppppppppp 13 Ann M. Kakaliouras Chapter 3. Inclusive Communities In The Titicaca Basin During The Early Horizon pppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 24 Sara L. Juengst Chapter 4. Community Labor and Laboring Communities within the Tiwanaku State (C.E. 500–1100) pppppppp 38 Sara K. Becker Chapter 5. Defining Community in the Upper Belize River Valley during the Late Classic Period: A Micro-regional Bioarchaeological Approach pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 54 Anna C. Novotny Chapter 6. Contextual and Biological Markers of Community Identity in the Effigy Mound Manifestation of Southern Wisconsin ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 66 Jered B. Cornelison, Wendy Lackey-Cornelison, and Lynne Goldstein Chapter 7. Living Amongst the Dead: Establishing and Maintaining Community in Northern Albania ppppppppp 82 Sylvia Deskaj Chapter 8. The “Poxed” and the “Pure”: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of Community and Marginalization Relative to Infection with Acquired Syphilis in Post-Medieval London ppppppppppppppppppppp 91 Molly K. Zuckerman Chapter 9. A Bioarchaeological Perspective on Community and the Tension between Individual and Population ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 104 Deborah E. Blom Chapter 10. Might Community be the Key to Unlocking the Social Potential of Bioarchaeology? pppppppppppppp 112 William J. Meyer List of Contributors pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 124 4 Preface This volume is the result of a symposium entitled “Establish- original symposium, but were unfortunately unable to con- ing a Bioarchaeology of Community” presented at the 79th tribute case studies or commentary to the volume. Their Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology participation in the symposium was nonetheless invaluable in Austin, TX, and organized by the editors. The idea for the and their comments resonate throughout the chapters here. symposium came out of a discussion between the editors and We would like to thank all of the contributors to the Celeste Gagnon at the 81st Annual Meeting of the American volume for their thoughtful papers and their readiness in Association of Physical Anthropology in Knoxville, TN, meeting deadlines. We thank Deborah Blom and Will Meyer where we wondered what bioarchaeologists have to offer on their insightful discussions, bringing our case studies to- social investigations of the past. Both editors were coming gether to provide deeper insight from an insider’s and out- from a graduate program that was rich with social theory sider’sperspective. Lynne Goldstein, the Publications Direc- and wanted to push beyond the normal discussions of lesion tor of the Archaeology Division of American Anthropolog- frequencies and pathological percentages oft-encountered at ical Association, was instrumental in making this volume a Biological Anthropology conferences. Why did these num- reality and we thank her for her editorial contributions, pa- bers matter if we had nothing more to say about them? tience, and aid in helping this happen. We also thank Anna How do we move beyond cataloging lesions and into the Agbe-Davies who initially recommended we contact Lynne more interesting space of lived experiences? Moreover, we to gauge AP3A interest in the volume. We acknowledge both work in the Andes and we were thus interested in how the editorial and review board of the AP3A, for their help- people working around the globe were engaging with these ful comments on the prospectus, and our two anonymous issues. In reaching out to several other meeting attendees, reviewers for their insight and engaging critiques on each and circulating a symposium abstract through various bioar- chapter. We would also like to thank Charlotte Cable for her chaeology networks, we received positive responses to the copy-editing expertise. Finally, we thank Celeste Gagnon for idea and quickly filled the proposed session. her encouragement from the initial conception of the idea. The authors of this volume were all original symposium We would like to dedicate this volume to the commu- participants, with the exception of Molly Zuckerman, whose nities around the world who work with archaeologists and chapter on poxed persons in Post-Medieval London adds an bioarchaeologists; through collaboration and communica- important perspective on inclusivity and perceived identi- tion, we can learn more about past communities and strive ties in the past. Benjamin Valentine, Kristina Killgrove, and towards building a community of voices who speak for the Christopher Stojanowski each gave riveting papers in the past. Volume editors: Sara L. Juengst and Sara K. Becker, Volume 28: The Bioarchaeology of Community ARCHEOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, Vol. 28, p. 5, ISSN 1551-823X, online ISSN 1551-8248. C 2017 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12095. 1 Introduction: Establishing a Bioarchaeology of Community Sara K. Becker University of California, Riverside and Sara L. Juengst University of North Carolina at Charlotte ABSTRACT In this chapter, we introduce our volume and focus on defining the various ways in which the term community is used by bioarchaeologists in this volume, especially with respect to the theoretical ideas within the emerging social and theoretical bioarchaeology. We also provide an initial summary concerning each of the chapters and how each author, or set of authors, focuses on community within their research. Our goals are: (1) to discuss the possibilities and limitations of identifying different types of past community or communities; (2) to expand on methods in bioarchaeology that can be used to identify community; and (3) to develop theoretically