Francisca Alves Cardoso
Dr. Francisca Alves Cardoso received her PhD from Durham University in 2008. She is Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Laboratory of Biological Anthropology and Human Osteology at CRIA - Centre for Research in Anthropology in Portugal and Invited Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Her research focuses on how skeletal biology is used to comprehend and reconstruct past human health and wealth, and how social and...See more
Dr. Francisca Alves Cardoso received her PhD from Durham University in 2008. She is Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Laboratory of Biological Anthropology and Human Osteology at CRIA - Centre for Research in Anthropology in Portugal and Invited Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Her research focuses on how skeletal biology is used to comprehend and reconstruct past human health and wealth, and how social and cultural constructs may be perceived by the analysis of human remains. In recent years she has also explored ethical issues related to the study/use of skeletal biology and human skeletonised remains in science, technology, and humanities and its impact in society. See less
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