Haley Goren

Thesis title:

Mortuary Practices of the British Beaker People: an osteological assessment of bacterial diagenesis in bone tissue microstructure to investigate postmortem burial treatments using Micro-CT

Research Area

Archaeology

Publications

Goren, H. P. (2023). An investigation of the inter and intra post-mortem microstructural change seen in an experimental series of pigs exposed to a marine environment. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 99, 102588.

Goren, H. P., Agarwal, S. C., & Beauchesne, P. (2020). Interpreting Mortuary Treatment from Histological Bone Diagenesis: A Case Study from Neolithic Çatalhöyük. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.

Conferences

Poster Presentation at American Anthropology Association, New Orleans (2025):

Goren, H., Garwood, P., Giles, S. (2025)"Mortuary Revelations Recorded in Bone: an osteohistological assessment of the British Beaker People to investigate burial treatments using Micro-CT" (Abstract). Annual Conference of the American Association of Anthropology, New Orleans, LA.

https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/aaa-2025-annual-meeting-ghosts-full-program.pdf

Poster Presentation at the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, Leeds (2025):

Goren, H., Giles, S., Garwood, P. (2025) "Diagenetic Bone Assessment Using Micro-CT and an Enhanced Histological Index" (Abstract). Annual Conference of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, Leeds, UK.

CSFS-Autumn-Conference-2025-Brochure FINAL.pdf

Podium Presentation at the British Association of Biological Anthropologists and Osteoarchaeologists, Leicester (2025):

Goren, H., Garwood, P., Giles, S. (2025)"Mortuary treatments in early bronze Age Britain: A micro-CT evaluation of bacterial diagenesis in bone to investigate burial practices" (Abstract). 26th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, Leicester, UK.

https://43bb8b06-ea21-4620-87aa-8d97caa3e3ea.filesusr.com/ugd/ffc80a_b13059aff60e4934bc0aad1edde6556d.pdf

Podium Presentation at American Association of Biological Anthropology, Baltimore (2025):

Goren, H., Garwood, P., Giles, S. (2025) "Mortuary Practices of the British Beaker People: an osteological assessment of bacterial diagenesis in bone tissue microstructure to investigate postmortem burial treatments using Micro-CT" (Abstract). Program of the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Am J Biol Anthropol, 186: 1-100. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70031

https://s3.amazonaws.com/xcdshared/aaba/app_content/2465_0306085835.pdf

Podium Presentation at the Classics, Ancient History, & Archaeology Postgraduate Colloquium, Birmingham (2024):

Goren, H., Garwood, P., Giles, S. (2024) "Funerary Practices of the British Beaker Peoples: An Osteo-Archaeological Assessmentof Individuals" (Abstract). 23rd Annual CAHA Postgraduate Colloquium, Birmingham, UK.

caha colloquium poster and programme.pdf

Podium Presentation at American Association of Physical Anthropology, Los Angeles (2020):

Goren, H.P. & Bell, L.S. (2020) “An investigation of the inter and intra post mortem microstructural change seen in a experimental series of pigs exposed to a marine environment” (Abstract). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 171, Issue S69: [105].

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24023

AAPA2020 .24023.pdf

Poster Presentation at Western Bioarchaeology Group, Sonoma (2016):

Goren, H.P., Agarwal, S. C., & Beauchesne, P. (2016) "Interpreting Mortuary Treatment from Histological Bone Diagenesis: A Case Study from Neolithic Çatalhöyük" (Abstract). 4th Western Bioarchaeology Group Conference, Sonoma, California.

https://bioanth.org/news/791/

WeBiG2016ProgramFinal.pdf

WeBig Poster 2016103_GorenFinal .pdf

Public Engagement & Impact

Forensic and Bio-Anthropological Repatriation Casework:

Center for American Archaeology: Kampsville, IL - Human Osteology Laboratory

Texas State University, San Marcos- Forensic Archaeological Reseach Facility

Adam Mickiewicz University Slavia Foundation & First Piasts Museum, Geicz Poland -Human Anatomy and Osteological Laboratory

Hollman and Associates Archaeological Consultants, Bioarchaeologist at Oak Knoll II, San Jose

New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Anthropology Unit, Skeletal Histology Laboratory

United Nations Committee on Missing Persons Anthropological Laboratory (CAL), Cyprus

San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Forensic Laboratory Division Histopathology Laboratory - Histotechnologist

Cranfield Forensic Institute (CFI) Cranfield Recovery and Identification of Conflict Casualties Team (CRICC) in Italy in partnership with USA Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) and Henry Jackson Foundation

Memberships

American Association of Biological (previously Physical) Anthropologists (AABA)
American Association of Forensic Science (AAFS)
The International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IACME)
National Society for Histotechnology (NSH)
British Association for Biological (BABAO)
Forensic Anthropology Society Europe (FASE)
European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)
American Anthropology Associatin (AAA)
Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (CSFS)

Teaching Experience

Simon Fraser University | Centre for Forensic Research

Teaching Assistant

CRIM 402c: Biological Explanations of Crime (Distance Education)

CRIM 356: Forensic Anthropology

CRIM 355: Forensic Science

CRIM 355c: Forensic Science (Distance Education)

CRIM 103: Psychological Explanations of Crime

CRIM 301: Crime in Contemporary Society

CRIM 359: Forensic Entomology Lab (lab assistant)

Lectures in Human Osteology and Forensic Anthropology delivered at:

Science AL!VE Summer Academy

The Science Odyssey Science Rendezvous

Museum Conservation

Museum Archive Experience

University of California, Berkeley, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology - Osteology Collections Assistant

San Francisco State University, Adan E. Treganza Anthropology Museum - Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation (NAGPRA) Program Collections Assistant

Simon Fraser University, Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - British Columbia Coroner's Human Osteology Identification Assistant

Commercial Repository Experience

Canterbury Archaeological Trust
Trust for Thanet Archaeology
Wessex Archaeology
Thames Valley Archaeological Services
University of Kent Osteological Research Association (KORA)
Pre-Construct Archaeology
University of Reading Archaeology
Cotswold Archaeology