A Bioarchaeological Perspective: What's in a Name?

This article explores the history of bioarchaeology from the beginning of the twentieth century, proxied by representation in publications as reported annually by the editors-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical/Biological Anthropology. Embedded within this history is the career trajectory of Jane E. Buikstra, who coined the term in relationship to the study of archaeologically recovered human remains in 1976. [W]ith these preliminary results we hope to have successfully affirmed the importance of a bioarchaeological perspective in the study of prehistory.