ABSTRACTS of the 5 th Annual Meeting of the

s are given in alphabetical order by senior author; all papers are podium presentations unless noted otherwise. (1) BENEFIEL, Angela. "Forensic Anthropology and Automobile Accidents." (poster presentation) Automobile accidents account for a large number of fatalities each year in the United States. The application and practice of forensic anthropology to such fatalities is a valuable resource for better understanding the resulting skeletal trauma. Using established estimation techniques, the analysis of an accident victim can reveal patterns of injuries of a diverse nature as well as account for particular skeletal evidence pertaining to the manner death. This poster identifies some of the typical injuries associated with automobile accidents as demonstrated by a case from the forensic anthropology facility at the Biological Anthropology Lab at Wichita State University. (2) CAHUE, Laura, & H.P. Pollard. "Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of Bioarchaeological Research in a Tarascan Community in the Lake Patzcuaro Basin." The archaeological site of Urichu is located within the ejido land of the modern Tarascan town of San Francisco Uricho, in the Lake Patzcuaro Basin, in the state of Michoacan in west Mexico. A research team, headed by Dr. Helen P. Pollard, from the Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University, has been working at this site since 1990, investigating the development of the Tarascan state. The project has reached local, regional, and state notoriety due to increasing conflict and resistance to continued research from the agrarian sector in the community of San Francisco Uricho. This paper examines the ethical and legal dilemmas faced by the research team as they sought to negotiate with community leaders, community workers employed by the project, municipal and state officials, and various levels of INAH: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (the national institute of anthropology and history) archaeologists. The lessons learned go far beyond a simplistic polarization of native vs. non-native ideologies and agendas. This case illustrates the social, political and economic impact of bioarchaeological work on Mexican indigenous communities. It brings into focus the active participation of these communities in global and national indigenous rights movements, and examines their resistance to archaeological research within the context of economic stress and eroding, fragmenting local leadership. (3) CALENTINE, Leighann. "Morphological Changes in Bone When Exposed to Fire." (poster presentation) Changes in the appearance of bone when it is exposed to fire are represented in this poster. A sample of deer bone was exposed to fire for differing lengths of time to replicate charring and