The Future of Bioarchaeology in Archaeology

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Future of Bioarchaeology in Archaeology," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This symposium, "The Future of Bioarchaeology in Archaeology," is timed to coincide with the inaugural year of the Bioarchaeology Interest Group in the SAA. Little more than 40 years after the formal birth of the discipline, bioarchaeology is growing rapidly in theoretical foci, methods, and applications. The interest group, and its first sponsored symposium, aim to bring together practitioners for an exploration of contemporary professional and scholarly issues that will pave the way for the discipline’s productive and relevant future. This symposium highlights new developments and recent research in bioarchaeology related to practice (e.g., public outreach and collaborations with stakeholder groups, ethical considerations, international perspectives from the Global North and South), engagement with social theory (e.g., identity, violence, materiality, disease and disability, embodiment, anti-colonialism), and broader applications in archaeology and beyond (e.g., forensic anthropology, mortuary archaeology, cultural resources management).