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Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis Explores Diverse Domestic Goose Management Practices in Medieval and Postmedieval Russia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Middle Ages in Computer Games: Ludic Approaches to the Medieval and Medievalism by Robert Houghton (D. S. Brewer, 2024)

open access: yesEludamos
A review of Robert Houghton’s book The Middle Ages in Computer Games: Ludic Approaches to the Medieval and Medievalism. Published by D. S. Brewer, 2024. ISBN: 978-1-84384-729-8, 355 pages.
Evan Moore
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Volume 48, Issue 1, March 2019, Page 1 ...
Tanyi, Attila
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Skeletal Trauma and Social Dynamics in Medieval Silves (Southern Portugal): Islamic Versus Christian Populations

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Skeletal trauma provides insight into both accidental injury and interpersonal violence, reflecting everyday risk and social dynamics. This study tests the hypothesis that trauma, particularly among males, was more prevalent in the Islamic population of Silves (9th–13th centuries) than in the subsequent Christian rule (13th century onwards ...
Ana González‐Ruiz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic Medievalism: The Case of Leprosy's Stigma

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2019
This essay considers the longstanding stigma of leprosy diagnoses by looking at two case studies of leprosy in the modern era: a twentieth-century hagiography of Father Damien, a priest who contracted leprosy while caring for lepers on the Hawaiian ...
Jessica Chace
doaj   +1 more source

Hallux Valgus and Associated Foot Pathology in Ancient Egyptian Mummies: A Qualitative and Quantitative Computed Tomography Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to gain information on the prevalence and manifestation of hallux valgus and associated foot pathology in ancient Egyptian mummies. Additionally, we investigated possible indicators of postmortem deformation of the feet during mummification. For this study, 34 mummies that had undergone whole body computed tomography (
Stephanie Panzer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medievalismi videoludici: come i videogame immaginano e ricreano le guerre medievali

open access: yesDiacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2023
The aim of the article is to conduct a critical analysis on how some historical videogames recreate and reinterpret medieval wars. The historical games analyzed include highly successful video game sagas such as Age of Empires II, and related expansions,
Andrea OLDANI
doaj  

Social Determinants of Spinal Pathology in Adolescents From Urban Centers in the Post‐Medieval Netherlands (1650–1850 CE)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study of trauma in individuals undergoing growth and development remains an understudied area of research but can provide unique insights into the lived experiences and social identities of young people in the past. This study examines vertebral compression fractures and Schmorl's nodes in children and adolescents (1–20 years at death ...
Meghan D. Langlois   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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