Bones Don’t Lie on Hiatus
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 […]
Author Archives: Kate Meyers Emery
Update and The Beauty of Post-Mortem Photography
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 […]
Reassessing Markers of Stress in Medieval London
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 […]
Death Comes to Stonehenge: The Burned Remains
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 […]
Defending My Dissertation!
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 […]
Recovering the Stories of Children in the Past at SAA 2016 (Part I)
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 […]
Society for American Archaeology 2016
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 […]
I like my corpses like I like my pretzels. Salted.
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 […]
Restoring Lost Narratives: Early Medieval Muslim Graves in France
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 […]
Using Teeth to Interpret Social Status and Childhood Health in Historic Japan
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 […]
