Paleopathology Association
The Paleopathology Association was formed in 1973 by U.S. and
Canadian scientists. Meeting in Detroit for a symposium sponsored by the
Smithsonian Institution, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and Wayne State
University Medical School, the participants performed a controlled,
multidisciplinary autopsy on an Egyptian mummy (PUM-II). Believing that human
skeletal and mummified remains can yield tremendous information about the past,
an informal association was formed.
Today, the Paleopathology Association is composed of researchers, scientists,
and students from many fields, including physical anthropology, medicine,
archaeology, and egyptology from around the world. Membership
is open to all who are interested. Members are dedicated to sharing information,
ideas and resources. Our annual
meeting in North America, and biennial meeting in Europe, focus on the
dissemination of information, discussions on issues germane to the field,
skill building, and collegiality. The Paleopathology
Newsletter, a quarterly publication, helps keep members up to date and
in close touch with one another, and our newly launched scientific journal, the International Journal of Paleopathology, will deliver its inaugural issue in Spring, 2011.
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July 28, 2010 by A. L. Grauer (agrauer@paleopathology.org)
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