Human Identities in the Archaeological Record: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Late Antiquity to the...

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Annamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland) Daniela Marcu-Istrate (Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology, Romania)

Human Identities in the Archaeological Record

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ISBN: 9781350536241

Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Late Antiquity to the Modern Period

Annamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland), Daniela Marcu-Istrate (Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology, Romania), Alice Toso (University of Bonn, Germany)

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Bloomsbury Academic
11 June 2026

Medieval European archaeology; Material culture; Human biology

Retracing the origin, development and survival of individual and collective identities in past human societies, this volume features a global and interdisciplinary range of case studies from Late Antiquity to the modern period covering a diversity of geographical and historical regions. The contributors delve into the archaeological record to detect not only biological and cultural affinity, but also evidence of diversity and ‘otherness’. Through the lens of burial customs, dietary habits, biocultural changes, paleopathological evidence, everyday objects, built remains and belief systems, this book highlights archaeology’s crucial role in unearthing, reconstructing and protecting long-established as well as forgotten – or even obliterated – identities, while also unveiling the recurrence of human values transcending space and time.

Organised by broad thematic sections, this collective body of work draws together perspectives from archaeology, bioarchaeology, zooarchaeology, forensic anthropology, archaeosciences, anthropology, historical archaeology and other disciplines. As a result, this book elucidates the importance of holistic approaches to the analysis of material culture and skeletal remains – often the only indisputable remnants of human survival and resilience.

Edited by: Annamaria Diana (Independent Scholar Ireland), Daniela Marcu-Istrate (Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology, Romania), Alice Toso (University of Bonn, Germany)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350536241
ISBN 10: 1350536245
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 11 June 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annamaria Diana is a bioarchaeologist and independent researcher based in Ireland. Her work explores integrative approaches to the analysis of human skeletal remains, with a particular interest in bioarchaeological perspectives on past environmental and biocultural shifts and funerary taphonomy. Daniela Marcu-Istrate is Senior Researcher at the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology, Romania. Her work, including extensive archaeological excavations and numerous publications, has contributed vastly to the knowledge of medieval Central and Eastern Europe. Alice Toso is Assistant Professor in Bioarchaeology at the University of Bonn, Germany. Her research focuses on using anthropological and biomolecular methods to assess social inequality, health, nutrition and mobility patterns.