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Dudar, Chris

Dr

Bioarchaeology, Commingled remains resolution, Paleopathology, Repatriation

Positions

Manager Repatriation Lab, National Museum of Natural History

Geographic Focus

North America Continent

Research And Grants

Investigator On

Osteoware human skeleton documentation website, software download portal, and interactive community forum awarded by National Park Service

Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Dudar, J. Christopher and Castillo, Eric R. 2019. "Quantification of anatomical variation at the atlanto-occipital articulation: morphometric resolution of commingled human remains within the repatriation documentation process." Journal of anatomy, 235, (2) 396–411. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12561. 2019
- Dudar, John Christopher. 2010. "Qualitative and Quantitative Diagnosis of Lethal Cranial Neural Tube Defects from the Fetal and Neonatal Human Skeleton, with a Case Study Involving Taphonomically Altered Remains." Journal of Forensic Sciences, 55, (4) 877–883. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01382.x. 2010
Book
- Billeck, William T. and Dudar, John Christopher. 2016. Inventory and Assessment of Nineteenth Century Human Remains from the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers, Kansas, Potentially Affiliated with the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, the Caddo Nation, the Osage Nation, and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington DC: Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 2016
- Wolff, Christopher, Billeck, William T., and Dudar, John Christopher. 2012. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains and Funerary Objects Potentially Affiliated with the Kaigani Haida in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 2012
- Billeck, William T., Dudar, J. Christopher, and Tallmadge, Kendall. 2009. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains from near Golden, Colorado, in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 2009
Report
- Hollinger, R. Eric, Dudar, J. Christopher, and Luze, Meredith. 2020. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains Potentially Associated with Chief Wakara in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2020
- Hollinger, R. Eric, Dudar, J. Christopher, and Luze, Meredith. 2020. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains and Funerary Objects Found near Meadow, Utah, in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2020
- Hollinger, R. Eric, Dudar, J. Christopher, and Luze, Meredith. 2020. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains and Objects Beaver County, Utah, in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2020
- Hollinger, R. Eric and Dudar, J. Christopher. 2020. Inventory and Assessment of possible Ute Human Remains from Utah and Colorado, in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2020
- Powell, Melissa S., Dudar, John Christopher, and Luze, Meredith. 2018. Inventory and Assessment Of Human Remains and Funerary Objects From the Andrean of Islands Of The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, In the Collections Of The National Museum Of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: National Museum of Natural History. 2018
- Hollinger, R. Eric and Dudar, J. Christopher. 2016. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains from Nebraska Potentially Affiliated with the Potawatomi in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2016
- Hollinger, R. Eric and Dudar, J. Christopher. 2016. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains from the Tule River Reservation, California, in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2016
- Hollinger, R. Eric, Botic, Cheri, and Dudar, J. Christopher. 2015. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains and Funerary Objects from Near Bakersfield, Kern County, California, in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2015
- Hollinger, R. Eric, Dudar, J. Christopher, and Damm, Stephen. 2014. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains and Funerary Objects from Maine in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2014
- Hollinger, R. Eric, Botic, Cheri, and Dudar, J. Christopher. 2011. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains and Funerary Objects Potentially Affiliated with Yokuts Tribes from Kern and Tulare Counties, California, in the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2011
- Hollinger, R. Eric, Anderson, Gregory, and Dudar, J. Christopher. 2010. Inventory and Assessment of Human Remains from Mackinac Island, Michigan, in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. 2010

Contact

Location

National Museum of Natural History Academic Department