Autor: Kathryn M. Baustian

Anna Osterholtz is a Ph D Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Her bioarchaeological research interests include the health consequences of trade, migration and interaction and the social role of violence.  She has worked extensively with commingled and fragmentary collections from around the world.  Kathryn Baustian is a Ph D Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her research interests include bioarchaeological investigations focused on ancient social organization and the biological effects of culture change. She is also interested in forensic anthropology and the interpretation of violence in ancient and modern settings. Debra L. Martin is Lincy Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Her interests include bioarchaeological approaches to understanding social processes that produce and reproduce poor health and violence within culturally defined and marginalized subgroups.