Jelena Bekvalac on curating Human Remains in Museums

Beyond Death

In this episode, David and Asanda talk to Jelena Bekvalac about excavating and curating human remains.

Jelena is has been based at the Museum of London since 2003, and was an original member of the research osteologist team with the establishment of the Wellcome funded Centre for Human Bioarchaeology. She has been involved in countless high profile excavations from across the world, working as a human osteologist to uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations. Jelena is a representative on a number of committees, frequently speaks at archaeological and historical societies and was in 2011 elected to be a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.