Date Available
6-16-2022
Year of Publication
2022
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
Anthropology
Advisor
Dr. Richard Jefferies
Abstract
The primary goal of this bioarchaeology dissertation research is to investigate the relationship between evidence of social identity and indicators of biological stress in the Green River region of Kentucky during the Late Archaic period (5,000-3,000 BP). Utilizing a biocultural perspective, I examine the ways that aspects of identity and social organization are embodied through the experience of biological stress. This research explores how social differences influence the patterning of osteological stress markers in an Archaic population while problematizing categories of difference that are often naturalized in bioarchaeology, such as gender or age cohorts. In so doing, it contributes to current anthropological discussions, including those on the biological impacts of social identity, the experiences of difference in past societies, and the social organization of the Late Archaic Green River region.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2022.224
Recommended Citation
Casserly, Anna-Marie, "ASSESSING STRESS BIOMARKERS AS EMBODIED IDENTITY IN KENTUCKY’S GREEN RIVER ARCHAIC" (2022). Theses and Dissertations--Anthropology. 65.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/anthro_etds/65
