Fun Facts About Skeletons 2019
It’s back to school time and I thought it would be great to kick off the year with some fun facts about human bones. Let’s jump right in! Human adult skeletons are [...]
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Part Three of the Black History Month Series: From NYC to St. Helena, the Graves of African Diaspora Speak
This is part three (final) of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. Sorry, it was [...]
Black History Series Pt. 1: Where is St. Helena Island and What does it have to do with the Slave Trade?
The Royal Navy began to police the water for ships filled with enslaved people en route to the Caribbean and the Americas. Some of these ships were made to turn back, but they all didn’t go back to the original port. [...]
Announcement: Black History Series: From NYC to St. Helena- The Bones That Hold Our Past
Because World Anthropology Day and Black History Month occur in the same month, and I wanted to spend some time talking about a topic I love (re: that February holiday day [...]
Tales From The Grave: Sacralization of the Lumbar
This is a small series that will focus on some of the types of trauma, pathology and degeneration I examined will at the Odyssey Field School in Cyprus. Please note that the [...]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Forensic Anthropology In a Cypriot Ossuary
I’m super excited to write this post because it means I did something really cool! I originally had this scheduled to post two weeks after I returned, but I wanted to [...]
“And something inside me just…broke”: I Wasn’t Alright, and it was Okay
“And something inside me just...broke." I saw that quote somewhere and understood it deeply. [...]
