Trends is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary and international platform for the publication of research into all aspects in the thriving fields of biological anthropology and osteoarchaeology.

The publication welcomes submissions from those who work in numerous archaeological sectors including, academic, commercial, forensic, heritage, curatorial and many others – including non-members.

The editorial team encourages papers from any field of study that focus on biological anthropology and osteoarchaeology, including all aspects of the study of human and animal bones from any time period and geographical location.

Trends will accept studies which provide methodological development, and apply previously established techniques to new materials, as well as studies with newly contextualised data.

The editorial team strongly encourage the submission of papers in support of the decolonisation of bioarchaeological research and the diversification of our profession. In particular, research papers outside of Europe and North America, interrogations of colonialism and racism, and ways to tackle structural biases would be particularly welcomed.

READERSHIP
animal bone specialists – anthropologists – archaeologists – bioarchaeologists – forensic practitioners – historians – human bone specialists – osteoarchaeologists – palaeopathologists

KEYWORDS
activity – anthropology – archaeology – behaviour – bioarchaeology – bioculture – biomolecular – bones – care – climate – colonization – dental – demographic – development – diet – disease – epidemiology – evolution – forensic – funerary – growth – genomics – health – history – identity – isotope – life course – medical – migration – mobility – morbidity – morphological – mortuary – osteoarchaeology – palaeopathology – social – taphonomic – variation –  imaging   + other relevant subjects