Jane E. Buikstra
Regents' Professor of Bioarchaeology
Director, Center for Bioarchaeological Research
Ph.D., Physical Anthropology, University of Chicago
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
SHESC Themes: Biological, Social and Cultural Dimensions of Human Health; Culture, Heritage and Identity; Human Origins, Evolution and Diversity; Societies and their Natural Environments
Field Specializations: Prehistorical Skeletal Populations from the Americas, Bone Microstructure, Social Dimensions of Mortuary Behavior, Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology, Paleonutrition, Biological Distance, Biological Impact of European Colonization in the Americas, Host-Pathogen Co-Evolution, Bioarchaeology of Identity
Regional Foci: the Americas
Contact: Jane Buikstra, SHESC 320
Watch a KAET-TV ASU Professor Profile of Jane E. Buikstra!
Research:
Jane E. Buikstra's research focuses on the changing human condition over time, as accessed through the archaeological record. Current emphases include the co-evolution of humans and infectious pathogens, mortuary ostentation and human longevity.
Research Projects:
Ancient Tuberculosis in the Americas
Andean Residential Mobility through Bone Chemistry
The Anthropology of Host-Pathogen Co-Evolution
Bioarchaeology of Copán, Honduras
Bioarchaeology of the Lower Illinois River Valley
Bioarchaeology of the Osmore Valley, Perú
Teaching:
Buikstra's teaching includes general bioarchaeology, osteology and mortuary site archaeology.
Select Publications:
Buikstra, J. E. (2007). The bioarchaeology of Maya sacrifice. In V. Tiesler and A. Cucina (Eds.), New perspectives on Maya sacrifice (pp.293-307). New York: Springer-Verlag.
Komar, D. & Buikstra, J. E. (2007). Forensic anthropology: Contemporary theory and practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lewis, C. M., Buikstra, J. E. & Stone, A. C. (2007). Ancient DNA and genetic continuity in the south central Andes. Latin American Antiquity, 18(2), 145-160.
Buikstra, J. E. (2006). History of research in skeletal biology. In D. Ubelaker (Ed.), Handbook of the North American Indians, Physical Anthropology (pp. 504-523). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Buikstra, J. E. & Beck, L. A. (Eds.). (2006). Bioarchaeology: The contextual analysis of human remains. Boston: Elsevier.
Roberts, C. A. & Buikstra, J. E. (2003). The bioarchaeology of tuberculosis: A global view on a reemerging disease. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
