Recent Advances in Bioarchaeological Research across the Asia-Indo-Pacific Regions

Convenors:
 
Rebecca Kinaston (University of Otago, New Zealand. rebecca.kinaston@gmail.com)
Charlotte King (University of Otago, New Zealand. charlotte.king@otago.ac.nz)
Melanie Miller (University of Otago, New Zealand.melanie.miller@otago.ac.nz)
Monica Tromp (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany. tromp.monica@gmail.com)
Anna Willis (James Cook University, Australia. anna.willis1@jcu.edu.au)
 
Panel Abstract:
 
Bioarchaeology is a rapidly developing field in the Asia-Pacific region. Through the direct analysis of human remains, bioarchaeologists are producing human stories. Researchers can build models of human biosocial change when bioarchaeological information is combined with other lines of evidence from archaeological, linguistic and ethnographic records. The incorporation of cutting-edge techniques (such as aDNA, proteomics and isotopic analysis), with more established osteological techniques allow bioarchaeologists to address the ‘big questions’ surrounding human migrations, histories of disease, development of social hierarchy and inequality, and subsistence change. This session will bring together bioarchaeologists from different regions and time periods to discuss emerging trends within their areas of research.
 
Number of talks:  28
 
Number of 90-minute blocks required: 4
 
In the pages following we present the abstracts submitted to us by our participants, and provisional titles from others who have confirmed their involvement but have not had the time to submit their abstracts to us. Currently they are in no particular order, running order will be decided upon when/if the panel is accepted.