Bioarchaeological research at Exeter combines the study of archaeology with branches of the natural and physical sciences to address questions of health and well-being, diet, ecology, subsistence strategies and natural and human-induced environmental impacts in the past.<br><br>Our approach is holistic and inter-disciplinary, drawing its inspiration from both definitions of bioarchaeology: as a study applied to human remains (human osteoarchaeology) and as related to the integration of environmental archaeology, floral and faunal evidence archaeobotany and zooarchaeology.<br><br>Our current research covers a range of themes:<br><br>the origins and development of social inequality, violence and warfare<br>morphological alteration in response to physical activity and labour in the rise of craft specialists and elites across political, social and economic transitions<br>changing patterns of resource exploitation of plants and animals<br>human environment relations, in particular the early domestication of plants and animals, and the legacy of past human impact on modern environments<br>how social relationships in the past contribute to funerary patterning in the archaeological record and how these relate to social processes amongst the living