- Bioarchaeology Lab
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Students in Osteology baked a skull cake as a study aid, although it did not last too long.
Skeletons from the Archaic through Historic periods occasionally show signs of warfare-related trauma.
Dr. Milner is excavating an ancient burial at Mendes in the Egyptian delta. This work was conducted as part of Donald Redford’s project in CAMS.
Undergraduate and graduate students receive training and conduct their own research in the lab.
Working with George Chaplin, the size of the population of eastern North America at c. AD 1500 was estimated from a density surface created by interpolating from population concentrations identified through the use of archaeological materials. Some areas were more heavily occupied (dark) than others (light), with a large part of the Midwest being depopulated relative to land elsewhere.
Research