{"id":3500,"date":"2019-03-06T08:38:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/person\/j-marla-toyne\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:51:35","slug":"j-marla-toyne","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/person\/j-marla-toyne\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Marla Toyne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a biological anthropologist who specializes in bioarchaeology, human skeletal biology, paleopathology, and stable isotope science. My primary area of investigation is Andean South America, where I engage in contextually-based research focusing on the analysis of ancient skeletal and mummified remains, in order to explore broader anthropological interests including: the biocultural identification of violence and warfare, ritual activities, ethnic identity, mortuary complexity in ancient civilizations, and Andean prehistoric and Contact period social interactions.<\/p>\n<p>I earned my B.A. and M.A. from the <strong>University of Western Ontario<\/strong>, London, Ontario.\u00a0 My Ph.D. degree was awarded from <strong>Tulane University<\/strong> in New Orleans, Louisiana. I pursued anthropological post-doctoral research at the University of Western Ontario in the Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science. My research has been supported by awards from NSF (National Science Foundation), the National Geographic Society, Rust Family Foundation, Petzl Foundation, and SSHRC-Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, I am a professor at UCF teaching both undergraduate and graduate level courses in various topics including bioarchaeology, human osteology, stable isotopes, and anthropological explorations of violence and death. I consistently bring students with me to Peru for field experiences in osteological lab activities and archaeological excavations.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout this introduction I think it is pretty clear that I am passionate about my work both in terms of teaching and research. I knew from a very young age that I loved culture, history, and travel, and thus, anthropology was a natural combination of these things. But anthropology is so much more and can be integrative and exploratory. I approach my work holistically seeing that questions can be approached from many different angles and using various interconnected lines of evidence. I rely heavily on collaborations and look forward to meeting new colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Osteological analysis of human remains from archaeological and forensic contexts<\/li>\n<li>Andean paleopathology \u2013 patterns of biological health status, demography and disease in central Andean region of South America<\/li>\n<li>Violence \u2013 skeletal trauma, massacres, human sacrifice<\/li>\n<li>Identity \u2013 osteological patterns marking collective experience, biodistance using metric and non-metric analyses of skeletal characteristics, as well as mortuary treatment<\/li>\n<li>Biogeochemical analysis of human remains \u2013 dietary and mobility reconstructions using individual and community patterns \u2013 work in Peru, Guatemala, and Croatia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am a biological anthropologist who specializes in bioarchaeology, human skeletal biology, paleopathology, and stable isotope science. 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