Talk:Bioarchaeology

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This article seems to confuse human remains with bones.
The term osteoarchaeology simply refers to the remains of bones, whereas "human remains" could refer to so-called "mummies" where more than a skeleton has been preserved. I am in no position to edit this article, yet this confusion could be misleading. (188.74.102.164 (talk) 15:35, 9 December 2010 (UTC))

Proposed merge with Medieval bioarchaeology
There is no obvious reason as to why this needs a separate page. Gaia Octavia AgrippaTalk 23:49, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

My original intention was to include this information in the Bioarchaeology page. However, I saw no obvious fit and I ended up having a lot of information which I thought would not fit very neatly into the page. I am not opposed to merging the two pages but I feel that because of the way I structured the Medieval bioarchaeology page and the amount of information I have included, it may seem repetitive and awkward in the Bioarchaeolgy page. However, I will leave it up to the creators of the Bioarchaeology page to decide if they want to include it or not. User: Zechinime 17:22, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

In my opinion,merging the pages would be a good idea if both sides were willing to edit their articles, so that it would make more sense. Angelgirl10.0 (talk) 00:09, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

There's an Archaeology wikipedia page and a Medieval Archaeology wikipedia page. There's no good precedent for collapsing Medieval Bioarchaeology into Bioarchaeology. Killgrove (talk) 18:05, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

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Article order could be restructured
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I have just joined the Wikipedia community and looking forward to work in this environment! This is the first article I am starting on, because it is my field of expertise. It looks really nice, and I am definitely not intending to change a lot content wise, but while reading through it, it struck me that the order of topics could be improved a little (most importantly I would like to start with paleodemography instead of paleopathology, as this is the order students usually get taught), so I will be changing little bits throughout the upcoming days, I will be happy to hear your feedback!

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Anne-Marijn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anne-Marijn (talk • contribs) 15:01, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Dear Wikipedians,

As described above, I made the change to the structure, nothing in the content. Again, really nice article!

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Anne-Marijn (talk) 15:19, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Bioarchaeological sexing of skeletons is not error-proof.
I am not an expert in this field. The reference given in the article turned out to be misleading. The author did not understand the old excavation numbering system. A better, other example is needed here. I added a further note where Mann's mistakes are discussesd. -- Udimu (talk) 10:43, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Completed Peer Review
Hi,

I just wanted to let you know that your article was reviewed, and your peer review was completed last night!

Regards, Payton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Payton.dawson (talk • contribs) 16:03, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Peer Review
Hi Faith, This is just a more detailed follow up to my previous message. Overall, I think the article is pretty good! There are a few suggestion that could enhance the article to make the content stronger including adding some images, and adding more content under the "archaeological use of DNA" section and the "hair" section. Good work so far!

Regards, Payton

Split request for Historical bioarchaeology
Hi all! I have submitted an entry on historical bioarchaeology. Some of the content may be common with bioarchaeology obviously, but I believe it should have an entry of its own as there is more additional content to support one. What do you think?

Best, Anna — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna karligkioti (talk • contribs) 10:59, 17 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable in the field to express a firm opinion either way, but note that there is also an existing article on Medieval bioarchaeology, which again overlaps in part with both this article and with the proposed "Historical bioarchaeology" article. Obviously, "Medieval bioarchaeology" is a European concept, whereas "Historical bioarchaeology" is perhaps more North American. (Does anyone talk about "Post-medieval bioarchaeology", by analogy with Post-medieval archaeology? I don't know.) I assume that in all 3 fields the basic techniques and principles remain similar, but the amount of supplementary information provided by contextual documentary evidence varies widely. For that reason, I think there probably is a case for having all 3 articles, but if so we need to keep the duplication to a minimum, and to provide clear links to the other articles where appropriate. GrindtXX (talk) 13:43, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply GrindtXX! Well historical bioarchaeology may have initiated as a term in the US but it cannot fall into the same category with medieval bioarchaeology, since it is chronologically more broad than in it Europe. Historical bioarchaeology in the Aegean for example, refers to the study of skeletal remains coming from assemblages dated in the 5th c. B.C.E. (even 7th c. for some scholars). I agree that much of the content remains the same since the techniques are the same, and this is why I tried to add this info in a more condensed way so the reader can go the the bioarchaeology article for more details on the matter of methodology. I hope AngusW🐶🐶F  you could give us your input as well, since as the article's reviewer, you proposed this discussion. Thank you all once again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna karligkioti (talk • contribs) 14:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Peer review commentary on 'Bioarchaeological treatments of equality and inequality' and 'Archaeological ethics'
I found the content in the 'Bioarchaeological treatments of equality and inequality' section to be confusingly organized - there's good content in there but it's strung together poorly - I think better effort could be put into connecting some of the points made and giving this section a cohesive argument arc. I also think that biocultural bioanthropology bit could be framed separately under a different sub-heading as a theoretical approach (this article needs a section about theoretical approaches in bioarchaeology) and then just referenced in the 'equality and inequality' section. The same goes for the small paragraph on the bioarchaeology of violence, which could have its own article, if not at least its own sub-heading. I also think this section would benefit from slightly updated references, as I'm noticing most of what's included is >10 years old.

As far as 'Archaeological ethics' goes, I think the title of the section is a bit misleading - wouldn't 'Bioarchaeological Ethics' be more fitting? Furthermore, the only thing really discussed in this section is NAGPRA when in reality the ethics of bioarchaeology as a discipline are so much more complex, and have been heavily published upon in the past 10 or so years. Some references to start would be:, ,

Bioarchaeo (talk) 03:32, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry 2022
I am a graduate student at Caltech. I am going to add a lot of new information into the Stable Isotope section of this article. There are a few things that I will be changing and omitting, but feel free to edit or change anything back if needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmariemueller (talk • contribs) 07:57, 25 May 2022 (UTC)