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.

 ANNUAL MEETING: OCTOBER 8-10, 2010

 HOSTED BY PURDUE UNIVERSITY 

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Deadline for abstract submission and registration is September 25, 2010

Friday night reception: Stone Hall 217

Saturday presentations: Lilly Hall lobby and 1105

Sunday workshops: Lilly Hall 1239/1240 and 2102

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Hotel accomodations have been set aside at the Hilton Garden Inn. It 
is located at 356 East State Street, just minutes from campus. Please 
call 1-765-743-2100 and refer to the BARFAA conference to ensure the 
conference rate of $96.00.

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

• 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