Open Access Journal: Bioarchaeology of the Near East

Bioarchaeology of the Near East (printed version ISSN 1898-9403, online ISSN 1899-962X) is published annually in one volume. The aim of the journal is to promote research on the history of human populations inhabiting South-Western Asia (chiefly Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, Anatolia, Iran, and Egypt). It will publish original contributions in which methods of physical anthropology and bioarchaeology are used to answer historical questions. Three kinds of texts will be considered for publication: original papers, general review articles (especially those focussing on methodological issues), and short fieldwork reports. Papers of two first categories will be subject to peer review.

The editors welcome contributions focusing on the biological background of historical processes observed in past populations in the region where most ancient civilisations of the Old World emerged. This includes large-scale studies e.g., on migrations, secular trends, microevolution, temporal changes or regional differences in the quality of life, disease patterns or demographical profiles, but also local studies or diagnostic case studies of distinguished individuals. Papers using not only biological, but also archaeological and textual evidence are mostly appreciated. For more effective exchange of information the journal also includes short fieldwork reports on human remains excavated at archaeological sites located in the region of interest.

123456 Volume 7:2013
Special issue: Selected papers from the bioarchaeology session at the 8th ICAANE in WarsawArticles in press

Wieslaw Wieckowski, Susan Cohen, Henk K. Mienis, Liora Kolska Horwitz
The excavation and analysis of porcupine dens and burrowing on ancient and recent faunal and human remains at Tel Zahara (Israel)
Abstract, PDF (6385 KB)

Carmen del Cerro
Biological remains at al-Madam (Sharjah, UAE). Archaeological, archaeobotanical and archaeozoological studies in an Iron Age farming-stockbreeding village
Abstract, PDF (1381 KB)

Vladimir Kufterin, Nadezhda Dubova
A preliminary analysis of Late Bronze Age human skeletal remains from Gonur-depe, Turkmenistan
Abstract, PDF (4878 KB)