Andreana Cunningham

Andreana Cunningham
Boston University | BU · Department of Anthropology

Doctor of Philosophy

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Biocultural approaches are instrumental to the evolution of forensic anthropology, and this practice must first reckon with its own violences before it can ethically address structural violence at large. We take up the issue of coerced migrations of Caribbean populations and forensic practice at the southern border of the United States, to problema...
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Archival analyses add crucial context to estimations of health in bioarchaeological research, particularly for decedents whose social positionalities are unique in the skeletal record. To that end, qualitative text analysis enables novel interpretation of salient themes in archival data. This study compared osteological and archival indicators of h...
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Abstract: The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was a system of mass forced migrations that occurred through the 15th-19th centuries. While the myriad slavery-based economies across the Atlantic were united by this shared history of displacement, the modes of reinforcing enslavement differed considerably across enslavement contexts. This study explores th...
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The hyoid contributes to a range of functional behaviors such as breathing, swallowing, and vocalization. Among nonhuman primates, hyoid morphology and position show taxonomic differences. For example, cercopithecoid hyoids are more anatomically constrained than hominoid hyoids, which may influence their morphology. While most of the existing liter...
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The Trans-Atlantic slave trade instigated systemic rupture that resulted in the widespread geographical and cultural dispersal of peoples of African descent, known as the African diaspora. These patterns of forced migration have also impacted genetic distribution, demonstrated in the morphological diversity in historic skeletal collections. This st...
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Abstract: Trans-Atlantic slave trade migrations instigated processes of systematic rupture that led to the widespread geographical dispersion of African descent peoples. The skeletal diversity observed in African descendants is reflective of this history, and its study through geometric morphometrics provides a useful means of tracing migration-bou...
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Abstract: The skeletal framework for the vocal tract in non-human primates provides a functional model for interpreting differences in vocal behavior. Previous studies have shown that ontogeny substantially influences vocal tract morphology, but this work has focused primarily on the position of the larynx rather than on the structure of the hyoid...
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Abstract: Vocal tract morphology varies throughout non-human primate taxa, directly impacting sound productions that are unique both to species and to individuals. Previous studies have compared whole vocal apparatuses or hyoids in order to contextualize the vocal tract in relation to body size, or the morphological differences across taxa. Howeve...
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Abstract: A skeletal series of Chinese immigrant salmon cannery workers were excavated in 1931 in Kodiak Island, AK, under the direction of Ales Hrdlička. One of the aims of the biocultural investigation of this series was to explore the relationship of skeletal taphonomy with burial practices. Observed in this investigation was a variety of staini...
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Abstract: A skeletal series of Chinese immigrant salmon cannery workers were excavated in 1931 in Kodiak Island, AK, under the direction of Ales Hrdlička. During the bioarchaeological investigation of this series, numerous skeletal anomalies, as well as traumatic and infectious conditions, were identified. There was a noticeably high incidence of n...

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