I\’m a Bioarchaeologist Now!

什麼是生物考古學家？他們的工作做些什麼呢？

作者Tiffiny，曾是一個像你我一樣的孩子，但長大後她成為了一名生物考古學家！Tiffiny的父親在她出生前就從中國移民到美國，她從小和父親一起在博物館探索和享受戶外活動，發現自己她對了解不同民族和文化充滿熱情。讓我們一起從書中看她如何利用考古學和生物學了解人們過去的生活方式，以及人們從地球的一端遷移到另一端的原因。

Who Me? 系列是由科學家本人和范德比大學 (Vanderbilt University)的合著者一同撰寫。透過科學家們鼓舞人心的的傳記，讓小讀者了解到，科學家都是像我們一樣的普通人，因為對學習和發現新事物的熱愛，一路上努力學習，並為自己創造機會並爭取成為科學家的機會，在了解科學家的成長故事的過程中，讀者除了能從中認識基本的科學概念，也能認識科學家現在所從事的尖端研究。

What is a bioarchaeologist? What does he or she do?

Meet Tiffiny, a kid like you and me, who grew up and became a bioarchaeologist! Tiffiny''s father emigrated from China to the United States before she was born. She grew up exploring museums and the outdoors with her father, and discovered her passion for understanding different peoples and cultures. Learn about how she uses archaeology and biology to understand how people in the past lived and why they moved from one part of the Earth to another.

The Who Me? series features inspirational biographies of scientists who young readers will be able to identify with as people like themselves. Written by the scientists themselves and co-authors from Vanderbilt University, the books are designed to help young readers understand that scientists are regular people like themselves who are excited about learning and discovering new things and who decided to work hard in school in order to create for themselves the opportunity to become scientists. As they learn the stories of these scientists, readers will also learn some basic science ideas, that are well-explained and easily understood, and be introduced to the cutting-edge science these scientists are working on today.

作者簡介：

Tiffiny Tung是范德比大學人類學系教授兼系主任，她透過考察遺址中的木乃伊和骷髏，講述關於遠古時代人們的生活情形與科學故事。她的研究得到了美國國家科學基金會和溫納格倫基金會的支持，並曾在范德比大學獲得多項教學獎。她的研究主要集中在「帝國主義的生物考古學」，包括研究古病理學和與暴力有關的創傷，以闡明帝國主義對社區健康和生活方式，以及個人生活史的影響。