The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease

Michaela Binder is a bioarchaeologist who has conducted research and fieldwork projects in many different countries, including Austria, Sudan, Egypt, Italy and Saudi Arabia. Combining cultural and biological perspectives, her work focusses on the comprehensive reconstruction of living conditions of past human populations. She is Senior Project Manager at Novetus GmbH Archaeological Services, Austria and lectures at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Charlotte A. Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Durham University, UK. A bioarchaeologist and former nurse, she has conducted palaeopathological research for over forty years. She has authored over 200 papers/book chapters, and authored/edited a number of books, including The Backbone of Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach (Oxford University Press, 2022). She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2014.

Daniel Antoine is the Keeper (Head) of the Department of Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London, UK. He has published widely on bioarchaeology and palaeopathology, including Regarding the Dead: Human Remains in the British Museum and Ancient Lives, New Discoveries: Eight Mummies, Eight Stories (both British Museum Press, 2014).