"Broken Childhoods: Rural and Urban Non-Adult Health during the Industrial Revolution in Northern England (Eighteenth–Nineteenth Centuries)" mentioned in "The Conversation"

2020-07-14

The Conversation piece, "Child Malnutrition: Lessons from the Victorian Age" mentions "Broken Childhoods," authored by Rebecca L. Gowland, Anwen Caffell, Sophie Newman, Alysa Levene, and Malin Holst. This study presents the first direct comparison of the bioarchaeological evidence for non-adult health from contemporaneous urban and rural sites from the north of England. These skeletons "provide a biographical account of social injustice, which ravaged their bodies and led to their untimely deaths." 

The full article may be found here: https://doi.org/10.5744/bi.2018.1015.

"Equality after Death: The Dissection of the Female Body for Anatomical Education in Nineteenth-Century England" featured in Forbes

2019-05-31

Forbes features research by Drs. Jenna Dittmar and Piers Mitchell that has been recently published in Bioarchaeology International.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2019/05/30/archaeologists-discover-how-womens-bodies-were-dissected-in-victorian-england/#2e492d339416

"Burying the Karrer: A Case Study Exploration of the Mercenary Regiment at the Eighteenth-Century Fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia" featured in Forbes

2018-09-10

Forbes features research from an excavation at the Fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, that has been recently published in Bioarchaeology International.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/09/07/3-strange-buttons-help-archaeologists-identify-18th-century-skeleton-as-foreign-born-soldier/#1d9f419e27bf

"Facilitating Transitions: Postmortem Processing of the Dead at the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex, Ireland (3500–3000 cal. B.C.)" featured in the Leitrim Observer

2017-09-14

The Leitrim Observer features research from the University of Otago, published in Bioarchaeology International Volume 1, Numbers 1–2. 

http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/270428/secrets-of-ancient-irish-burial-practices-revealed.html

"Facilitating Transitions: Postmortem Processing of the Dead at the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex, Ireland (3500–3000 cal. B.C.)" featured in ScienceDaily

2017-08-08

ScienceDaily features research from the University of Otago, published in Bioarchaeology International Volume 1, Numbers 1–2. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170803103125.htm

First Issue Published

2017-06-30