Editorial
https://doi.org/10.54062/jb.5.1.3
4 th Annual International Congress on Roman Bioarchaeology: Transcending Boundaries
Kathryn E. Marklein
; Department of Anthropology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Center for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Elizabeth A. Bews
; 3Department of Anthropology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
Mario Novak
; 4 Institute for anthropological research, Zagreb
Abstract
The International Congress on Roman Bioarchaeology (ICORB), with support from the Institute for Anthropological Research, will hold its 4th Annual Meeting at the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Croatia, from 31 August to 2 September 2025. Established in 2021, ICORB was developed as a venue to promote interdisciplinary collaboration among scholars working on archaeological remains from across the Roman world and beyond. The annual conference provides an opportunity for international researchers to share ongoing research involving Roman-era archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological, mortuary, and human remains.
The conference emphasizes cross-disciplinary dialogue, merging traditional archaeological methods with new theoretical frameworks, and ultimately encourages scholars to ask new questions and push methodological boundaries. Presentations and posters at the annual conference go beyond merely showcasing results; they become springboards for discussion and
reinterpretation, with scholars offering real-time feedback on research and theoretical developments. The goal of ICORB is to function as a collaborative engine of ideas, where archaeologists, anthropologists, classicists, and historians engage deeply with shared evidence to treat ancient individuals not as data points, but as lives to be reconstructed and understood. This
fuels ICORB’s identity as a humanistic science forum, where ideas about Roman-era identity, health, migration, and inequality are constantly tested and forced to evolve.
Keywords
ICORB conference; Zagreb venue; Roman Bioarchaeology
Hrčak ID:
341664
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Publication date:
1.8.2025.
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