Following voting processes in August and September this year, and as announced during our last AGM at the BABAO Annual Conference 2026 in Lincoln, we wish to extend a very warm welcome to our new Trustees! Becoming a BABAO Trustee… Read More »Welcome new Trustees!
At the 2026 Annual Meeting at Lincoln, BABAO’s fourth Service Award was awarded to Dr Trish Biers. As most of you know, Trish has been an exemplary member of this community for many years, working tirelessly on issues relating to the trade… Read More »BABAO Service Award 2026
Introducing new BABAO infographic on “Destructive Sampling of Human Remains: Considerations and Care” We are pleased to share our new BABAO infographic on “Destructive Sampling of Human Remains: Considerations and Care”. It can be viewed, along with other BABAO guidelines,… Read More »“Destructive Sampling of Human Remains: Considerations and Care” infographic
Huge congratulations to this year’s winner of the Holger Schutkowski Award for excellence in a masters thesis! Congratulations to Victoria Brandt for their outstanding thesis “Analysis of Fracture Patterns in Long Bones from Blunt Force Trauma: A Medicolegal Context“. They… Read More »2026 Winner Holger Schutkowski Award
Nominations for the BABAO Service Award are open until September 1st 2026 BABAO has established two awards for members, the Service Award and the Mentorship Award. Requests for nominations are in alternate years, with the award being presented at the BABAO Annual… Read More »Nominations open – BABAO Service Award 2026
Huge congratulations to this year’s winner of the Don Brothwell Award for excellence in a undergraduate thesis! Congratulations to William Wells for their outstanding thesis “An Exploration of Two Cases of Unhealed Proximal Ulna Fractures in Skeletons Excavated from an Early… Read More »2026 Winner Don Brothwell Award
Last year, our fab members Kirsty Squires, Wendy Birch, Georgia Goold-Jones, Damien Huffer, Madeleine Mant, Sophia Mills, Charlie Primeau, Sarah Schrader and Trish Biers from the BABAO Sale of Human Remains Taskforce published this article in the Historic Environment: Policy… Read More »New article by BABAO Sale of Human Remains Taskforce
We are looking for a new Secretary (3 years) to join our Board of Trustees! Regrettably, our current Secretary is having to stand down from the role, moving for work overseas and unfortunately making it not possible to remain in the… Read More »Call for Nomination – Secretary (2026)
We wish to extend a very warm welcome to our new EDI Trustee! Becoming a BABAO Trustee is an opportunity to become more engaged in the fields of biological anthropology and osteoarchaeology in the UK, working to steer and support… Read More »Welcome new EDI Trustee!
We are looking for a new EDI Trustee (3 years) to join our Board of Trustees! We would like to invite our members to nominate themselves for the position of EDI Trustee (3 years) within our Board of Trustees. Becoming a… Read More »Call for Nomination – EDI Trustee
