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Head Hunters: Anthropology and the Skull Obsessed Series Intro

Myeashea Alexander September 10, 2020

I don’t think that you will ever walk into the office of an anthropologist or an anthropology museum or anywhere where anthropology is being practiced and not find a skull. I don’t think it matters if it’s biological anthropology or linguistics, I think you’ll find a skull- model, diagram, books, possibly real, shrunken, jeweled, hominid, […]

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Fun Facts About Skeletons 2019

September 11, 2019

It’s back to school time and I thought it would be great to kick off the year with some fun facts about human bones. Let’s jump right in! Human adult skeletons are Read More

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Part Three of the Black History Month Series: From NYC

April 15, 2019

This is part three (final) of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. Sorry, it was delayed, but Black History Read More

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Black History Series: The Liberated African Graveyard of St. Helena,

February 8, 2019

This is part two of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. In this second part, I’ll discuss the Read More

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Announcement: Black History Series: From NYC to St. Helena- The

January 31, 2019

Because World Anthropology Day and Black History Month occur in the same month, and I wanted to spend some time talking about a topic I love (re: that February holiday day about love). I decided Read More

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Tales From The Grave: Sacralization of the Lumbar

November 28, 2018

This is a small series that will focus on some of the types of trauma, pathology and degeneration I examined will at the Odyssey Field School in Cyprus. Please note that the images included are Read More

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Tales from the Grave: Concha Bullosa

September 27, 2018

This is a small series that will focus on some of the types of trauma, pathology, interesting variations and degeneration I examined while in Cyprus at the Odyssey Field School. Please note that the images Read More

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Forensic Anthropology In a

August 29, 2018

I’m super excited to write this post because it means I did something really cool! I originally had this scheduled to post two weeks after I returned, but I wanted to compare my experience Read More

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Plummer-Vinson Syndrome with Mutilans Rheumatoid Arthritis

October 17, 2017

I recently came across some strange x-rays of a hand. At first, I thought the deformation of the bone and hand tissue was perhaps due to an accident of some sort, but the longer I Read More

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Paget’s Disease of the Bone

vvrj0 July 8, 2017

Paget's disease is a disorder that affects that bone remodeling process. The bones that are affected will begin producing new bone faster than it should, and the new bone is usually not quality.Read More

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The (Possible) Bones of ‘The Unsullied’

Myeashea Alexander June 29, 2016

Earlier today, I was reading a report published on Nature.com about the pathology of an 18th century singer named Gaspare Pacchierotti. What made this article particularly compelling was that the singer was castrated, Read More

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But is it human, though?

vvrj0 April 5, 2016

I get news alerts every day all day about a variety of headlines pertaining to anthropology, science, culture and, specifically, skeletal remains. The other day, my friend was watching one of those ‘CSI’, ‘Bones’ types Read More

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The Skeleton Trade: Life, Death, and Commerce in Early Modern

vvrj0 July 19, 2015

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Death at Birth: The Earliest Known Prehistoric Twins

vvrj0 July 7, 2015

Imagine the scene… It’s the Neolitic (or New Stone Age) period and the place is an area that is now known as Irkutsk, Russia, one of the largest Siberian cities. A women is laid Read More

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Reconstructing The Past: Studio EIS (A Docu-Portrait)

Myeashea Alexander June 22, 2015

Originally published on Anthropology News Everyday Anthropology Myeashea Alexander Almost every weekend for over a year, I left NYC on a 6:30 am southbound bus to Washington, DC. When I arrived, I would quickly grab breakfast Read More

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Head Hunters: Anthropology and the Skull Obsessed Series Intro

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Fun Facts About Skeletons 2019

Black History Series: The Liberated African Graveyard of St. Helena,

Tales From The Grave: Sacralization of the Lumbar

Tales from the Grave: Concha Bullosa

How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Forensic Anthropology In a

Plummer-Vinson Syndrome with Mutilans Rheumatoid Arthritis

Paget’s Disease of the Bone

The (Possible) Bones of ‘The Unsullied’

But is it human, though?

The Skeleton Trade: Life, Death, and Commerce in Early Modern

Death at Birth: The Earliest Known Prehistoric Twins

Reconstructing The Past: Studio EIS (A Docu-Portrait)

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