Dr Chris Deter

Dr Deter received her PhD from University College London in 2005. She holds an MSc in Osteology, Palaeopathology and Funerary Archaeology from the University of Sheffield (1999), and a BSc in Archaeology from Kansas State University (1996). Dr Deter has participated in archaeological fieldwork projects in the United States, Namibia, Israel, Nicaragua, Belize and Greece.     

Dr Deter is a skeletal biologist and forensic anthropologist who specialises in dietary reconstruction from human skeletal remains.

• NATS3001 - Foundations of Science 1
• NATS3002 - Foundations of Scientific Experimentation and Data Analysis
• NATS3003 - Foundations of Science 2
• FOST7001 - Advanced Human Osteology and Anatomy - (Module Convenor)
  
• FOST7003 - Advanced Practical Skills in Forensic Osteology and Field Recover Methods - (Module Convenor)
• FOST7004 - Field Excavation and Recovery Methods
  
• FSCI4001 - Introduction to Forensic Science
  
• FSCI5001 - Fundamental Forensic Techniques & Archaeology
  
• FSCI6004 - Forensic Science Research Project
  
• FSCI7004 - Advanced Practical Skills in Forensic Science
  

Dr Deter supervises PhD student projects in human osteology and forensic anthropology.

Current PhD students:

Petrina Barnard. Provenancing unidentified individuals from a combined dental histology and trace element approach.

Clarice Skinner. Developing a method to estimate adult age-at-death from root dentin histology.

• Manager of the Human Osteology Lab.
• Curator of the human skeletal collection.
• Director of Kent Osteological Research and Analysis (KORA), which is based in the Human Osteology Lab. This unit offers commercial osteological services to a range of public sectors and works closely with regional archaeological units, especially Canterbury Archaeological Trust, The Trust for Thanet Archaeology, and SWALE.