This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled “Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and
Moving Forward,” which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6–8, 2020 …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

Offering a centennial perspective of paleopathology is a daunting task. Not only has much
changed since the inception of the AJPA in 1918, but prior reviews by Angel (1981) …

Bioarchaeology is fraught with profound ethical quandaries, yet it has lagged behind the
larger discipline of anthropology in the development of ethical principles and a professional …

The remains of Romito 2 (probable male, 17–20 years) date to around 11,000 BP and
represent the earliest known case of chondrodystrophic dwarfism (acromesomelic …

Osteological collections are an essential source of information on human biological and
cultural variability, providing insights about developmental, evolutionary, and biocultural …

In a recent article, Pobst refers to bioarchaeologists as “grave‐robbing scientists,” a phrase
that negatively and inaccurately describes such researchers. This paper provides an …

For social, cultural, religious and political reasons the human remains may represent
powerful symbols with different meanings that changed over time among the different …

The modern manifestation of mummy studies began to take shape in the 1970s and has
experienced significant growth during the last several decades, largely due to biomedical …

In their research on the skeletal remains of human populations, bioarchaeologists can face
formidable ethical challenges when they attempt to balance the concerns of descendant …