Bioarchaeology of Women and Children in Times of War: Case Studies from the Americas

Chapter 1: The Bioarchaeology of Women, Children and Other Groups in Times of War.- Chapter 2: Shattered Mirrors: Gender, Age, and Westernized Interpretations of War (and Violence) in the Past.- Chapter 3: War at the Door: Evolutionary Considerations of Warfare and Female Fighters.- Chapter 4: Politics and Social Substitution in Total War: Exploring the Treatment of Combatants and Noncombatants during the Mississippian Period of the Central Illinois Valley.- Chapter 5: When Elites Wage War: Violence and Social Coercion along the Chaco Meridian.- Chapter 6: Caught in a Cataclysm: Effects of Pueblo Warfare on Noncombatants in the Northern Southwest.- Chapter 7: The Poetics of Annihilation: On the Presence of Women and Children at Massacre Sites in the Ancient Southwest.- Chapter 8: Army Healthcare for Sable Soldiers during the American Civil War.- Chapter 9: Potential Applications of Public Health Tools to Bioarchaeological Datasets: The 'Dirty War Index' and the Biological Costs of Armed Conflict for Children.- Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Deeper You Dig, the Dirtier it Gets.