Trish Biers
I am the Curator of the Duckworth laboratory in the Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. I am also a tutor at the Institute for Continuing Education at Cambridge where I teach about death and burial, epidemic disease, and Andean archaeology. Previous positions I have held include Osteologist in the Repatriation Osteology Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; Educator at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge; Associate Curator and Repatriation Coordinator (NAGPRA Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) at the San Diego Museum of Man in California. The human remains collections I have researched and curated span all regions of the globe.
My projects include:
The ethics of working with human remains, including research, museum display, and public engagement.
Evaluation and documentation of Peruvian mummy bundles in collections outside of South America
Modifying the body in life and death: overmodelled skulls and decorating the dead
Death and dying in the Inka Period (1400AD-1532AD): epidemic disease
Castration in the archaeological record
Gender and the archaeology of death
Repatriation and decolonisation of collections
I'm currently a member of the following:
British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteology (BABAO)
Natural Sciences Collections Association, UK (NatSCA)
Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
Palaeopathology Association (PPA)
Institute of Andean Studies (IAS)
Museums Association (MA)
My personal website is https://deadtorites.com/
I collaborate with Dr Katie Stringer Clary on MorsMortisMuseums https://morsmortismuseum.com/
Address: Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies
The Henry Wellcome Building
University of Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QH
My projects include:
The ethics of working with human remains, including research, museum display, and public engagement.
Evaluation and documentation of Peruvian mummy bundles in collections outside of South America
Modifying the body in life and death: overmodelled skulls and decorating the dead
Death and dying in the Inka Period (1400AD-1532AD): epidemic disease
Castration in the archaeological record
Gender and the archaeology of death
Repatriation and decolonisation of collections
I'm currently a member of the following:
British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteology (BABAO)
Natural Sciences Collections Association, UK (NatSCA)
Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
Palaeopathology Association (PPA)
Institute of Andean Studies (IAS)
Museums Association (MA)
My personal website is https://deadtorites.com/
I collaborate with Dr Katie Stringer Clary on MorsMortisMuseums https://morsmortismuseum.com/
Address: Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies
The Henry Wellcome Building
University of Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QH
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Having arisen at the start of the COVID19 pandemic, Conversations in Human Evolution aims to encourage engagement with both human evolutionary studies and the broader socio-political issues that persist within academia, the latter of which is particularly pertinent during this time of global uncertainty. The conversations delve deeply into the study of our species’ evolutionary history through the lens of each sub-discipline, as well as detailing some of the most current advances in research, theory and methods. Overall, Conversations in Human Evolution seeks to bridge the gap between the research and researcher through contextualisation of the science with personal experience and historical reflection.
Papers
Thomas, N.J., Biers, T., Cadwallader, L.C., Nuku, M., and Salmond, A. Antiquity. 2016.
Archaeological Review from Cambridge. Archaeology: Myths within and without. Vol. 30. 2.
Contributor, translations, and informant interviews for travel guide of the south coast of Peru for post- earthquake support of 2007, published by the South American Explorers Club, Lima, Peru.
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Having arisen at the start of the COVID19 pandemic, Conversations in Human Evolution aims to encourage engagement with both human evolutionary studies and the broader socio-political issues that persist within academia, the latter of which is particularly pertinent during this time of global uncertainty. The conversations delve deeply into the study of our species’ evolutionary history through the lens of each sub-discipline, as well as detailing some of the most current advances in research, theory and methods. Overall, Conversations in Human Evolution seeks to bridge the gap between the research and researcher through contextualisation of the science with personal experience and historical reflection.
Thomas, N.J., Biers, T., Cadwallader, L.C., Nuku, M., and Salmond, A. Antiquity. 2016.
Archaeological Review from Cambridge. Archaeology: Myths within and without. Vol. 30. 2.
Contributor, translations, and informant interviews for travel guide of the south coast of Peru for post- earthquake support of 2007, published by the South American Explorers Club, Lima, Peru.