Abstract This thesis examines the relationships between two collections of human remains from different socioeconomic statuses in New Kingdom Abydos, Egypt, based on an analysis of five dental pathologies. The expectations were for the higher status collection to have higher levels of calculus and caries, whereas the lower status population was expected to have higher levels of wear, more abscesses and a greater percentage of teeth lost ante-mortem. The data for this study was gathered using...

Abstract Nevis is a Caribbean island in the British West Indies that steeped [sic] in history and cultural tradition. Nevisians value their culture and make efforts to preserve their traditions, including bush medicine, in the face for globalization. The project focuses on the specific cultural practice, bush medicine. Bush medicine in Nevis is the use of wild plants in various ways to treat disease or illness. For many Nevisians, bush medicine is their first line...

Abstract My research explores how discourse and the subjectivities of practitioners and patients are (re)created through the biomedical lens. It draws on ethnographic fieldwork done in New Jersey, which focuses on the importance of each group's roles and identities within both biomedical and alternative healing practices. This research examines the interactions between both patients and doctors and how these interactions shape identity through constructs such as power and knowledge. I specially...