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rb@rhondabathurst dot com

Department of Anthropology
The University of Western Ontario
London, ON

Canada

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Rhonda R. Bathurst, PhD

Bioarchaeology * Archaeoparasitology * Palaeoecology

Operations & Project Manager

Sustainable Archaeology Facilities

Adjunct Research Professor

Department of Anthropology

The University of Western Ontario

& The Museum of Ontario Archaeology

Interests

Archaeology of Health & Disease

Western definitions of health emphasize the physical condition. Therefore, the analysis of health in past societies has long been the domain of physical anthropology and osteology. But the context of these physical studies has frequently been removed from, or presented in isolation of, other cultural or environmental associations. Archaeology is a compliment to human physical studies, as it broadens our information about the material remains of our cultural past, providing context, additional evidence and a holistic perspective to our interpretations of health and disease in past societies.

Background

	Doctorate of Philosophy McMaster University, Department of Anthropology 2005
	Master of Arts The University of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology, Bioarchaeology program 2000
	Bachelor of Arts McMaster University, Department of Anthropology 1998

Current Projects

	Operations Manager The University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada 2009-2014 Sustainable Archaeology
	Research Associate University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2007-2009 Ontario First Nations Heritage Initiative
	Postdoctoral Research University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 2005-2007 Archaeological parasite analysis of North American Pacific coast
	Mosfell Archaeological Project University of California, Los Angeles: Jesse Byock, director University of California, Santa Barbara: Phillip Walker, director 2006-ongoing Viking Age land use, environment, diatoms
	Archaeozoonoses ongoing The role of dogs and other domestic and wild animals in the epidemiology and ecology of ancient disease webs

Personal Interests

• Travel, photography
• Food, food history, cooking
• Biking, camping, hockey

Last revised: 08 January 2011

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