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Bioarchaeological Analyses and Bodies pp 231–242Cite as

Conclusion: Challenging the Narrative

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The contributions to this volume explore the boundaries of bioarchaeology, challenging narratives that have influenced our discipline – the role and position of women in the past, how we communicate our results, our engagement with political/social issues, the nature of the relationship between researcher and research subject/object, and the structural inequality in the discipline itself. In their contributions, the authors provide examples of new ways of investigating and discussing the past grounded in a critical and self-reflective perspective.

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I thank Pamela Stone for inviting me to contribute to this volume and to the authors for their thought-provoking work – it is a special privilege to have the opportunity to comment on work authored by people I respect and whose work I find inspirational.

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Nystrom, K.C. (2018). Conclusion: Challenging the Narrative. In: Stone, P. (eds) Bioarchaeological Analyses and Bodies. Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71114-0_12

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