Engaged Bioarchaeology Papers

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  • AzBAD: Arizona Biological Affiliation Database (2016)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rachael Byrd. James Watson.

    The Arizona Biological Affiliation Database (AzBAD) is a catalog of comparative cranial morphometric data designed to provide an additional tool for assessing cultural affiliation in compliance with state (ARS §41-844/865) or federal (NAGPRA) legislation and facilitate repatriation of human remains to descendant communities. This information is used to create comparative samples that encompass the variability inherent in ancient ancestral populations. Measurements from crania of individuals...

  • The New Mexico Bioarchaeology Consortium: Building the Metadata and Creating the Gateways for Future Research (2016)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann L. W. Stodder. Heather JH Edgar. Nancy Akins. Kathy Durand Gore.

    Human remains from archaeological sites in New Mexico have been studied since the 1870s, but much of the information is hidden in report appendices and filing cabinets – unsynthesized, underutilized. This inaccessibility impedes research on the biological histories of people in a region with one of the most abundant and detailed archaeological records in the world. The purpose of the Consortium is to create, grow, and maintain a virtual gateway to repositories of bioarchaeological resources...

  • An Overview of the Human Remains from La Villa: Mortuary Programs, Paleopathology, and Possible Ritualized Use (2016)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Michael Fink. lorrie lincoln-babb. Korri Dee Turner.

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