Jane Ellen Buikstra (born 1945) is an American anthropologist and bioarchaeologist.[1][2][3] Her 1977 article on the biological dimensions of archaeology coined and defined the field of bioarchaeology in the US as the application of biological anthropological methods to the study of archaeological problems.[4] Throughout her career, she has authored over 20 books and 150 articles.[5] Buikstra's current research focuses on an analysis of the Phaleron cemetery near Athens, Greece.[6][7]
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Nationality | American |
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Thesis | Hopewell in the Lower Illinois River Valley: A Regional Approach to the Study of Biological Variability and Mortuary Activity (1972) |
Buikstra obtained a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from DePauw University, Indiana in 1967 and her Masters and PhD degrees, also in Anthropology, from the University of Chicago.[1] She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and sat on the board of directors for the year 1999–2000. She has served as faculty at Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and the University of New Mexico.[5] Buikstra was previously Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico.[5] She currently serves as Professor and Director of the Center for Bioarchaeological Research, a unit within the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.[8]
Buikstra is on advisory board of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Palaeopathology[9] and President of the Center for American Archeology in Kampsville, Illinois.[10]
She has been a member of the Academy of National Sciences since 1987[11] and in 2019 she was elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[12]