State of the Discipline  Osteological Research in Classical
Archaeology   The purpose of this article is threefold: (1) to
provide a brief historical overview of human and nonhuman
osteological studies in classical archaeology to get a sense of
why and how the disciplines developed as they did; (2) to
examine the current state of research in human osteology and
zooarchaeology in the classical context, providing examples of
case studies to help highlight the value (and limitations) of
osteological analyses in reconstructing aspects of ancient Greek
and Roman cultures and the environments in which they lived; and
(3) to outline future directions for these disciplines,
specifically in terms of connections that human osteologists and
zooarchaeologists can share with one another, and how both, in
turn, can cultivate ties to the wider fields of classics,
archaeology, and anthropology to increase our knowledge of the
natural and cultural worlds of antiquity. While some aspects of
osteological work in classical archa