Kari Bruwelheide
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Kari Bruwelheide (born March 16, 1967) is an American archaeologist and anthropologist. She is known for her work as a physical anthropologist, bioarchaeologist, and forensic anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
Kari Bruwelheide | |
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Born | (1967-03-16)March 16, 1967 |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Luther College University of Nebraska–Lincoln's College of Arts and Sciences |
Known for | Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioarchaeology, Physical Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology |
Institutions | Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History |
Academic advisors | Karl J. Reinhard |
Since joining the Smithsonian in 1992, she has assisted Douglas W. Owsley, Division Head of Physical Anthropology, identify skeletal remains and determine the cause of death in various high-profile forensic cases. These cases have included studying the remains of three individuals discovered buried in the Chesapeake Bay area of St. Mary's City, Maryland, during a remote sensing survey at the foundation of the 17th-century Brick Chapel Catholic Church; examining and identifying the remains of victims of the siege on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas; examining the remains excavated in the historic Jamestown Colony; and assisting in the identification of American Civil War soldiers who perished aboard the H. L. Hunley Confederate submarine.
She is co-curator, along with Owsley, of the exhibition Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake.[1] In 2010, Bruwelheide, Owsley, and the Museum's staff of the Department of Exhibits were honored with the Smithsonian Secretary's Distinguished Research Prize,[2] recognizing the success of the Written In Bone exhibit, which was open from February 2009 to January 2014.