My PhD research at Cambridge aims to perform a comparative osteobiographical analysis of human remains from Middle Preceramic sites (c. 8,000 – 5,000 BP) along Peru’s south coast, with the goal of reconstructing the lived experiences of complex marine hunter-gatherers during a pivot period of ecological and economic transformation. Specifically, my project seeks to understand how the gradual shift from a marine hunter-gatherer subsistence to early agricultural practices and a more sedentary lifestyle impacted individual health and community dynamics. To achieve this, I apply a multi-disciplinary osteobiographical approach that integrates archaeological, bioarchaeological, and biogeochemical evidence to reconstruct key aspects of diet, health, disease, activity patterns, and funerary customs.