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A Review of Research Aims for Historical Anatomical Skeletal Collections in the United States. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives Many osteological methods used by biological anthropologists today were initially developed using historical anatomical skeletal collections such as the Hamann‐Todd and Terry Collections. However, these collections were amassed through state legislation that permitted the dissection and curation of unclaimed individuals.
Simon AM, Passalacqua NV, Hubbe M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

North and South: Exploring isotopic analysis of bone carbonates and collagen to understand post-medieval diets in London and northern England. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol, 2023
Cane sugar consumption in post‐medieval individuals. Abstract Objectives We evaluate the potential of paired isotopic analysis of bone carbonate and collagen to examine the diet of post‐medieval human and animal populations from England (17th–19th c.), including, for the first time, manufacturing towns in northern England. The potential for identifying
Chidimuro B, Doherty S, Finch J, Ponce P, Eggington J, Delaney S, Speller C, Collins MJ, Holst M, Alexander M.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Writing Osteoarchaeology Case Studies and Short Reports That Attract Attention

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
At the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, case studies are normally published in the article format of a Short Report. Most journals allow a lower word count for a case study than they do for population study published as a research article, or for a review article, and that helps to focus the authors’ minds on the key information they need to ...
Piers D Mitchell, Robin Bendrey
exaly   +3 more sources

Radiographic Technique for Archaeological Human Dry Bones: a scoping review

Internet Archaeology, 2022
Within archaeological research, radiography has been used with human dry bones to diagnose pathologies, demonstrate trauma and assist age estimation through dentition eruption status.
James Elliott
doaj   +1 more source

Archeohandi: protocol for a national disabilities database in archaeology in France

Virtual Archaeology Review, 2023
The archaeology of disability is a relatively recent and little-known approach in France. While the study of palaeopathology now goes hand in hand with funerary archaeology and osteoarchaeology, the French study of disabilities and disabling pathologies ...
Rozenn Colleter, Valérie Delattre, Cyrille Le Forestier, Alex Baiet, Philippe Blanchard, Fanny Chenal, Anne-Sophie Coupey, Stéphanie Desbrosse-Degobertière, Sylvie Duchesne, Cécile Durin, Jean-Luc Gisclon, Noémie Gryspeirt, Fanny La Rocca, Raphaëlle Lefebvre, Jérôme Livet, Cécile Paresys, Mikaël Rouzic, Isabelle Souquet, Florence Tane, Aminte Thomann, Ivy Thomson, Émilie Trébuchet, Marie-Cécile Truc, Jean-Baptiste Barreau   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Osteological Evidence of Possible Tuberculosis from the Early Medieval Age (6th–11th Century), Northern Italy

Heritage, 2023
We discuss the probable presence of tuberculosis in non-adults of a medieval rural community in northern Italy with a biocultural perspective. Before birth, mother and child have a closely interconnected relationship, as suggested by the role of ...
Omar Larentis, Caterina Pangrazzi, Enrica Tonina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tourism in the Time of Coronavirus. Fruition of the “Minor Heritage” through the Development of Bioarchaeological Sites—A Proposal

Heritage, 2021
The consequences of the coronavirus pandemic are and will continue to be devastating for the tourism sector, especially for the cultural one. It is necessary to reflect on the new strategies to be adopted to deal with the heavy losses that the world of ...
Marta Licata, Omar Larentis, Chiara Tesi, Roberta Fusco, Rosagemma Ciliberti   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enterramientos infantiles en las necrópolis tardoantiguas y medievales de Humanejos (Parla, Madrid) [PDF]

Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2019
A continuación se presentan los resultados relativos a las tumbas con individuos no-adultos halladas en tres necrópolis del yacimiento de Humanejos (Parla, Madrid): la más antigua datada en época tardoantigua, otra medieval islámica y una tercera ...
Ana Mercedes Herrero Corral, Gloria Ojalvo de Miguel, David Urquiaga Cela, Raúl Flores Fernández, Armando González Martín   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Virtual Database of the Documented Human Osteological Collection (DHOC) of the Certosa Cemetery of Bologna (Italy, 19th-20th Century). [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT This article aims to introduce a new virtual database of skeletal human remains from the Documented Human Osteological Collection (DHOC) of the Certosa Cemetery of Bologna (Emilia Romagna, northern Italy) housed at the University of Bologna. The Virtual DHOC of the Certosa Cemetery of Bologna (VirtualDHOC) is stored in the publicly accessible ...
Sorrentino R, Pietrobelli A, Mameli D, Mariotti V, Nicolosi T, Belcastro MG.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Digital Documentation in Narrow Burial Spaces Using a 360° Borescope Prototype

Heritage, 2023
This paper illustrates and discusses a novel method for the digital documentation of human remains in narrow spaces. A 360° borescope prototype made up of a panoramic camera and a lighting LED system was designed and assembled to acquire data in confined
Riccardo Valente, Luigi Barazzetti, Mattia Previtali, Fabio Roncoroni   +3 more
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