Human Osteoarchaeology Special Interest Group represents the interests of professionals who work or have an interest in the area of osteoarchaeology and burial studies. We aim to promote standards and good practice for the excavation, treatment, conservation, analysis and curation of human remains and funerary archaeology from the historic environment.
Osteobites talks
Throughout 2025, we will be running our Osteobites series of short talks followed by questions and discussion.
The next session will be held at 18:30 until 19:30 on Wednesday 23 April 2025, and will feature a talk by Human Skeletal Biologist, Dr Sarah Stark - Biomolecular Archaeology in the Threat-Led Sector: Updates on Historic England’s Commission Programme.
To register to attend April’s talk or for more information, visit the Osteobites booking page
The first session was held on Thursday 30 January 2025 and featured a talk by Tom Booth - Ancient DNA for Archaeologists: What it Can and Can’t Do and Why. To view the recording, visit CIfA’s YouTube channel