Centre for Human Bioarchaeology Volunteers
This team are a dedicated trio of volunteers who have brought their own skills and experiences together to work collaboratively to aid the long-term curation of skeletal remains and add to the knowledge learnt from these remains.
Veronica, having trained as a skilled osteologist, is invaluable in being able to carry out the analysis of skeletal remains and record her observations on the osteological database.
Stuart has also been a volunteer for many years and has been magnificent in assisting with the enormous task of marking the bones of the skeletal remains in the curated collection, numbering now over 20,000, with the respective information for the site they come from them and their identifying number. Stuart has patiently marked over 500 skeletons (only 19,500 to go!).
David started volunteering a few years ago to help work through the digital radiographs of the skeletal remains in the collections. Having been a radiologist for his working career, his knowledge and experience are much appreciated in the interpretation of the radiographs and for his creation of a radiological archive which will allow the Centre to more readily search the images and share with researchers.
Although they all work in different roles and not always on the same days, through their hard work they contribute as a team and further the development of the Centre within the museum.