Tag Archives: Human Osteology

New Blog: Mortuary Archaeology of the Râmeț Bronze Age Landscape

Posted on July 22, 2017 by JB

In my last post, I promised an update regarding my latest bioarchaeological endeavours. The twist is that the update won’t come on this blog. As you may recall, I spent about ten days in October gallivanting about the Apuseni mountains, with … Continue reading →

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Bioarchaeology Outreach Activities

Posted on November 25, 2015 by JB

A few weeks ago the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History hosted Archaeology Day, a biannual event during which local middle school classes visit the museum and participate in different activity stations scattered throughout the building. This year, Abagail Breidenstein … Continue reading →

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Part of the Family: Age, Identity and Burial in Copper Age Iberia

Posted on November 10, 2015 by JB

I don’t spend a vast amount of time on the blog talking about my own bioarchaeological research in Iberia, in part because it already consumes so much of the rest of my life, and in part because it is rarely an … Continue reading →

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How to identify and side parietal bones

Posted on November 14, 2014 by JB

When analyzing human bones (or taking your first osteology course), you will occasionally be presented with bags brimming with large numbers of cranial fragments that you are tasked with sorting, identifying and siding. When I took my first intensive osteology course, … Continue reading →

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Pop Culture Osteology: The Blacklist

Posted on October 4, 2014 by JB

I left the U.S. just before a number of the TV shows that I watch (e.g., anything that streams for free on Hulu) concluded their first seasons, meaning that I departed the country while at least three different plot lines had … Continue reading →

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Gotta hand it to you: identifying manual and pedal phalanges

Posted on June 4, 2014 by JB

At the AAPAs, the Bone Clones table was handing out free phalanx keychains, and when I received mine I had to double-check whether it was manual or pedal. This led me to review White and Folkens’ section on the phalanges, … Continue reading →

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