# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jane-ellen-buikstra
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:25:47.735Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-ellen-buikstra"
name: "Jane Ellen Buikstra"
slug: "jane-ellen-buikstra"
description: "Jane Ellen Buikstra is an American anthropologist and bioarchaeologist. Her 1977 article on the biological dimensions of archaeology coined and defined the field of bioarchaeology in the US as the application of biological anthropological methods to the study of archaeological problems. Throughout her career, she has authored over 20 books and 150 articles. Buikstra's current research focuses on an analysis of the Phaleron cemetery near Athens, Greece."
tagline: "American anthropologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jane_Buikstra_at_AAAS2026.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1945-11-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.87
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.605544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "چان الين بويكسترا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_E._Buikstra"
    title: "Jane E. Buikstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1"
    title: "Τζέιν Μπούικστρα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_E._Buikstra"
    title: "Jane E. Buikstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_E._Buikstra"
    title: "Jane E. Buikstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6152165"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump