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'''Jane Ellen Buikstra''' (born 1945) is an American [[anthropologist]] and bioarchaeologist.<ref name ="AWOS">{{cite book | last=Wayne | first=Tiffany | title=American Women of Science Since 1900|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, C.A |year=2011|isbn=1-59884-158-0|pages=267–269}}</ref><ref name="Darnell">{{cite book | last=Darnell | first=Regna | title=Celebrating a Century of the American Anthropological Association: Presidential Portraits | publisher=American Anthropological Association University of Nebraska Press | location=Arlington, VA Lincoln | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-8032-1720-1 | pages=281–284}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jane E. Buikstra |url=http://shesc.asu.edu/buikstra |accessdate=1 October 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610001258/http://shesc.asu.edu/buikstra |archivedate=10 June 2010 |df= }}</ref> She is credited{{By whom|date=October 2009}} with coining and defining [[bioarchaeology]] in the US as the application of biological anthropological methods to the study of archaeological problems. Emphasis was placed on problem-oriented research. Relevant topics include [[mortuary studies]], [[paleopathology]], [[paleodemography]], [[biological distance]], [[paleogenetics]], among others{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}.
'''Jane Ellen Buikstra''' (born 1945) is an American [[anthropologist]] and bioarchaeologist.<ref name ="AWOS">{{cite book | last=Wayne | first=Tiffany | title=American Women of Science Since 1900|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, C.A |year=2011|isbn=1-59884-158-0|pages=267–269}}</ref><ref name="Darnell">{{cite book | last=Darnell | first=Regna | title=Celebrating a Century of the American Anthropological Association: Presidential Portraits | publisher=American Anthropological Association University of Nebraska Press | location=Arlington, VA Lincoln | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-8032-1720-1 | pages=281–284}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jane E. Buikstra |url=http://shesc.asu.edu/buikstra |accessdate=1 October 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610001258/http://shesc.asu.edu/buikstra |archivedate=10 June 2010 |df= }}</ref> Her 1977 article on the biological dimensions of archaeology coined and defined the field of [[bioarchaeology]] in the US as the application of biological anthropological methods to the study of archaeological problems.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199766567/obo-9780199766567-0121.xml|title=Bioarchaeology - Anthropology - Oxford Bibliographies - obo|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en}}</ref> Buikstra's current research focuses on an analysis of the [[Phalerum|Phaleron]] cemetery near Athens, Greece.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asu.pure.elsevier.com/en/projects/an-archaeological-study-of-the-ancient-phaleron-cemetery-near-ath-2|title=An Archaeological Study of the Ancient Phaleron Cemetery near Athens Greece
— Arizona State University|website=asu.pure.elsevier.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/03/24/archaeologists-to-study-shackled-skeletons-from-ancient-greece-to-understand-rise-of-athens/#20d4fa317cbb|title=Archaeologists To Study Shackled Skeletons From Ancient Greece To Understand Rise Of Athens|last=Killgrove|first=Kristina|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==


She obtained a bachelor's degree in [[Anthropology]] from [[DePauw University]], [[Indiana]] in 1967 and her Masters and Doctorate degrees, also in [[Anthropology]] from the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name ="AWOS"/> She is a Diplomate for the [[American Board of Forensic Anthropology]] and sat on the Board of Directors for the year 1999 - 2000. She has served as faculty at [[Northwestern University]], [[University of Chicago]], and the [[University of New Mexico]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}. Buikstra was previously ''Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology'' at the [[University of New Mexico]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}. She currently serves a professor and director of the [[Center for Bioarchaeological Research]], a unit within the [[School of Human Evolution and Social Change]] at [[Arizona State University]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}.
Buikstra obtained a bachelor's degree in [[Anthropology]] from [[DePauw University]], [[Indiana]] in 1967 and her Masters and PhD degrees, also in [[Anthropology|Anthropology,]] from the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name ="AWOS"/> She is a Diplomate of the [[American Board of Forensic Anthropology]] and sat on the Board of Directors for the year 1999 - 2000. She has served as faculty at [[Northwestern University]], [[University of Chicago]], and the [[University of New Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/850651|title=Jane Buikstra {{!}} iSearch|website=isearch.asu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref> Buikstra was previously ''Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology'' at the [[University of New Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/850651|title=Jane Buikstra {{!}} iSearch|website=isearch.asu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref> She currently serves as Professor and Director of the [[Center for Bioarchaeological Research]], a unit within the [[School of Human Evolution and Social Change]] at [[Arizona State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shesc.asu.edu/centers/bioarchaeological-research|title=Center for Bioarchaeological Research {{!}} School of Human Evolution and Social Change|website=shesc.asu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref>


Buikstra is the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed ''International Journal of Palaeopathology''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-paleopathology/editorial-board/jane-buikstra|title=Jane Buikstra|website=www.journals.elsevier.com|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref> and President of the [[Center for American Archeology]] in [[Kampsville, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shesc.asu.edu/people/jane-buikstra|title=Jane Buikstra {{!}} School of Human Evolution and Social Change|website=shesc.asu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref>
Buikstra is also President of the Board of Directors of the [[Center for American Archeology]] in [[Kampsville, Illinois]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}.


=== Fieldwork ===
=== Fieldwork ===
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*Jane E. Buikstra, TD Price, JHBurton, and LEWright. “Tombs from Copan’s Acropolis: A Life History Approach.” In Understanding Early Classic Copan. Ellen E. Bell, Marcello A. Canuto, and Robert J. Sharer, eds., Chapter 1. pp.&nbsp;191–212. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (2004).
*Jane E. Buikstra, TD Price, JHBurton, and LEWright. “Tombs from Copan’s Acropolis: A Life History Approach.” In Understanding Early Classic Copan. Ellen E. Bell, Marcello A. Canuto, and Robert J. Sharer, eds., Chapter 1. pp.&nbsp;191–212. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (2004).
*Jane E. Buikstra. “Ethnogenesis and Ethnicity in the Andes.” In Us and Them: The Assignation of Ethnicity in the Andean Region, Methodological Approaches. Richard Reycraft, ed., Chapter 14, pp.&nbsp;233–238. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA (2005).
*Jane E. Buikstra. “Ethnogenesis and Ethnicity in the Andes.” In Us and Them: The Assignation of Ethnicity in the Andean Region, Methodological Approaches. Richard Reycraft, ed., Chapter 14, pp.&nbsp;233–238. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA (2005).
*Jane E. Buikstra “History of Research in Skeletal Biology” In Handbook of the North American Indians, Physical Anthropology., Douglas Ubelaker, ed. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., pp.&nbsp;504–523. (2006)
*Jane E. Buikstra. “History of Research in Skeletal Biology” In Handbook of the North American Indians, Physical Anthropology., Douglas Ubelaker, ed. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., pp.&nbsp;504–523. (2006)
*Jane E. Buikstra., G. R. Milner and J. L. Boldsen Janaab' Pakal: The Age-at-death Controversy Re-revisited. In: Janaab' Pakal of Palenque. In: Reconstructing the Life and Death of a Maya Ruler. V. Tiesler and A Cucina, eds. University of Arizona Press. (2006)
*Jane E. Buikstra, G. R. Milner and J. L. Boldsen. Janaab' Pakal: The Age-at-death Controversy Re-revisited. In: Janaab' Pakal of Palenque. In: Reconstructing the Life and Death of a Maya Ruler. V. Tiesler and A Cucina, eds. University of Arizona Press. (2006)
*Jane E. Buikstra and Lane A. Beck, eds., Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Study of Human Remains.. Senior editor and author of Chapter 1: An Historical Introduction; Chapter 15: Repatriation: Challenges and Opportunities; co-author of O. M. Pearson and Jane E. Buikstra, Chapter 8: Behavior and the Bones Mary Lucas Powell, Della Collins Cook, Georgieann Bogdan, Jane E. Buikstra, Mario M. Castro, Patrick D. Horne, David R. Hunt, Richard T. Koritzer, Sheila Ferraz Mendonça de Souza, Mary Kay Sandford, Laurie Saunders, Glaucia Aparecida Malerba Sene, Lynne Sullivan, and John J. Swetnam Chapter 7 Invisible Hands: Women in Bioarchaeology. Elsevier Press, Inc. (2006)
*Jane E. Buikstra and Lane A. Beck, eds., Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Study of Human Remains. Senior editor and author of Chapter 1: An Historical Introduction; Chapter 15: Repatriation: Challenges and Opportunities; co-author of O. M. Pearson and Jane E. Buikstra, Chapter 8: Behavior and the Bones Mary Lucas Powell, Della Collins Cook, Georgieann Bogdan, Jane E. Buikstra, Mario M. Castro, Patrick D. Horne, David R. Hunt, Richard T. Koritzer, Sheila Ferraz Mendonça de Souza, Mary Kay Sandford, Laurie Saunders, Glaucia Aparecida Malerba Sene, Lynne Sullivan, and John J. Swetnam Chapter 7 Invisible Hands: Women in Bioarchaeology. Elsevier Press, Inc. (2006)
*Jane E. Buikstra "The Bioarchaeology of Maya Sacrifice." In New Perspectives on Maya Sacrifice, V. Tiesler and A. Cucina, eds, Chapter 13, pp.&nbsp;293–307. Springer-Verlag (2007).
*Jane E. Buikstra. "The Bioarchaeology of Maya Sacrifice." In New Perspectives on Maya Sacrifice, V. Tiesler and A. Cucina, eds, Chapter 13, pp.&nbsp;293–307. Springer-Verlag (2007).
*Debra Komar and Jane E. Buikstra, ''Forensic Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Practice''. Oxford University Press (2007).
*Debra Komar and Jane E. Buikstra, ''Forensic Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Practice''. Oxford University Press (2007).


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Jane Ellen Buikstra
Born (1945-11-02) November 2, 1945 (age 79)
Evansville, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
DePauw University
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
Paleopathology
Bioarchaeology
Thesis Hopewell in the Lower Illinois River Valley: A Regional Approach to the Study of Biological Variability and Mortuary Activity  (1972)
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Jane Ellen Buikstra (born 1945) is an American anthropologist and bioarchaeologist.[1][2][3] Her 1977 article on the biological dimensions of archaeology coined and defined the field of bioarchaeology in the US as the application of biological anthropological methods to the study of archaeological problems.[4] Buikstra's current research focuses on an analysis of the Phaleron cemetery near Athens, Greece.[5][6]

Biography

Buikstra obtained a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from DePauw University, Indiana in 1967 and her Masters and PhD degrees, also in Anthropology, from the University of Chicago.[1] She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and sat on the Board of Directors for the year 1999 - 2000. She has served as faculty at Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and the University of New Mexico.[7] Buikstra was previously Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico.[8] She currently serves as Professor and Director of the Center for Bioarchaeological Research, a unit within the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.[9]

Buikstra is the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Palaeopathology[10] and President of the Center for American Archeology in Kampsville, Illinois.[11]

Fieldwork

  • North American Midwest, 18 Projects, 1966-
  • Canadian Arctic, 1 Project, 1969
  • Argentina, Santa Fe la Vieja, 1980–1982, 1984, 1987
  • Brazil, Marajo Expedition, 1983–1986
  • Peru, Programa Contisuyu, 1984-
  • Spain, Gatas Expedition, 1986-
  • Turkey, Çayönü Tepesi, 1988
  • Honduras, 1995-

Selected publications

  • Jane E. Buikstra, Douglas Ubelaker eds. Standards for Data Collection from Human Skeletal Remains: Proceedings of a Seminar at the Field Museum of Natural History. Arkansas Archaeological Survey Press, Fayetteville, (1994).
  • Jane E. Buikstra. “Tombs for the Living . . . or For the Dead: The Osmore Ancestors". In Tombs for the Ancestors, T. Dillehay, ed., Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. pp. 229–280 (1995).
  • Jane E. Buikstra, “Studying Maya Bioarchaeology.” in Bones of the Maya: Studies of Ancient Skeletons, Steve Whittington and D. M. Reed, eds., Smithsonian Press, pp. 221–228 (1997).
  • Jane E. Buikstra, Douglas K. Charles and Gordon F. M. Rakita, Staging Ritual: Hopewell Ceremonialism at the Mound House Site, Greene County, Illinois. Center for American Archeology, Kampsville Studies in Archeology and History, No. 1 (1998).
  • Jane E. Buikstra and Douglas K. Charles. “Centering the Ancestors: Cemeteries, Mounds and Sacred Landscapes of the North American Midcontinent.” In Archaeologies of Landscape: Contemporary Perspectives, W. Ashmore and B. Knapp, eds. Blackwells pp. 201–228 (1999).
  • Jane E. Buikstra, Editor and author of five substantive chapters. Never Anything So Solemn: An Archaeological, Biological and Historical Investigation of the 19th Century Grafton Cemetery. Author of four chapters:1. Introduction, 2. Historic Bioarcheology and the Beautification of Death, 3. A Matter of Life and Death I: Disease, Medical Practice, and Funerals, 9. Summary and Conclusions, and coauthor of one chapter (Houdek, Buikstra, Stojanowski) 7. Skeletal Biology. Center for American Archeology, Kampsville Studies in Archeology and History, No. 3 (2000).
  • Jane E. Buikstra (with Maria Cecilia Lozada). El Señorío de Chiribaya en la Costa Sur del Perú. Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Lima-Peru (2002).
  • Jane E. Buikstra (with Charlotte A. Roberts). The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis: A Global View on a Reemerging Disease. University of Florida Press (2003).
  • Jane E. Buikstra and Kenneth C. Nystrom. “Embodied Traditions: The Chachapoya and Inka Ancestors.” In Theory, Method, and Practice in Modern Archaeology. R. J. Jeske and D. K. Charles, eds. Praeger Publishers: Westport (2003).
  • Jane E. Buikstra, TD Price, JHBurton, and LEWright. “Tombs from Copan’s Acropolis: A Life History Approach.” In Understanding Early Classic Copan. Ellen E. Bell, Marcello A. Canuto, and Robert J. Sharer, eds., Chapter 1. pp. 191–212. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (2004).
  • Jane E. Buikstra. “Ethnogenesis and Ethnicity in the Andes.” In Us and Them: The Assignation of Ethnicity in the Andean Region, Methodological Approaches. Richard Reycraft, ed., Chapter 14, pp. 233–238. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA (2005).
  • Jane E. Buikstra. “History of Research in Skeletal Biology” In Handbook of the North American Indians, Physical Anthropology., Douglas Ubelaker, ed. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., pp. 504–523. (2006)
  • Jane E. Buikstra, G. R. Milner and J. L. Boldsen. Janaab' Pakal: The Age-at-death Controversy Re-revisited. In: Janaab' Pakal of Palenque. In: Reconstructing the Life and Death of a Maya Ruler. V. Tiesler and A Cucina, eds. University of Arizona Press. (2006)
  • Jane E. Buikstra and Lane A. Beck, eds., Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Study of Human Remains. Senior editor and author of Chapter 1: An Historical Introduction; Chapter 15: Repatriation: Challenges and Opportunities; co-author of O. M. Pearson and Jane E. Buikstra, Chapter 8: Behavior and the Bones Mary Lucas Powell, Della Collins Cook, Georgieann Bogdan, Jane E. Buikstra, Mario M. Castro, Patrick D. Horne, David R. Hunt, Richard T. Koritzer, Sheila Ferraz Mendonça de Souza, Mary Kay Sandford, Laurie Saunders, Glaucia Aparecida Malerba Sene, Lynne Sullivan, and John J. Swetnam Chapter 7 Invisible Hands: Women in Bioarchaeology. Elsevier Press, Inc. (2006)
  • Jane E. Buikstra. "The Bioarchaeology of Maya Sacrifice." In New Perspectives on Maya Sacrifice, V. Tiesler and A. Cucina, eds, Chapter 13, pp. 293–307. Springer-Verlag (2007).
  • Debra Komar and Jane E. Buikstra, Forensic Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Practice. Oxford University Press (2007).

References

  1. ^ a b Wayne, Tiffany (2011). American Women of Science Since 1900. Santa Barbara, C.A: ABC-CLIO. pp. 267–269. ISBN 1-59884-158-0.
  2. ^ Darnell, Regna (2002). Celebrating a Century of the American Anthropological Association: Presidential Portraits. Arlington, VA Lincoln: American Anthropological Association University of Nebraska Press. pp. 281–284. ISBN 978-0-8032-1720-1.
  3. ^ "Jane E. Buikstra". Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Bioarchaeology - Anthropology - Oxford Bibliographies - obo". Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  5. ^ "An Archaeological Study of the Ancient Phaleron Cemetery near Athens Greece — Arizona State University". asu.pure.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2018-03-30. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 76 (help)
  6. ^ Killgrove, Kristina. "Archaeologists To Study Shackled Skeletons From Ancient Greece To Understand Rise Of Athens". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  7. ^ "Jane Buikstra | iSearch". isearch.asu.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  8. ^ "Jane Buikstra | iSearch". isearch.asu.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  9. ^ "Center for Bioarchaeological Research | School of Human Evolution and Social Change". shesc.asu.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  10. ^ "Jane Buikstra". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  11. ^ "Jane Buikstra | School of Human Evolution and Social Change". shesc.asu.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
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