MIDWEST BIOARCHAEOLOGY AND FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY ASSOCIATION (BARFAA)
2009 MEETINGS: NOVEMBER 6-8 , 2009
HOSTED BY UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
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Deadline for Abstract Submission and Registration is October 15th
Friday Night Reception and Saturday Presentations will be held
in Goode Hall Room 005 (Building #21 on map)
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Saturday Night Reception will be held at the Medical History Museum
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Welcome to the BARFAA homepage. BARFAA was formed in 1994 in an effort to support communication between physical anthropologists and interested students on both formal and informal levels. Our organization consists of over 300 members who have a common interest in bioarchaeology, paleopathology, and forensic anthropology. Membership to our organization is free and is open to all interested parties. We meet annually in late Fall. The proceedings of our meetings are published online, and usually include abstracts and submitted papers by participating researchers.
The topical focus of our organization and our annual meeting is the excavation, curation, and analysis of human skeletal remains. Our goal is to provide a forum through which professionals and students can share information concerning results of analyses, new methods and techniques of data collection, curation issues, current legal issues, forensic applications, and teaching strategies. Unlike many professional meetings where most of the presentations and resulting discussions are dominated by faculty members and professionals, the annual BARFAA meetings strive to encourage student participation at all levels.
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Past Meetings
- Program of the 2007 meetings hosted by the Midwest Museum of Natural History, Sycamore, Illinois
- Program of the 2006 meetings hosted by the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
- program of the 2005 meetings hosted by Indiana State University, Terra Haute, Indiana
For further information about the Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association, check the website maintained by the University of Indianapolis.