key: cord-0041396-17ajpoyf authors: nan title: AAPA Presentation Schedule date: 2013-02-20 journal: Am J Phys Anthropol DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22245 sha: 051667eee735cee795c83e3135dcba1f0e862eac doc_id: 41396 cord_uid: 17ajpoyf nan Subsistence considerations based on the community health in the late prehistoric Thompson Village site from westcentral Tennessee. M.O. SMITH, G.M. MOSHER. 9 Regional health in late prehistoric East Tennessee: A meta-analysis of Dallas Phase sites. S.M. OWENS. The co-association of hypoplastic enamel defects, carious lesions, and non-specific stress in subadults from pre-Columbian Tennessee. M.C. WOJCINSKI. Caries prevalence and the late prehistoric Dallas Phase: A regional cultural pattern of female maize consumption in late prehistoric East Tennessee. T The use of musculoskeletal stress markers in determining the effects of workload in a Roman Imperial Necropolis (I-III centuries AD In the 60 years since Washburn's call for a "New Physical Anthropology," in part responding first to the Eugenics Movement and then to the Modern Synthesis, biological anthropologists have constantly redefined their role both within anthropology and in relation to associated disciplines. As an outgrowth of this call, researchers in the field have made evolutionary theory and hypothesis testing a priority over descriptive and typological studies. Biological anthropologists have also attempted to integrate study goals with researchers in related fields, such as human genetics, psychology, and organismal biology. Despite these efforts, theoretical developments in these other fields continue to advance at a fast pace, but biological anthropology fails to incorporate those developments into its overall research program. Moreover, our integration with these disciplines, as well as our sibling subdisciplines within anthropology, has been inconstant and inconsistent among biological anthropologists. Without correcting these trends, bioanthropological research might ultimately be courting obsolescence. This symposium seeks to address these issues with three goals for guiding the future of biological anthropology: 1) ensuring biological anthropology research is based on current knowledge and theoretical developments in associated fields (especially evolutionary biology); 2) reducing the balkanization among anthropological disciplines-even within biological anthropology-and improving interdisciplinary communication with other fields of research; and 3) making ethics and the incorporation of cultural knowledge a centerpiece to the practical application of biological anthropology studies. Using their research as examples, participants will discuss solutions and practical steps toward achieving these goals. Research on the mechanical properties of primate foods was initiated by the late Dr. Warren Kinzey in the 1970's, but received further impetus in the 1990's from the introduction of portable mechanical devices such as the Darvell HKU tester. Data from these studies have been directed to research questions on topics asdiverse as dietary selection, cranio-dental morphology, and social behavior. The results have indicated the mechanical diversity of foods that primates consume and demonstrated how important quantification is for answering these questions. In this symposium, we bring together researchers who have both developed and used some of these methods to try to understand the relationship between the diet, morphology and socioecology of primates. We conclude the symposium with a meta-analysis of the current dataset in relation to primate cranio-dental variation. Such a synthesis is essential for better understanding of the functional significance of variation in cranio-dental morphology within the hominid lineage. 14 Hominin hard object feeding as inferred from dental chipping analysis. P.J. CONSTANTINO, A. EDELMANN. Invited Poster Symposium. Organizers: Cliff Jolly, Jane Phillips-Conroy, and Jeff Rogers. 301D. Baboons (Papio) are among the most extensively researched non-human primates, and their diversity is a staple of comparative primate socioecology, yet the full range of variation in the genus is strikingly under-documented. This symposium will present some of the findings, many of them unexpected, emerging from recent, multi-disciplinary investigation of the Kinda baboon, a taxon that is distinctive and widely distributed, yet previously unstudied in the wild. Richard Jantz has been a teacher, mentor, and colleague at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for over 40 years, and has recently retired. His numerous contributions to understanding human variation (anthropometric, dermatoglyphic, and osteometric) have greatly impacted many facets of biological anthropology. He also oversaw the establishment and preservation of databases including skeletal observations from modern Americans (the Forensic Data Bank), anthropometrics from Native Americans (from Franz Boas), and worldwide dermatoglyphic observations (from Heinz Brehme), which have and will continue to benefit many anthropologists. Most recently he was a litigant in the Kennewick Man case, highlighting his contributions to understanding the earliest Americans. This symposium reflects Richard Jantz's depth and breadth of contributions. 12:00-1:00 pm Poster set-up. 5:00-6:00 pm Poster take-down. Friday. Morning sessions. A foundational and widely supported concept in evolutionary biology is that female reproductive success is limited by access to resources while male reproductive success is limited primarily by access to mates. Thus, research programs have emphasized the substantial costs of female reproductive effort but have tended to focus on variation in the benefits obtained by males. However, the processes necessary to achieve reproductive success may carry a high price for males, and the ability to sustain these costs may determine the success of some males and the failure of others. The nature and extent of these costs is expected to vary by mating system and ecological context and can have far-reaching consequences for social behavior and demographic composition of populations. This symposium highlights studies on costs of male reproductive effort in a variety of primate species, including humans. Our contributors will present new research on male behavior, physiology, life history, demography and health in the context of male mating effort and competition. A key emphasis for discussion will be the theorized trade-off between reproductive effort and survival, and whether some males can maintain high reproductive effort despite the costs throughout their lifespan. periods and demonstrate considerable variation from Lower Nubian mortuary contexts. Innovative and theoretically informed bioarchaeological research is advancing our understanding of colonialism, social practices including dental ablation and sacrifice, and the health consequences of conflict and illnesses arising from infectious diseases (e.g., brucellosis) and metabolic conditions (e.g., scurvy). This symposium aims to bring together for the first time researchers working on Upper Nubian and central Sudanese samples to share findings on aspects of health, identity, and mortuary practices. Discussion of these issues and the similarities and differences encountered in various locations and between Upper and Lower Nubian groups will stimulate further research and collaborations within these regions. This symposium brings together experts in both the field of morphometrics and that of physical anthropology to carry on the work begun over a decade ago, at the 2002 AAPA special session, Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology. We argue that there continues to be a great and immediate need to develop new techniques and to make steady improvements upon our preexisting methods in order to resolve the complex biological questions that are emerging within the present data-driven, genomic, and computationally intensive age. The mathematically tractable, highly adaptable, and efficient methods of geometric morphometrics are playing a critical role in ongoing efforts to increase our explanatory power. The goal of this symposium is to reflect upon the current state of the art: to present the latest theoretical advancements and methodological improvements, to highlight the key innovations in scholarship, and to demonstrate how the synergy between these two fields can continue to open up new avenues of research of interest to theoreticians and practitioners alike. The topics of discussion will cover such diverse areas as primatology, paleoanthropology, biological and forensic anthropology, while also adopting a variety of methodological perspectives and addressing the utility of these approaches to many different research ends. It is with great sadness that we mark the passing this year of Robert R. Sokal, who contributed much to biostatistics, systematics, anthropology, morphometrics, and many other fields. It is to his memory that this symposium is dedicated. Following postdoctoral work, his career has been spent in a department of orthodontics. However, his research in dental morphology, metrics, development, and variation has always been anthropological. This research, along with Edward's support, insights, editorship, and camaraderie, has influenced at least two generations of anthropologists. The breadth and depth of his work is inspiring, and the papers in this symposium, reflect that broad impact. Friday. Afternoon Sessions. Don't forget the Business Meeting @ 5:45, Ballroom A. Stress models in bioarchaeology account for synergistic interactions of environmental constraints, biology, cultural buffering systems, and psychological disruption in contributing to a physiological stress response. One potential adverse impact of stress at both the individual and the population level is decreased health. However, there is only an imperfect relationship between stress and health: certain skeletal stressors may not engender a decline in overall health, and vice versa. Furthermore, health is an abstract concept with a continuum of expressions and with no single individual or population representing perfect health. Despite an indirect correlation between stress and health, many bioarchaeological studies commonly claim to measure health in ancient populations. What is actually being measured is skeletal stress, which is then used as a proxy for health. This symposium begins to bridge the concepts of stress and health by using modern perspectives to quantify their interrelatedness. The papers drawn together here provide new insight into our current understanding of health in bioarchaeological populations. DIOGO. Invited Poster Symposium. Organizer: Kerry Dore. 301D. It has become increasingly difficult for primatologists to study free-ranging non-human primates that are not significantly impacted by anthropogenic disturbances. The emergent field of ethnoprimatology combines theories and methods from primatology, cultural anthropology, endocrinology, parasitology, epidemiology, geography, history and others to provide nuanced understandings of the interactions between humans and non-human primates. These studies often elucidate varied conservation strategies that are custom-fit to the needs of the country, environment and human cultural context in which these non-human primates are situated. The posters in this symposium include a survey of current ethnoprimatological studies and highlight new theoretical approaches to ethnoprimatology. Topics include: the use of geographic information systems and GPS in ethnoprimatology; overlapping resource use between humans and non-human primates; the effect of anthropogenic habitat disturbance and/or tourism on non-human primate behavior, stress and parasite load; disease transmission between humans and non-human primates; conflict dynamics between humans and non-human primates (e.g., crop-damage, hunting) and the place of nonhuman primates in local cultures. The goal of this symposium is to facilitate collaboration between researchers utilizing approaches from different disciplines to examine human and non-human primate interactions. As humans and human-modified habitats will play an increasingly larger role in studies of non-human primates in the near future, the results of ethnoprimatological research are especially important and relevant. During the 2012 AAPA Open Forum, "The Ethics of Practice and the Practice of Ethics: an open dialogue among bioanthropologists", it became clear that many researchers felt that the available ethical training and resources do not adequately address the unique needs of researchers in biological anthropology. Participants identified several areas of focus as deserving attention within our community, including the ethics inherent in field work, common challenges in working with skeletal remains, and the need for intradisciplinary conversation concerning professional relationships within our field. This symposium aims to address these identified needs, as well as other ethical challenges in our field. The symposium offers perspectives both on the application of ethics to procedural topics such as repatriation, field site management, and gaining family consent, and to emerging ethical topics that necessitate discussion, such as the Open Access movement. It is our sincere hope that by extending the current discourse on ethics, we can work to address the unique ethical challenges and questions that biological anthropologists engage during their research. Anthropologists have long documented illnesses, disease, and stress among the remains of past peoples. Bioarchaeologists, those studying ancient human biocultural interactions, have long diagnosed and described illnesses, identified the physically handicapped and sought to understand the evolution and ecology of ancient diseases. Increasingly, anthropology has pointed out the ways that health afflictions, injuries, and disabilities also have social lives. Through contextualized, careful archaeological research, bioarchaeologists have advocated placing health and disease data in cultural, regional, and temporal contexts to comprehend the social experience of disease and disability. Papers in this session build on this work to understand the symbolic, social and political dimensions of illness in the past using the concept of disease ideologies. Disease ideologies refer to communities' understandings of illness or disability phenotypes. These etiologies include cultural comprehension of disease causation, moralization of the ill or an illness, and the ways social metaphors make sense of sickness. By using the concept of disease ideologies, we explicitly draw on theories commonly used in medical anthropology. In doing so, papers in this session seek to initiate greater dialogue between medical and cultural anthropologists, bioarchaeologists, and paleopathologists in order to bring their expertise to bear in unraveling the social and biological complexities of illness, disease, and disability in the past. Genetic diversity and phylogenetics of two hybridizing Atlantic forest marmoset species, common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and black-tufted marmosets (Callthrix penicillata) :45 Foodways and polity Formation: A bioarchaeological analysis of the Xiongnu using dental microwear texture analysis and pathological conditions 15-11:30 Grasshopper's children: Bioarchaeological reconstruction of social age identity. D. NIKITOVIC. 11:30-11:45 The use of the body in the creation of collective identity: A bioarchaeological examination of Wisconsin Effigy Mound mortuary ritual Session 42: PALEOANTHROPOLOGY: Later Homo :45 Honey exploitation by chimpanzees and hunter-gatherers indicates an ancient use of fire by humans Skhul V segmentation and Broca's region asymmetries in Neandertal endocasts All Day Poster Sessions Even numbered poster authors present for discussion -10:00-10:30 am and 2:00-2:30 pm Odd numbered poster authors present for En Bloc removal of osteological remains Bioarchaeology in 3D: Employing three-dimensional technology in the field and in the lab Reconciling old maps with their curated collections: The implementation of technology to the riddle of curated commingled remains Putting pieces together again: Statistical formula for os coxa and sacrum Increasing the quality of your bioarchaeological data through the use of tablet-based software Distinguishing between stone tool burnishing and pot polish Human bone artifacts as markers of prehistoric populations: Critical assessment of evidence from Central California Diet in the mountains: Using dental pathology to assess subsistence strategies in Paa-ko Bioarchaeological analysis of dental health and diet in Tonga. C. STANTIS Dental microwear: A window into dietary texture during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in East Lokris Greece Microwear texture analysis of mandibular molars recovered from four Medieval sites in Dental microwear texture analysis at Tell Dothan Age as a factor in inter-tissue spacing of stable carbon isotopes in juvenile human remains High spatial resolution isotopic analysis of human primary bone: New methods for reconstructing short-term environmental and dietary change using the endosteal lamellar pocket Validation of bone apatite purification protocols for stable isotope analysis in bioarchaeology by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy Using stable isotopes to ascertain paleo-foraging strategies through the study of woodland bison behavior Isotopic measures of intra-individual variation in fetal bone collagen and apatite Dietary variation of individuals from the Angel Site and Caborn-Welborn Villages: Implications on the Vacant Quarter Hypothesis Whet your apatite: A dietary reconstruction using stable carbon isotopes from human tooth enamel at Tell Dothan A methodological comparison for stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis and applications to diet reconstruction Stable isotope analysis of human bones from Roman Ephesus (Turkey, 2 nd and 3 rd ct. AD) Neolithic transition in central and south-eastern Italy: An isotopic approach Human dietary reconstruction from stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis in Anglo-Saxon A death in the borderlands: Oxygen isotope evidence for mobility from a Pithos Burial at Oğlanqala Water isotopes of Ontario: Investigating the applications of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes as geographical indicators Changes in long bone strength correspond to shifts in locomotor behavior during development in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Locomotor anatomy of gray langurs (Semnopithecus entellus Strategies in below branch locomotion in non-specialized quadrupeds Locomotor anatomy of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) Chairs: Heather Garvin and Sabrina Sholts. Clinch Concourse. 7:30-8:00 am Poster set-up Even numbered poster authors present for discussion -10:00-10:30 am and 2:00-2:30 pm Odd numbered poster authors present for Craniofacial variation I: Within-population Procrustes analysis in a sample of Armed Services personnel Craniofacial variation II: Head shape prediction from anthropometric measurement and ancestry Craniofacial variation III: Efficient, landmark-free superimposition of head surface scans Craniofacial variation IV: Visualization of surface variation derived from whole head scans The reality of virtual anthropology: Testing the utility of computer generated models for the quantitative assessment of the cranium Covariance patterns in the human skull: A phylogenetic approach to the structure of human cranial variation Modularity and integration in the human cranial vault Shape analysis of the human zygomatic bone -Data evaluation Shape analysis of the human zygomatic bone -Surface registration Craniofacial changes between children with otitis media with effusion and control The relationship between dental crowding and cephalometric measurements in contemporary New Mexicans Association between gonial angle and mandibular torus Investigating the relationship between mandibular skeletal form and Stafne's defect using geometric morphometrics Investigating sexual dimorphism of the mandible using 3D geometric morphometrics Sexual dimorphism in the hyoid of recent human populations: A functional morphometric approach The lateral angle and cranial base sexual dimorphism: A morphometric evaluation Quantifying sexual dimorphism in the cranium: A preliminary analysis of a novel method Sexual dimorphism in human skull: The effect of size correction Non-metric cranial and pelvic traits as a measure of sexual dimorphism in a modern South African population Variation by variation: Differences in sexual dimorphism of the skull between African-Americans and European-Americans 24 Regional variation in sexual dimorphism among African and Diaspora populations Pelvic and appendicular skeletal variability in humans Trunk modularity in recent human populations: A preliminary look at rib and pelvis covariation Ecogeographic patterning in maxillary sinus form among modern humans Form variation in human long bone joints: A comparative geometric morphometric analysis of variation in the knee and elbow Variability in bone length and proportions of the arm and hand. K.R. RECTENWALD. 31 Introducing new variables into morphometric body mass reconstruction Secular changes in robusticity of limb bones in Secular change in the knee joint and the effects of obesity Secular change in the length and breadth of the bones of the upper limb The influence of body mass on humeral strength: An ontogenetic perspective Does height matter? Evaluating the need for height specific stature estimation equations. X.D. LAUCH. 38 Comparative study of metric sexing software using the os coxa The subpubic angle: A new method for assessing sex in a single os Sex estimation of juvenile human crania using 3D assessment of craniofacial architecture 42 Current practices in physical anthropology for sex estimation in unidentified The determination of sex and ancestry of patellae and calcanei from the Hamann-Todd Anatomical Collection Ancestral estimation using E.A. Marino's analysis of the first cervical vertebra applied to three modern ethnic groups Variation in nonmetric traits of the pelvis between population groups Is dental metric variation more sensitive to differences among regional populations than dental morphology? A case study from coastal Applying statistical classification methodologies to morphological dental trait data in forensic studies Dental morphological analysis of Roman-Era burials from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. S.D. HADDOW. 49 A world apart: Dental variation and the New York African Burial Ground Are socioethnic groups biologically meaningful entities? A tooth size allocation analysis of the Baltis of northern Using admixture mapping to identify genetic linkages with variation in human facial shape Assessing the forensic utility of the zygomaxillary suture in ancestry estimation Determination of ancestry in historical skeletal populations: Two case studies from French colonial sites in the Cranial variation among three regional groups in Are there 40 kinds of Hispanics in New Mexico? 57 Determination of body surface area from a whole-body CT scan am and 2:00-2:30 pm Odd numbered poster authors present for discussion -10:30-11:00 am and 2:30-3:00 pm 1 A tooth atlas for the developing dentition of Hylobates lar based on radiography and histology Pace of dental eruption and epiphyseal fusion in captive Macaca mulatta Pattern differences in the resorption and exfoliation of deciduous teeth between captive and wild Pan troglodytes Molar development and life history in four macaque species Molar enamel thickness in four macaque species Stable isotope time-series in teeth: Targeting the innermost enamel layer Dietary variability yields novel dental microwear textures for geladas Molar wear in a wild population of known-age mountain gorillas from Volcanoes National Park Preliminary examination of buccal dental microtexture in primates Anterior dental microwear in sympatric Callicebus brunneus and Ateles marginatus A new method for assessing dietary differences using interproximal tooth wear analysis Revisiting incisor allometry and diet (again): New 2D and 3D approaches to an old question Dental metric variation in two species of howler monkeys and their hybrids Modularity and shape variation of upper P4-M1 teeth in modern humans 16 A geometric morphometric analysis of lower deciduous first molars and their succedaneous dentition. K. ZEJDLIK. 17 A survey of the frequency of supernumerary teeth in non-human hominids Even numbered poster authors present for discussion -10:00-10:30 am and 2:00-2:30 pm Odd numbered poster authors present for Dominance rank and exposure to predators in wild Blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) The dual role of vigilance behavior in tufted capuchin monkeys Effects of predator presence on the behavior of bald-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia irrorata) in the Peruvian Amazon Introduced mammal predation of wild lemurs at Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve, Southwestern Madagascar: An assessment of predator scat samples Forest meat consumption in rural northeastern Madagascar: Its extent, incentives, and impact on local lemur and human populations Competition for woodland and forest resources between humans and nonhuman primates in Tana River Spatial position in feeding trees and its relationship to nutritional quality in wild howler monkeys (Aloutta palliata Feeding ecology of Gray's bald-faced saki monkey (Pithecia irrorata) during a single dry season in southeastern Perú Resource use by yellow-tailed woolly monkeys in disturbed and undisturbed forests Local-level habitat differences and patterns of feeding ecology in groups of Propithecus coquereli Nitrogen limitation in Bornean orangutans in a peat swamp habitat Diet composition of savanna chimpanzees at Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve The role of the hunter: Stable isotope evidence of hunting in adult male chimpanzees Patterns of ant-fishing for carpenter ants (Camponotus spp Seasonal intake of polyphenols and cellulose in two wild lemur populations (Lemur catta and Propithecus verreauxi) It's all in the wrist: Manipulative dexterity in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) Assessing site specific changes in endocranial shape associated with frugivory in primates Ingestive behavior of the red (Procolobus badius) and black and white (Colobus polykomos) colobus monkeys in the Taï Forest Prepping for pregnancy: Energy balance, hormone production and diet quality during preconception in Sanje mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei Microbial adaptations facilitate non-ruminant Theropithecus gelada grazing behavior in northern Ethiopia Roundworms on the Red Island: Gastrointestinal parasite intensity in four lemur species from the Tsinjoarivo region Cross-species parasite patterns: Pinworm prevalence in captive lemurs Do capuchins change the forest through the trees? How many points does it take to determine a home range? A meta-analysis of home range calculation methods from GPS collar data GIS analysis of the ranging behaviors of red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus) from Ranging patterns of solitary floater owl monkeys Edge effects on body mass and habitat use in two sympatric species of mouse lemurs in a Madagascan tropical dry forest Patterns of habitat use in Saguinus midas. M.J. VERES. 30 Seasonal variation in group movement patterns in the Sanje mangabey (Cercocebus sanjei) Habitat preferences and population assessment of Microcebus murinus in the remaining transitional littoral forest of Petriky Sleep site selection of proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus Differences in owl monkeys (Aotus spp.): An examination of nesting site preference and behavioral budgets in three species of captive Living together in the night: Abundance and habitat use of sympatric and allopatric populations of slow lorises and tarsiers (Nycticebus and Tarsius) Densities, distribution and detectability of a small nocturnal primate (Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus) in a montane rainforest Predicting subgroup size in a lemur with high fission-fusion dynamics Preliminary evidence suggests that two-male siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) groups at Way Canguk live in larger, higher quality home ranges than monogamous groups When animals disappear: An examination of factors influencing which individuals disappeared from a wild population of lemurs Locomotion of Angolan black and white colobus monkeys (Colobus angolensis palliatus) in coastal Locomotor kinematics of two semi-wild macaque species (Macaca assamensis and M. arctoides) in Thailand: A preliminary report This symposium will uniquely include a wide variety of perspectives to understand the diversity of both present and past primate communities across a variety of scales. We will discuss the current state of primate community ecology and paleoecology research, the availability of new methods and data, and future directions in the field. Participants will come from several specialties relevant to primate communities, including behavioral ecology, conservation biology, biogeography, and paleoecology. This will promote valuable discussion among scientists and undoubtedly draw attention to promising directions for synthetic research across subfields PRIMATOLOGY: Ecology, Behavior and Flexibility 1:15-1:30 Individual and group level factors shape the social sphere of individual mountain gorillas (Gorilla b. beringei) 4:30-4:45 Too hot, too cold, or just right: Thermal challenges facing mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in a dry tropical forest 3:45-4:00 What can we predict from first birth interval? I. NENKO, G. JASIENSKA. 4:00-4:15 The benefits of girlhood in the patriarchy: Natal familial composition, institutional care setting and child health outcomes in Jamaica 2:15-2:30 Gait mechanics of inverted walking: Implications for the evolution of suspensory locomotion. M.C. GRANATOSKY, D. SCHMITT. 2:30-2:45 Activity and functions of the human gluteal muscles in walking, running, sprinting and climbing George Armelagos's research has delved into several of the most profound theoretical and practical issues in physical anthropology: the health impacts of the Neolithic transition, the fallacy of the biological race concept, the origins of syphilis, the great human epidemiological transitions, the utility of evolutionary approaches to studying human variation, ancient diseases, and food choice, diet, and nutrition. He has also played a central role in the establishment and development of bioarchaeology, now a highly influential and interdisciplinary field within anthropology. His scholarly accomplishments are surpassed only by his commitment to mentorship and collaboration. In that spirit, this symposium brings together research from his several generations of grad students as well as others who trained under him. The posters reflect the interdisciplinary and biocultural frameworks that he pioneered, and the cross-and inter-generational collaborations that he fostered Life and death in 19 th century Peoria, Illinois: Taking a biocultural approach towards understanding the past George Armelagos and changing idea about the realities of race, human variation Achieving synthesis: New York's African Burial Ground and the influences of Searching for the invisible people in the African Diaspora: Biocultural perspectives George Armelagos and four-field Anthropology: A force against future fission of the discipline Moving beyond genetic race: Developmental contributions to human variation in New Zealand Were calories really a problem for the Classic Maya of Copan and K'axob? Evidence from paleopathological indicators From man's sweat and God's love, beer came into the world": The significance of beer and brewing in reconstructing the health and nutrition of ancient agriculturalists The biological impact of cultural transformations and economic differences in ancient Nubia 20 Food for thought: The contributions of George Armelagos to food and culture studies Reconstructing early-life lead exposure and biocultural beginnings: The Armelagos Effect in African diasporic bioarchaeology :00 pm Poster set-up. 4:30-5:00 pm Poster take-down. 2:00-2:30 pm All authors will be present for discussion Cementochronology: A test of accuracy by age groups on a reference population Microstep by microstep across dental cementum -Microanalysis of the alternating yearly deposits Age-at-death estimation of pathological individuals. A complementary approach using teeth cementum annulations Adult individual age, reliability of estimation using cementochronology TCA) -Evaluation of a semi-automated counting software Testing inter-teeth variability in adult individual age-at-death estimate using cementochronology (TCA) Functional morphology of the human dentition and its probable influence on tooth cementum thickness and incremental line count