Andrea Palmiotto is a board-certified forensic anthropologist and an archaeologist specializing in zooarchaeology.
Palmiotto has extensive experience in academic and professional contexts. She provides forensic anthropology, forensic archaeology, and bioarchaeology consultation for jurisdictions primarily in western Pennsylvania and South Carolina. She is currently collaborating with researchers from various institutions, including the Indiana County Coroner’s Office, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, on a number of different research and field projects.
Her forensic anthropology and archaeology interests include recovery best practices, past conflict casualty resolution, and commingled human remains. Her zooarchaeological research interests include the coastal southeastern United States, bone tool production and trade, and seasonality and subsistence.
She is a member of the Register of Professional Archaeologists, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Society for American Archaeology, Council of South Carolina Professional Archaeologists, and Southeastern Archaeology Conference. View some of Palmiotto's research.
Palmiotto earned her MA and PhD in anthropology from the University of Florida, where she analyzed faunal materials from pre-Columbian coastal sites in Florida with an emphasis on seasonality and mobility. Prior to joining IUP, she worked as a forensic anthropologist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, where she led field recoveries in Laos and Vietnam and analyzed skeletal materials leading to the identification of US casualties from WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Palmiotto currently teaches Contemporary Anthropology, World Archaeology, North American Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Human Osteology, and Forensic Anthropology.