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Bioarchaeology

Bioarchaeology is the archaeological analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites employing biological and anthropological methods to reconstruct past human health, subsistence, demography, and social organization.

8.9K

Publications

517.6K

Citations

19.8K

Authors

4.1K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.9K

Variants

Osteoarchaeology

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Publications

8.9K

The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences.

Francesca Moore, Michel Foucault · Man · 1971 · 8.1K citations

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Standards for Data Collection from Human Skeletal Remains

Jane E. Buikstra, Douglas H. Ubelaker · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1994 · 3.9K citations

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Postmortem preservation and alteration of in vivo bone collagen isotope ratios in relation to palaeodietary reconstruction

Michael J. DeNiro · Nature · 1985 · 2.4K citations

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Palynology: Principles and Applications

Thomas Servais, Jan Jansonius, D C McGregor · Micropaleontology · 1997 · 2.2K citations

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Chronological metamorphosis of the auricular surface of the ilium: A new method for the determination of adult skeletal age at death

C. Owen Lovejoy, Richard S. Meindl, Thomas R. Pryzbeck et al. · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1985 · 1.9K citations

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Authors

19.8K

  1. MP
    Michael P. Richards

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    93 publications · 8.2K citations

    49

    h-index

  2. RH
    R.E.M. Hedges

    Oxford Archaeology, United Kingdom

    59 publications · 7.8K citations

    40

    h-index

  3. RP
    Richard P. Evershed

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    46 publications · 5.4K citations

    36

    h-index

  4. MJ
    Matthew J. Collins

    University of York, United Kingdom

    54 publications · 4K citations

    35

    h-index

  5. TH
    Thomas Higham

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    55 publications · 5.4K citations

    34

    h-index

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Institutions

4.1K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    80 h-index

    1.2K publications

    64.2K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    74 h-index

    538 publications

    46.5K citations

  3. Oxford Archaeology

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    74 h-index

    475 publications

    36.1K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    66 h-index

    498 publications

    43.2K citations

  5. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    61 h-index

    320 publications

    23.6K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    58 h-index

    300 publications

    22.2K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    57 h-index

    240 publications

    24.2K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    57 h-index

    271 publications

    26.8K citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    714 publications · 57.5K citations

    112

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  2. Journal of Archaeological Science

    484 publications · 42.8K citations

    112

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 216 publications · 24.8K citations

    88

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  4. PLoS ONE

    218 publications · 12.9K citations

    64

    h-index

  5. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 147 publications · 12K citations

    64

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See also

Bioarchaeology

Core Methods

Health Indicators

Diet Reconstruction

Demographic Patterns

Social Organization