This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled “Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and
Moving Forward,” which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6–8, 2020�…

This article reviews recent archaeological research on warfare in prestate societies of native
North America. This survey comprises six regions: Arctic/Subarctic, Northwest Coast�…

This article represents a systematic effort to answer the question, What are archaeology's
most important scientific challenges? Starting with a crowd-sourced query directed broadly�…

Skeletons represent the most direct evidence of the biology of past populations, and their
study provides insight into health and well-being, dietary history, lifestyle (activity), violence�…

Evolutionary anthropologists seek to understand the evolution of warfare across multiple
timescales, from the roots of warfare in the intergroup aggression of our primate ancestors�…

Over the pre-Columbian sequence, Andean warfare ranged greatly in intensity. This review
combines published information on cranial trauma and settlement patterns, which often align�…

This article critically assesses recent interpretations of premodern defensive architecture
and militaristic themes in the archaeological record, using the Andes as a case study. While�…

The main theories of the origin of warfare-from evolutionary psychology, materialism, and
historical contingency-are examined. Their implications and their use of anthropological�…

The Eastern Archaic, Historicized offers an alternative perspective on the genesis and
transformation of cultural diversity over eight millennia of hunter-gatherer dwelling in eastern�…

In the last two and a half decades there have been many advances in the technology
available to archaeologists. As new technologies have been used to challenge previously�…