Fall 2017 - Bioarchaeology of Childhood: Perspectived and Insights from the South American Andes
Saturday, October 7 SC119 1:15 PM
Dr. Deborah Blom has undertaken field work in Mesoamerica, Andean South America, and the U.S. She specializes in archaeology and biological anthropology and is interested in the study of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts. She received her B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Houston and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. She joined the Anthropology faculty at the University of Vermont in 1998. Currently, Blom focuses her research in South American Andean regions of Peru and Bolivia, addressing questions of health and nutrition, diversity, identity, colonization, and migration within ancient Tiwanaku society, as well as earlier and later developments. These pursuits have led to publications and conference papers on human sacrifice, mortuary ritual, population movement, health and diet, social complexity, trade, and human body modification as a means of expressing identity.
Spring 2017 - FROM WOMB TO TOMB? DISRUPTING THE NARRATIVE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE FEMALE BODY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 SC 119 2:30 PM
Dr. Pamela Stone is the director of the FPR-HC Culture, Brain, and Development Program at Hampshire College. She Received her B.A. at Hampshire College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Anthropology. She has worked at the Smithsonian Museum and the American Museum of Natural History, as well as teaching at Western Michigan University and the University of Massachusetts.
Fall 2016 - ҪATALHÖYÜK: THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE IN A NEOLITHIC COMMUNITY
Friday, October 28 Mount Carmel Auditorium 12pm
Clark Larsen is Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Chair of Anthropology at The Ohio State University. He directs various research programs in the U.S., Turkey, & Italy, as well as the Global History of Health Project. He wrote Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Behavior from Human Skeleton, as well as an introductory textbook to biological anthropology and 190+ peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
Spring 2016 - From Case Studies to Cases of Studies: The Impact Mummy Database of CT Studies of Egyptian Mummies
Thursday, March 3 Mount Carmel Auditorium 6:30pm
Prof. Andrew Nelson from the University of Western Ontario. He is a professor in the Department of Anthropology, and was recently the Associate Dean of Research and Operations for the Faculty of Social Science. Prof Nelson, whose primary research interest is bioarchaeology, has worked extensively in Peru, looking at the interactions between culture and biology and patterns of health and disease. In addition, he is an expert in the use of radiography, CT scanning and laser scanning to analyze ancient remains non-destructively. His work has focused on imaging Egyptian and Peruvian mummies, as well as archaeological artifacts. This work has culminated in the production of the IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database, an international and multi-institutional collaborative mummy database that has transformed research on mummies and the ways in which health and disease are explored in these uniquely preserved groups.
Fall 2015 - Bones of Arabia: Using Chemistry and Archaeology to Explore Human Interaction and Identity
Thursday, November 12 Mount Carmel Auditorium 6:30pm
Dr. Lesley Gregoricka is a bioarchaeologist and Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work at the Univ. of South Alabama. She received her B.A. from Univ. of Notre Dame and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State Univ. Dr. Gregoricka uses biogeochemical techniques to examine changing patterns of human mobility, mortuary practices, paleodiet, and social complexity in the Near East and Arabia, and deviant “vampire” burials in Eastern Europe.
Spring 2015 - 50 Ways to Hide (and Uncover!) a Body: Tales of a Forensic Anthropologist
Thursday, April 23 Buckman Theater 1pm
Dr Kristen Harnett is a board certified forensic anthropologist at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Farmington, CT, where she performs forensic anthropological casework and scene response. Prior to her employment in CT, she was the assistant director of forensic anthropology at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City. While in NYC, Dr. Harnett was active in casework and scene response and participated in the recent recovery and identification efforts at the World Trade Center.
Fall 2014 - CT Of Royal Ancient Egyptian Mummies: An Approach to Study
Monday, December 8 Mount Carmel Auditorium 6pm
With a Master’s degree and Medical Doctorate in Radiology,Sahar Saleem has a specialinterest in paleopathology--the study of diseases in archaeology.Professor Saleem has had the honor of unlocking the mysteries ofAncient Egypt in her recent study on mummies of Pharoahs and Queens of Ancient Egypt byusing multi-detector CTas part of the Egyptian Mummy Project of The Supreme Council of Antiquity in Egypt.