My research interests include curation and care of human remains, osteoarchaeology, ethics and the dead, ancient disease, memento mori art and catacombs, and museum studies focusing on displaying death, body modification, and repatriation. I have excavated and curated human remains from all over the world. I recently co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage and Death. I’m also involved in research about witchcraft, folklore, and archaeology.
I received a PhD in archaeology at the University of Cambridge in October 2013. My dissertation titled, ‘Investigating the Relationship between Labour and Gender, Material Culture, and Identity at an Inka Period Cemetery: a regional analysis of provincial burials from Lima, Peru’ combined human skeletal and mummified remains data, burial deposition, and documentary sources to assess identity of artisans under Inka (1400-1532CE) provincial control.
I am very involved in outreach and public engagement and have done podcasts, TV appearances, and really enjoy working with people of all ages to talk bones!
