The Midwest Bioarcheology & Forensic Anthropology Association was founded in 1994 by Dr. Leslie Eisenberg (Wisconsin) and Dr. Stephen Nawrocki (Indiana), with special help from Dr. Anne Grauer (Chicago). Our goal was 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.

 2009 MEETINGS: NOVEMBER 6-8

 HOSTED BY UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS 

Friday Evening:  Reception Goode Hall rm 005
Saturday:  Podium/Poster Presentations, Goode Hall rm 005
Sunday:  Workshop, Kirkhoff Center room 250

Click here to view the 2009 BARFAA Program.

Click here to view the 2009 Hotel and Restaurant List

FOR MORE INFORMATION (REGISTRATION FORMS, HOTEL AND MAPS) GO TO 
http://www.luc.edu/anthropology/barfaa/barfaa.html 

Participants must be registered.  Registration fees ($35) due October 15th. On-site registration is welcomed but all potential attendees are asked to contact microwear@aol.com to alert the organizers of your intended arrival (this ensures that adequate seating is available and catering needs are met).

Host: 

Christopher W. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Director, Indiana Prehistory Laboratory
Registered Professional Archeologist
University of Indianapolis
1400 E. Hanna Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46227
317-788-2103

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

Archives of the Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association, can be found at www.archlab.uindy.edu.

Interesting Links

• Midwest Archaeology Conference (MAC)   
• 2008:October 15-19    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

• Paleopathology Association
• American Association of Physical Anthropologists
• American Academy of Forensic Science
• American Board of Forensic Anthropology
• American Anthropological Association
• C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory
• Forensic Science Resources
• Zeno's Forensic Page