Bioarchaeology International provides rigorous peer-reviewed publication of substantive articles in the growing field of bioarchaeology. This vibrant, interdisciplinary field of study cross-cuts biological anthropology, archaeology, and social theory to situate past peoples within their biological, cultural, and environmental circumstances. Bioarchaeology emphasizes not only the study of human remains but the integrative analysis and interpretation of their context, including the archaeological, socio-cultural and political milieu, and environmental setting. Bioarchaeologists use both state-of-the-art methodological innovation and theory to investigate a diversity of questions.
The goal of this journal is to publish research articles, brief reports, and invited commentary essays that are contextually and theoretically informed and explore the human condition and ways in which human remains and their funerary contexts can provide unique insight on variation, behavior and lifestyle of past people and communities. Submissions from around the globe using varying scales of analysis that focus on theoretical and methodological issues in the field are encouraged.
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Current Issue
Vol. 8 No. 3-4 (2024)
Research Articles
Physical Impairment or Disability?
Three Cases of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip from Grote Kerk, Alkmaar, the Netherlands (A.D. 1716–1830)
163–181
AbstractDisability is part of the human experience, yet until recently, the lived experiences of individuals affected by physical impairment have been...
Forgotten Children
The Fetal and Infant Skeletal Remains of the W. D. Trotter Anatomy Museum, New Zealand
182–215
AbstractFetal and infant skeletal remains in anatomical collections remain an underutilized yet important source of information on the interactions of...
Special Section: Bioarchaeology of Climate Change
Exploring the Evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi and the Emergence of Chagas Disease in the Context of Environmental Change
Applying the Stockholm Paradigm to Archaeoparasitology (Part I)
216–230
AbstractThe Stockholm Paradigm is an evolutionary synthesis that explains the emergence of novel pathogens in the context of environmental disturbances....
Documenting the Presence of Chagas Disease in Prehistoric North America
Applying the Stockholm Paradigm to Archaeoparasitology (Part II)
231–247
AbstractThe DAMA protocol (Document, Assess, Monitor, Act) is the applied aspect of the Stockholm Paradigm. Evidence from archaeology and history of...
Desert Dust and City Smoke
Investigating the Impact of Urbanization and Aridification on the Prevalence of Pulmonary/ Pleural Inflammation in the Middle Nile Valley (2500 B.C. to 1500 A.D.)
248–269
AbstractThis study investigates the impact of urbanization and aridification on prevalence rates of lower respiratory tract disease in archaeological...
Resilience and Climate Instability at the Beginning of the Middle Horizon (550–800 A.D.)
An Analysis of Violent Trauma in Huaca 20 (Peruvian Central Coast)
270–292
AbstractThis article presents a study of the relationship between violence and climate stress in the Lima culture, a pre-Hispanic society of the...