Brenda J Baker
Biographic Data
| ID | 140677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brenda J Baker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brenda J |
| FAMILY NAME | Baker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKER B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9277-7815 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Confronting Taphonomic Challenges from Excavation Through Curation of Human Remains
Twenty-first century bioarchaeology
This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled "Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward," which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6-8, 2020. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (ASU), and the Center for Bioarchaeological Research (CBR, ASU), the Workshop's overall goal was to explore reasons why research proposals submitted by bioarchaeologists, both g…
From the Foundation to a Vision of the Future
A note from the founding editors of Bioarchaeology International
Advancing the understanding of treponemal disease in the past and present
Syphilis was perceived to be a new disease in Europe in the late 15th century, igniting a debate about its origin that continues today in anthropological, historical, and medical circles. We move beyond this age‐old debate using an interdisciplinary approach that tackles broader questions to advance the understanding of treponemal infection (syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta). How did the causative organism(s) and humans co‐evolve? How did the rel…
Stronger Together
Bioarchaeology is a relatively young field that aims to improve our understanding of life, death, and interrelationships among past humans around the globe. The discipline grew out of 1960s American processual archaeology and biological anthropology and emerged as human osteoarchaeology in the UK. Today, bioarchaeology is a vibrant, interdisciplinary field of study that cross-cuts biological anthropology, archaeology, and social theory to situate…
Migration and Disruptions
Migration and Disruptions
Migration and Disruptions
In this groundbreaking unifying theory of migration, a group of researchers from various anthropological disciplines attempt to identify the social and environmental disruptions that led to migration, regardless of its temporal space. Never before has such a diverse group of scholars met to identify and codify across time the reasons humans migrate
Biological and social implications of a medieval burial from Cyprus for understanding leprosy in the past
A fine line
It is accepted that linear enamel hypoplasias (LEHs), a specific type of enamel thickness deficiency, are related to periodic physiological disruptions to enamel matrix secretion during times that teeth are developing. Thus, LEHs are treated as general indicators of metabolic stress. Because the disruptions that cause LEHs affect only the portion of the crown that is in the process of forming, determining their locations allows researchers to rec…
Sex and Gender in Paleopathological Perspective (review)
Engendering studies of past peoples has become an explicit focus in archaeology only in the past two decades. Determination of sex, however, has long been a key component of osteological investigations. Assessing sex has been critical, for example, in reconstructing demographic profiles of cemetery samples and in examining differential access to dietary resources such as meat and maize. In pursuing such studies, physical anthropologists have reli…
Bioarchaeology of Native American Adaptation in the Spanish Borderlands
Most researchers of the European settlement of North America assume that the local populations were decimated solely by introduced disease. Challenging that assumption, this book demonstrates that Native American societies responded to European encroachment in complex and varied ways
Reconstructing the massacre at Fort William Henry, New York
Fort William Henry, in upstate New York, was the site of a legendary siege and massacre in 1757 during the French and Indian War. As part of the terms of surrender, the British garrison was to retreat with all their arms and possessions, thus denying the Indian allies of the French their spoils of war. Contemporaneous and fictionalized accounts of the resulting massacre have often been regarded as exaggerations of actual events. Five men buried i…
Burial Archaeology
The Origin and Antiquity of Syphilis
Bioarchaeology of Infants and Children
The Origin and Antiquity of Syphilis
Twenty-first century bioarchaeology
This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled "Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward," which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6-8, 2020. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (ASU), and the Center for Bioarchaeological Research (CBR, ASU), the Workshop's overall goal was to explore reasons why research proposals submitted by bioarchaeologists, both g…
A fine line
It is accepted that linear enamel hypoplasias (LEHs), a specific type of enamel thickness deficiency, are related to periodic physiological disruptions to enamel matrix secretion during times that teeth are developing. Thus, LEHs are treated as general indicators of metabolic stress. Because the disruptions that cause LEHs affect only the portion of the crown that is in the process of forming, determining their locations allows researchers to rec…
Advancing the understanding of treponemal disease in the past and present
Syphilis was perceived to be a new disease in Europe in the late 15th century, igniting a debate about its origin that continues today in anthropological, historical, and medical circles. We move beyond this age‐old debate using an interdisciplinary approach that tackles broader questions to advance the understanding of treponemal infection (syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta). How did the causative organism(s) and humans co‐evolve? How did the rel…
Burial Archaeology
Confronting Taphonomic Challenges from Excavation Through Curation of Human Remains
The Origin and Antiquity of Syphilis
Burial Archaeology
Reconstructing the massacre at Fort William Henry, New York
Fort William Henry, in upstate New York, was the site of a legendary siege and massacre in 1757 during the French and Indian War. As part of the terms of surrender, the British garrison was to retreat with all their arms and possessions, thus denying the Indian allies of the French their spoils of war. Contemporaneous and fictionalized accounts of the resulting massacre have often been regarded as exaggerations of actual events. Five men buried i…
Bioarchaeology of Native American Adaptation in the Spanish Borderlands
Most researchers of the European settlement of North America assume that the local populations were decimated solely by introduced disease. Challenging that assumption, this book demonstrates that Native American societies responded to European encroachment in complex and varied ways
Sex and Gender in Paleopathological Perspective (review)
Engendering studies of past peoples has become an explicit focus in archaeology only in the past two decades. Determination of sex, however, has long been a key component of osteological investigations. Assessing sex has been critical, for example, in reconstructing demographic profiles of cemetery samples and in examining differential access to dietary resources such as meat and maize. In pursuing such studies, physical anthropologists have reli…
A fine line
It is accepted that linear enamel hypoplasias (LEHs), a specific type of enamel thickness deficiency, are related to periodic physiological disruptions to enamel matrix secretion during times that teeth are developing. Thus, LEHs are treated as general indicators of metabolic stress. Because the disruptions that cause LEHs affect only the portion of the crown that is in the process of forming, determining their locations allows researchers to rec…
Biological and social implications of a medieval burial from Cyprus for understanding leprosy in the past
Migration and Disruptions
Migration and Disruptions
Migration and Disruptions
In this groundbreaking unifying theory of migration, a group of researchers from various anthropological disciplines attempt to identify the social and environmental disruptions that led to migration, regardless of its temporal space. Never before has such a diverse group of scholars met to identify and codify across time the reasons humans migrate
Stronger Together
Bioarchaeology is a relatively young field that aims to improve our understanding of life, death, and interrelationships among past humans around the globe. The discipline grew out of 1960s American processual archaeology and biological anthropology and emerged as human osteoarchaeology in the UK. Today, bioarchaeology is a vibrant, interdisciplinary field of study that cross-cuts biological anthropology, archaeology, and social theory to situate…
Advancing the understanding of treponemal disease in the past and present
Syphilis was perceived to be a new disease in Europe in the late 15th century, igniting a debate about its origin that continues today in anthropological, historical, and medical circles. We move beyond this age‐old debate using an interdisciplinary approach that tackles broader questions to advance the understanding of treponemal infection (syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta). How did the causative organism(s) and humans co‐evolve? How did the rel…
From the Foundation to a Vision of the Future
A note from the founding editors of Bioarchaeology International
Twenty-first century bioarchaeology
This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled "Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward," which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6-8, 2020. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (ASU), and the Center for Bioarchaeological Research (CBR, ASU), the Workshop's overall goal was to explore reasons why research proposals submitted by bioarchaeologists, both g…
Bioarchaeology of Infants and Children
Confronting Taphonomic Challenges from Excavation Through Curation of Human Remains
Archaeology (10 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (9 works) · History (9 works) · Geography (6 works) · Bioarchaeology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works)