Sara L. Juengst is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. As an anthropological bioarchaeologist, her research integrates social theory and skeletal evidence to address lived experiences of diet, disease, migration, and violence in the past and present. Sara’s research primarily focuses on South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru), though she also participates in projects based in North Carolina, Kenya, and Nigeria. Her research explores how people navigated changing social and environmental climates, particularly highlighting how skeletons embody power and community.

• 1 Studying Community and Power in the Past 2 Life in the Titicaca Basin3 Daily Living: Sustenance, Stress, and Strain4 Creating Relationships: Family and Friends5 Growing Divisions: Violence and Identity6 Building Community: Navigating New TerrainReferences

Sara L. Juengst is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. As an anthropological bioarchaeologist, her research integrates social theory and skeletal evidence to address lived experiences of diet, disease, migration, and violence in the past and present. Sara’s research primarily focuses on South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru), though she also participates in projects based in North Carolina, Kenya, and Nigeria. Her research explores how people navigated changing social and environmental climates, particularly highlighting how skeletons embody power and community.

• 1 Studying Community and Power in the Past 2 Life in the Titicaca Basin3 Daily Living: Sustenance, Stress, and Strain4 Creating Relationships: Family and Friends5 Growing Divisions: Violence and Identity6 Building Community: Navigating New TerrainReferences