Jane Ellen Buikstra | |
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Nationality | American |
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Thesis | Hopewell in the Lower Illinois River Valley: A Regional Approach to the Study of Biological Variability and Mortuary Activity (1972) |
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Forensic science |
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Jane Ellen Buikstra (born 1945) is an American anthropologist and bioarchaeologist.[1][2][3] Her 1977 article on the biological dimensions of archaeology coined and defined the field of bioarchaeology in the US as the application of biological anthropological methods to the study of archaeological problems.[4] Throughout her career, she has authored over 20 books and 150 articles.[5] Buikstra's current research focuses on an analysis of the Phaleron cemetery near Athens, Greece.[6][7]