Anthropology in Our Backyards presents:  

Dr. Anne Keenleyside, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University

Dr. Keenleyside's presentation will focus on recent and ongoing analyses that have been conducted on skeletal remains belonging to members of the lost Franklin expedition. Topics to be highlighted include the health status of the crew (scurvy, lead poisoning, and other health problems), the evidence for cannibalism, the geographic origins of the crew members, and their genetic profiles.

Trained as a bioarchaeologist, Dr. Keenleyside conducts research on human skeletal remains recovered from archaeological contexts, with a focus on reconstructing the health, diet, and mobility of past populations using macroscopic, microscopic, chemical, and other forms of analysis.

Anthropology in our Backyards is a speaker series brought to you by the Department of Anthropology at the University of Northern British Columbia: unbc.ca/anthropology. The watering can artwork appears under Creative Commons license. It was created by Claire Skelly at Noun Project. Image source: The British Library (no known copyright restrictions) Image title: "The eventful voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship “Resolute”." Author: MacDougall, George Frederick.Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10460.e.19." Page: 464. Place of Publishing: London. Date of Publishing: 1857. Issuance: monographic. Identifier: 002311652. Flickr.com