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Department of Anthropology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
N6A 5C2Office: Room 3314, SSC
Telephone: (519) 661-2111 Ext. 85091
Fax: (519) 661-2157
E-mail
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I am a bioarchaeologist who uses chemical (stable isotopic) and forensic
analysis of human skeletal and mummified remains to construct life histories
of disease, diet, physical activity, environment and geographical
relocations on both individual and populations scales. This way of
putting the flesh back on ancient people allows the reconstruction of living
conditions, social structure, political and economic behaviour, migration,
colonization, warfare, and marriage patterns. My research addresses major
archaeological issues primarily in Latin and North America, the Nile Valley,
Western Europe and the North Atlantic, but also helps us to understand the
role that environmental change, socio-political upheavals, and technological
revolutions have played in the history of human health, nutrition and
population growth.
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