Dr. Barbara Veselka is an Assistant Professor of Archaeological Science and Head of the Osteoarchaeology Laboratory at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where she studies burnt and unburnt human remains at the macroscopic, radiological, and microscopic levels. She holds a Master’s in Archaeology of MesoAmerica and a Master of Science in Human Osteology and Funerary Archaeology from Leiden University, the Netherlands, where she also earned her PhD in Human Osteoarchaeology. Her doctoral thesis (D-lightful Sunshine Disrupted) focused on vitamin D deficiency as a method for reconstructing changes in sociocultural practices resulting from industrialisation in 17th–19th-century Netherlands. The study of vitamin D deficiency remains an important focus of her research on both cremated and inhumated human remains from collections worldwide.
Contact Email: barbara.veselka@vub.be
https://www.barbaraveselka.nl/
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