Phillip L. Walker
Professor Walker is currently working a number of bioarchaeological projects involving collections of human skeletal remains from various parts of the world, including Africa, central Asia, and Europe. He is the co-director of an archaeological project in Iceland that includes the excavation of a settlement period cemetery and church. Walker is a principle investigator on a large NSF funded collaborative project entitled “A History of Health in Europe from the Late Paleolithic Era to the Present.” This project involves researchers from many different European countries. Its goal is to measures and analyzes the evolution of skeletal health by combining data from human rmains with information gathered from sources in archaeology, climate history, geography, and history. More information of these projects can be found at the following web sites:
Mosfell
Archaeological Project
View a television documentary on my Icelandic research
Global History of Health Project
Dr. Walker is also
the Past President of the American Association of
Physical Anthropologists