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- Marianas Bioarchaeology - Research and discussion on the prehistory and bioarchaeology of the Mariana Islands of the Western Pacific. Includes newsletters, reports, abstracts, bibliographies and links.
- Benfer, Robert A. - Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, Columbia whose main research focus has been on the bioarchaeology of the central coast and western flanks of the Andes.
- Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association - The topical focus of this organization is the excavation, curation, and analysis of human skeletal remains.
- D'Andrea, A. Catherine - Professor in the department of Archaeology. Research interests include palaeoethnobotany, bioarchaeology, subsistence reconstruction, ethnoarchaeology, and early agrarian societies of northern Africa and the Far East. Courses, research programs and publications.
- Beringa 2001 Bioarchaeology Project - An archaeology excavation aimed at recovering human skeletal remains and the associated cultural material so we may better understand the health status and lifeways of this valley's past inhabitants.
- Rose, Jerome - Profile of this University of Arkansas Professor. Research interests include the bioarchaeology of Ancient Egypt and Nubia and the area of developmental enamel defects and dental histology.
- Benfer, Robert - Detailed profile of this University of Missouri Professor. Research focus is the bioarchaeology of the central coast and western flanks of the Andes.
- Stojanowski, Christopher - Brief profile of this Florida State University Adjunct Professor. Research interests include skeletal biology, bioarchaeology, quantitative methods.
- Bioarchaeological References - A bibliography of papers on identifying and interpreting biological remains from archaeological sites in terms of human usage, biogeography, and paleoecology. Compiled by the Laboratory for Environmental Biology, a research division of the Centennial Museum.
- New Scientist: Ancient Ancestors had Tummy Bug Too - The stomach-infesting bacterium Helicobacter pylori has been living in humans for at least 11,000 years - much longer than previously thought, say US researchers.
Wikipedia Articles
- Bioarchaeology - The term bioarchaeology was first coined by British archaeologist Grahame Clark in 1972 as a reference to zooarchaeology, or the study of animal bones from archaeological sites. Redefined in 1977 by Jane Buikstra, bioarchaeology in the US now refers to the scientific study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites, a discipline known elsewhere as osteoarchaeology or palaeo-osteology.
- Jane E. Buikstra - Jane Ellen Buikstra (1945–) is a prominent American anthropologist and bioarchaeologist. She is credited with coining and defining bioarchaeology in the US as the application of biological anthropological methods to the study of archaeological problems.