What archaeologists want human biologists to tell them, about Teouma for example

This paper reflects on the relative roles of human biology and archaeology in reconstructing the past. There are things that the archaeologists can do for the human biologists (and vice versa of course), and this can be demonstrated by some illustrations of less-than-best-practice in interpretation on both sides. From this follows – as the title suggests – a call for what archaeologists want human biologists to tell them. But first the subject is introduced by a discussion of attitudes to human remains and their study in Vanuatu, where the Teouma site is located. This may well not resonate with experiences elsewhere in the region; for that reason alone it is worthy of mention (cf. Bedford et al. 2010a).