What is osteoarchaeology?

The scientific study of human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts

What is the history of osteoarchaeology?

The Field arose in the 1970s/80s. Before that skeletal remains were seen as not important.

What can we seen from the skeletal remains?

The individual (sex, age, stature), their life (health, diet, mobility, activity) and the wider population (demographic patterns, inequality, disease patterns).

What are ethics?

Moral philosophy, beliefs and feelings of relatives/descendants.