Sarah Schrader
Associate professor
- Name
- Dr. S.A. Schrader
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 1685
- s.a.schrader@arch.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0424-6748
Dr. Sarah Schrader is Assistant Professor in Osteoarchaeology at the Faculty of Archaeology and heads the Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology.
More information about Sarah Schrader
News
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Leiden workshop leads to special issue Journal of Osteoarchaeology -
Veronica Tamorri comes to Leiden with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship -
Proteins are not distributed equally in ancient teeth -
Archaeologist Sarah Schrader receives a grant to explore the evolution of stress -
Investigating health equality in the past with a VIDI grant: ‘We will look for indications of stress’ -
Vidi grant for seven researchers from Leiden University -
Sarah Schrader appointed to Young Academy Leiden -
Sarah Schrader to head the Osteoarchaeology lab
Office days
Monday to Friday
Research
Dr. Sarah Schrader’s research focuses on the bioarchaeological reconstruction of daily activities. She uses musculoskeletal attachment sites as well as stable isotope analysis to elucidate physical activities and dietary practices in Ancient Nubia. More broadly, through the analysis of human bone, Dr. Schrader addresses questions of workload, social identity, and agency. Dr. Schrader is currently excavating the site of Abu Fatima, an Ancient Nubian cemetery (2,500-1,500 BCE), near the Third Cataract of the Nile.
Dr. Schrader is head of the Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology.
Teaching activities
Dr. Schrader teaches on the topics of osteoarchaeology and paleopathology. She is a point of contact for the MSc and PhD program in osteoarchaeology.
Curriculum vitae
Dr. Schrader received her PhD from Purdue University in 2013. She worked at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Notre Dame University before coming to Leiden in 2017.
Associate professor
- Faculteit Archeologie
- Archaeological Sciences
- Bio-Archaeology