1. On the tail end of variation in late Neolithic burial practices: Halaf feasting and cannibalism at Domuztepe, Southeastern Anatolia / Suellen C. Gauld, James S. Oliver, Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Elizabeth Carter -- 2. An exploration of infant burial practices at the site of Kish, Iraq / Christina Torres-Rouff and William J. Pestle -- 3. The burial customs of early Christian Cyprus: a bioarchaeological approach / Sherry C. Fox, Ioanna Moutafi, Eleni Anna Prevedorou, and Despo Pilides -- 4. A bioarchaeological perspective on the burials and basilicas of medieval Polis, Cyprus / Brenda J. Baker and Amy papalexandrou -- 5. Condemned to metallum? Illuminating life at the Byzantine mining camp at Phaeno in Jordan -- Megan A. Perry, Drew S. Coleman, David L. Dettman, and Abdel Halim al-Shiyab -- 6. Food for thought: isotopic evidence for dietary and weaning practices in a Byzantine urban monastery in Jerusalem / Lesley A. Gregoricka and Susan Guise Sheridan -- 7. Buccal dental microwear as an indicator of dietary habits of the Natufian people of el-Wad and el-Kebarah / Mohammad Alrousan and Alejandro Prez-Prez -- 8. Daily activity and lower limb modification at Bab Edh-Dhra{ha}, Jordan, in the early Bronze Age -- Jaime M. Ullinger, Susan G. Sheridan, and Donald J. Ortner.