062: Zooarchaeology: classifying the domestic fauna of the Roman port of Sanisera, Menorca, Spain

Staff

Kay Christine Getchell (San Francisco, USA, 1997)

Kay is a biological anthropologist, bioarchaeologist and teacher. She obtained her B.S. in Biological Anthropology at the University of San Diego, California, and went on to complete her M.A. in Bioarchaeology at San Francisco State University.

Kay specializes in the osteological and archaeological analysis of human and faunal skeletal remains. Her research focuses on paleopathology and medieval funerary practices, and her expertise in osteology is accompanied by the guiding frameworks of cultural anthropology and archaeology. Kay took part in the 2026 field school at Sanisera and has been invited back for 2027 to introduce the zooarchaeological methods course.