Twenty-first century bioarchaeology: Taking stock and moving forward

Jane E Buikstra¹, Sharon N DeWitte², Sabrina C Agarwal³, Brenda J Baker¹, Eric J Bartelink⁴, Elizabeth Berger⁵, Kelly E Blevins⁶, Katelyn Bolhofner⁷, Alexis T Boutin⁸, Megan B Brickley⁹, Michele R Buzon¹⁰, Carlina de la Cova², Lynne Goldstein¹¹, Rebecca Gowland⁶, Anne L Grauer¹², Lesley A Gregoricka¹³, Siân E Halcrow¹⁴, Sarah A Hall¹, Simon Hillson¹⁵, Ann M Kakaliouras¹⁶, Haagen D Klaus¹⁷, Kelly J Knudson¹, Christopher J Knüsel¹⁸, Clark Spencer Larsen¹⁹, Debra L Martin²⁰, George R Milner²¹, Mario Novak²², Kenneth C Nystrom²³, Sofía I Pacheco-Forés²⁴, Tracy L Prowse⁹, Gwen Robbins Schug²⁵, Charlotte A Roberts⁶, Jessica E Rothwell¹, Ana Luisa Santos²⁶, Christopher Stojanowski¹, Anne C Stone¹, Kyra E Stull²⁷, Daniel H Temple¹⁷, Christina M Torres²⁸, J Marla Toyne²⁹, Tiffiny A Tung³⁰, Jaime Ullinger³¹, Karin Wiltschke-Schrotta³², Sonia R Zakrzewski³³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Bioarchaeological Research, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
² Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, UK.
⁷ School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
⁸ Department of Anthropology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, USA.
⁹ Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
¹¹ Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
¹² Department of Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹³ Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
¹⁵ Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Anthropology, Whittier College, Whittier, California, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
¹⁸ Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, MC, PACEA, UMR5199, F-33615, Pessac, France.
¹⁹ Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
²⁰ Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
²¹ Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
²² Center for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
²³ Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, USA.
²⁴ Department of Anthropology, Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
²⁵ Environmental Health Program, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
²⁶ Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
²⁷ Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada, USA.
²⁸ Department of Anthropology and Heritage Studies, University of California, Merced, USA, and Instituto de Arqueología y Antropología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
²⁹ Department of Anthropology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
³⁰ Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
³¹ Bioanthropology Research Institute, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
³² Department of Anthropology, Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³³ Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

PMID: 36790761
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24494

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Twenty-first century bioarchaeology: Taking stock and moving forward

Jane E Buikstra et al. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2022 Aug.

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. 2022 Aug:178 Suppl 74:54-114.

doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24494. Epub 2022 Mar 22.

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Affiliations

¹ Center for Bioarchaeological Research, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
² Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, UK.
⁷ School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
⁸ Department of Anthropology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, USA.
⁹ Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
¹¹ Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
¹² Department of Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹³ Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
¹⁵ Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Anthropology, Whittier College, Whittier, California, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
¹⁸ Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, MC, PACEA, UMR5199, F-33615, Pessac, France.
¹⁹ Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
²⁰ Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
²¹ Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
²² Center for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
²³ Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, USA.
²⁴ Department of Anthropology, Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
²⁵ Environmental Health Program, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
²⁶ Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
²⁷ Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada, USA.
²⁸ Department of Anthropology and Heritage Studies, University of California, Merced, USA, and Instituto de Arqueología y Antropología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
²⁹ Department of Anthropology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
³⁰ Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
³¹ Bioanthropology Research Institute, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
³² Department of Anthropology, Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³³ Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

PMID: 36790761
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24494

Abstract

This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled "Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward," which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6-8, 2020. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (ASU), and the Center for Bioarchaeological Research (CBR, ASU), the Workshop's overall goal was to explore reasons why research proposals submitted by bioarchaeologists, both graduate students and established scholars, fared disproportionately poorly within recent NSF Anthropology Program competitions and to offer advice for increasing success. Therefore, this Workshop comprised 43 international scholars and four advanced graduate students with a history of successful grant acquisition, primarily from the United States. Ultimately, we focused on two related aims: (1) best practices for improving research designs and training and (2) evaluating topics of contemporary significance that reverberate through history and beyond as promising trajectories for bioarchaeological research. Among the former were contextual grounding, research question/hypothesis generation, statistical procedures appropriate for small samples and mixed qualitative/quantitative data, the salience of Bayesian methods, and training program content. Topical foci included ethics, social inequality, identity (including intersectionality), climate change, migration, violence, epidemic disease, adaptability/plasticity, the osteological paradox, and the developmental origins of health and disease. Given the profound changes required globally to address decolonization in the 21st century, this concern also entered many formal and informal discussions.

Keywords: climate change; ethics; graduate curriculum; identity; infectious disease; migration; violence.

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