<p>Chapter 1. Introduction to the Bioarchaeology of Urbanization (Sharon N. DeWitte and Tracy K. Betsinger).- Part I: Early Urban Centers.- Chapter 2. Changing People, Changing Settlements? A Perspective on Urbanization from Roman Britain (Rebecca C. Redfern).- Chapter 3. Ritual, Urbanism and the Everyday: Mortuary Behavior in the Indus Civilization (Gwen Robbins Schug).- Chapter 4. Urbanization and Parasitism: Archaeoparisitology of South Korea (Dong Hoon Shin, Min Seo, Sang-Yuck Shim, Jong Ha Hong and Jieun Kim).- Part II Medieval and Post-medieval Cities.- Chapter 5. Dietary Variation in an Urbanizing City: A Temporal Analysis of Diet in Late Medieval London Using Stable Isotopes (Brittany S. Walter, Sharon N. DeWitte, Tosha Dupras and Julia Beaumont).- Chapter 6. Bioarchaeological Aspects of the Early Stage of Urbanization in Sigtuna, Sweden (Anna Kjellström_.- Chapter 7. Markets and Mycobacteria: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Influence of Urbanization on Leprosy and TuberculosisPrevalence in Denmark (AD 1200-1536) (K. Saige Kelmelis, Vicki R.L. Kristensen, Mette Alexandersen and Dorthe Dangvard Pedersen).- Chapter 8. The Bioarchaeology of Urbanization in Denmark (Julia A. Gamble).- Chapter 9. Frailty, Survivorship, and Stress in Medieval Poland: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Populations (Tracy K. Betsinger, Sharon N. DeWitte, Amanda M. Agnew and Hedy Justus).- Chapter 10. Urban-Rural Differences in Respiratory Tract Infections in Medieval and Early Modern Polish Subadult Samples (Marta Krenz-Niedbała and Sylwia Łukasik).- Part III: Premodern and Industrial Cities.- Chapter 11. Colonial Urbanism: A Comparative Exploration of Skeletal Stress in the Two Eighteenth Century North American Colonies (Amy B. Scott, Marie Danforth, Sarah MacInnes, Nicole Hughes and Mattia Fonzo).- Chapter 12. Eighteenth Century Urban Growth and Parasites at the Fotress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada (Mattia Fonzo, Amy B. Scott and Mike Duffy).- Chapter 13. Exploring Patterns of Appositional Growth Amongst Urban Children (Rachel Ives and Louise Humphrey).- Chapter 14. Childhood Morbidity and Mortality in Europe’s Industrial Era (Sarah C. Reedy).- Chapter 15. Respiratory Stress at the Periphery of Industrial-Era London: Insight from Parishes Within and Outside the City (Derek A. Boyd).- Chapter 16. Is the Pen Mightier Than the Sword? Exploring Urban and Rural Health in Victorian England and Wales Using the Registrar General Reports (Gillian Crane-Kramer and Jo Buckberry).- Chapter 17. The Nabataean Urban Experiment and Dental Disease and Childhood Stress (Megan Perry and Alysha Lieurance).- Chapter 18. Reconstructed Weaning Ages in Urbanized Cities of Premodern Japan: Insight into the Relationship Between Employment and Fertility (Takumi Tsutaya, Yukari Kakinuma and Minoru Yoneda).- Chapter 19. "What Lies Beneath Those Urban Settings? The Value of Bioarchaeology in Understanding the Complexities of Urban Health and Well-Being" (Charlotte Ann Roberts).- Index.</p>
