Bioarchaeology
Overview
Bioarchaeology has a unique concentration of expertise in human palaeoecology and environmental archaeology, with internationally recognised strengths in plant remains, mammals and birds, insects, molluscs, soils, proteins, lipids and DNA.
BioArCh is a collaborative research facility formed by the Archaeology, Biology and Chemistry Departments and is located within the Biology Department on the Heslington West campus.
Research has been conducted in protohistoric and historic contexts, with new staff appointments adding biomolecular and prehistoric themes, forging stronger and more diverse links between laboratory and field.
The arrival of the HYMS Functional Morphology and Evolution unit has added skills in primate and human anatomy to our range of expertise, ably supported by three Emeritus Professors. It is also setting up new challenges for our understanding of the interplay of ontogenetic patterning and physical loading in skeletal morphology.
Members
- Prof. Geoff Bailey
- Prof. Don Brothwell
- Prof. Terry O'Connor
- Prof. Matthew Collins
- Prof Michi Hofreiter
- Oliver Craig
- Allan Hall
- Malin Holst
- Harry Kenward
- Paul Lane
- Nicky Milner
- Michelle Mundee
- Kirsty Penkman
- Kevin Walsh
- Stephen Buckley
- Beatrice Demarchi
- André Colonese
- Ashley Coutu
- Lisa-Marie Shillito
- Karine Taché
- Matthew Meredith-Williams
- Jen Harland
- Joann Fletcher
- Tom Gilbert