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NSF REU Site: Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Social Systems

  • Two students studying a skull outside at a table
  • Male and female student looking at monitor
  • Student taking sample in the lab
 
Woman looking down at skull
Male using knife working on skull
Female workign with brushcleaning bones

 

**The Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Social Systems NSF-REU Site was completed in 2024, and is no longer accepting applications.**

The Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Social Systems NSF-REU Site (Award #1852426) supports the training of undergraduate students in conducting collaborative research– from hypothesis formation to data collection, analysis, public outreach, and publication. Complementary instruction in professional development, ethics, and statistical modules are also incorporated in the program’s curriculum.

Housed at the Center for Archaeological Studies at the University of South Alabama, teams of students collaborate with an interdisciplinary group of dynamic scientists while conducting original research on two Arabian Bronze Age skeletal collections (2400-2100 BCE) over an eight-week period. As part of these independent research projects, students will examine how alternative pathways to social complexity were embodied in ancient human skeletal remains and reflected in burial traditions.

 

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