This is the final installment of an eight-part series, airing every Friday. Victoria participated in a bioarchaeology training program this summer, funded by a US National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate (NSF-REU) grant.

On this episode, Victoria Calvin (University of South Alabama) talks all about archaeological excavation and osteological analysis. Earlier this year, she not only undertook lab research experience in Mobile, but also fieldwork at the Slavia Field School in Giecz, Poland. Hear what she has to say about the process of excavating human remains and estimating sex using innovative methods that access the morphology of the inner ear canal (otherwise known as the ‘internal auditory meatus’).

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If you want to read more about the NSF-REU program, you can do so at the official blog and website. Other participants in the program include Quentin Burke, Silvio Ernesto Mirabal Torres, Charlie Downey, Cháylee Arellano, Rachel Heil, Alyssa McGrath and Jeremy Simmons.

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