Bioarchaeology

Facilities for bioarchaeological study available at ASU include those appropriate for gross skeletal and dental observations, histological study and biochemical and biomolecular research. Current research interests of core faculty include health and disease, heritage, ethnicity and identity, ritual and ideology, paleodiet, forensic anthropology and residential mobility. School faculty presently work throughout the Americas and in Africa and the circum-Mediterranean region. 

The Center for Bioarchaeological Research is situated within the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and includes faculty drawn from the school, along with affiliated faculty from across ASU and elsewhere. The center includes the Archaeological Chemistry Laboratory, 1,000+ square feet of newly renovated laboratory space dedicated to archaeological sample preparation.

Key Faculty:

• Brenda Baker
• Jane Buikstra
• Christopher Carr
• Kelly Knudson
• Margaret Nelson
• Rachel Scott
• Katherine Spielmann
• Christopher Stojanowski