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Bones Don’t Lie on Hiatus

Featuredby Kate Meyers Emery 6 Comments

Dear Readers, Writing Bones Don’t Lie over the past six years has been one of the highlights of my archaeological career. I loved getting to share with you all the […]

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Update and The Beauty of Post-Mortem Photography

Featuredby Kate Meyers Emery 3 Comments

So things have been a little quiet here at Bones Don’t Lie… but exciting things have been happening! I’m now officially a Dr., I’ve moved to New York, and I’ve […]

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Reassessing Markers of Stress in Medieval London

May 4, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 3 Comments

An article popped up in my news feed yesterday. The title read: “Skeletal marker of physiological stress might indicate good, rather than poor, health“. The summary of the article stated […]

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Pathology

Death Comes to Stonehenge: The Burned Remains

April 21, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 5 Comments

There is something mysterious about Stonehenge. I have a very distinct memory of visiting Stonehenge as a child, seeing the standing rocks in the distance Perhaps it was the fog and grey […]

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Bioarchaeology, Cremation

Defending My Dissertation!

April 14, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 14 Comments

Hey readers- you may have noticed that posts haven’t been as regular and I’m not as active on social media. Well, there is a very good reason. I’M DEFENDING MY […]

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Recovering the Stories of Children in the Past at SAA 2016 (Part I)

April 13, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery Leave a comment

This past week, I have been lucky enough to be enjoying the sunshine of Florida, rather than the snow and freezing rain of Michigan at this year’s Society for American […]

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Bioarchaeology, Conferences

Society for American Archaeology 2016

March 29, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 1 Comment

Next week is the annual Society for American Archaeology meeting, taking place in Orlando, Florida. I am extremely excited for this year’s conference because it is the first time I’m […]

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Conferences

I like my corpses like I like my pretzels. Salted.

March 17, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 4 Comments

I’ve been reading a lot of interesting food non-fiction books in my sparse free time as a way to relax after long days of dissertation preparation and article writing. I’ve […]

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Bioarchaeology, Mummies, Overviews

Restoring Lost Narratives: Early Medieval Muslim Graves in France

March 9, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 2 Comments

When people ask me why archaeology is important, or why I’ve chosen to study human remains and funerary practices, I often cite the importance of bringing individual stories back into […]

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Bioarchaeology, Cemeteries

Using Teeth to Interpret Social Status and Childhood Health in Historic Japan

March 1, 2016by Kate Meyers Emery 2 Comments

Our bones are pretty amazing- they keep a record of what has happened to us throughout our lifetime. Bones show the trauma and disease we faced, how well we healed […]

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Funeral Practices, Pathology

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Kathryn has a PhD in mortuary archaeology from Michigan State University, and is an evangelist for digital tools and public outreach

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