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Historical overview and challenges in the development of bioarchaeology in Japan

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
Archaeological human skeletons provide direct evidence of the physical features, lifestyle, diseases, mortality, and health of our ancestors. Bioarchaeology explores population-based trends that vary according to subsistence, social stratification ...
Tomohito Nagaoka
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Sex estimation using humeral and femoral head diameters in contemporary and prehispanic mexican populations

Revista Argentina de Antropología Biológica, 2022
In bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology the most reliable skeletal element for sex estimation is the pelvis; nevertheless, when it is missing, other postcranial elements must be used. The main goal of this research is to provide sectioning points for
Adriana Zamora, Antinea Menéndez Garmendia, Fernando Ruiz-Velazco, Gabriela Sánchez-Mejorada, Lourdes Márquez-Morfín, Jorge A. Gómez-Valdés   +5 more
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Leprosy in skulls from the Paris Catacombs

Annals of Human Biology, 2020
Background: The Paris Catacombs contain the remains of approximately 6 million people dating back to the 15th century, when leprosy was endemic in France.
Patrícia D. Deps, Simon M. Collin, Sylvie Robin, Philippe Charlier   +3 more
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Enigmatic Bones: A Few Archaeological, Bioanthropological, and Historical Considerations Regarding an Atypical Deposit of Skeletonized Human Remains Unearthed in Khirbat al-Dusaq (Southern Jordan)

Open Archaeology, 2022
This article presents the results of the archaeological, bioanthropological, and historical analysis of an atypical human bone deposit found at the medieval Islamic desert site of Khirbat al-Dusaq in southern present-day Jordan.
Hofstetter Tobias, Vigouroux Élodie, Elter René   +2 more
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Human, All Too Human: Differentiating Non-Human from Human Bones in Protohistoric Cremation Contexts from Northern Italy

Heritage, 2023
Differentiating cremated non-human bones from human ones in archaeological contexts is a challenging task. This analysis aims at proposing a rather solid criterion based on an osteoarchaeological sample.
Omar Larentis
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Wild or Domestic? Biometric Variation in the Cat Felis silvestris Schreber [PDF]

, 2007
Investigation of modern biometric data indicates that it may be possible to distinguish wildcats from house cats in many instances. Applying the log-ratio (log-difference) technique to archaeological samples from medieval northern Europe, and to mixed ...
Batey, Boessneck, Bond, Clutton-Brock, Crockford, Daniels, Davis, Davis, Gentry, Harcourt, Johansson, Kitchener, Kratochvil, Kratochvil, Kratochvil, Kratochvil, Lecis, Malek, Meadow, Meiri, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, Pierpaoli, Röhrs, Schauenberg, Serpell, Serpell, Smith, Spahn, Sunquist, Teichert, Todd, Vigne, Vigne, von den Driesch, von den Driesch, Yamaguchi, Zeuner   +38 more
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Exploitation shifted trophic ecology and habitat preferences of Mediterranean and Black Sea bluefin tuna over centuries

Fish and Fisheries, Volume 24, Issue 6, Page 1067-1083, November 2023., 2023
Abstract During recent decades, the health of ocean ecosystems and fish populations has been threatened by overexploitation, pollution and anthropogenic‐driven climate change. Due to a lack of long‐term ecological data, we have a poor grasp of the true impact on the diet and habitat use of fishes. This information is vital if we are to recover depleted
Adam J. Andrews, Christophe Pampoulie, Antonio Di Natale, Piero Addis, Darío Bernal‐Casasola, Veronica Aniceti, Gabriele Carenti, Verónica Gómez‐Fernández, Valerie Chosson, Alice Ughi, Matt Von Tersch, Maria Fontanals‐Coll, Elisabetta Cilli, Vedat Onar, Fausto Tinti, Michelle Alexander   +15 more
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Leopoli-Cencelle (9th–15th centuries CE), a centre of Papal foundation: bioarchaeological analysis of the skeletal remains of its inhabitants

Annals of Human Biology, 2020
Background The medieval city of Leopoli-Cencelle (9th–15th centuries CE) represents an exceptional study-model for extending our knowledge of the Italian Medieval period due not only to the large sample size available but also to the widespread presence ...
Marica Baldoni, Francesca Romana Stasolla, Giuseppina Scano, Luigi Tonino Marsella, Olga Rickards, Cristina Martínez-Labarga   +5 more
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Getting to grips with 3D printed bones: Using 3D models as ‘diagrams’ to improve accessibility of palaeopathological data

Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2020
To download this paper, please click here.This short report details a sub-project of ‘Stories through Skeletons’ an interdisciplinary venture undertaken by the Osteoarchaeology and Bioengineering departments at the University of Southampton.
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Evaluating elbow osteoarthritis within the prehistoric Tiwanaku state using generalized estimating equations (GEE). [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVES:Studies of osteoarthritis (OA) in human skeletal remains can come with scalar problems. If OA measurement is noted as present or absent in one joint, like the elbow, results may not identify specific articular pathology data and the sample ...
Bass W. M., Brothwell D. R., Buikstra J. E., Dieppe P., Felson D., Gagnon C. M., Gagnon C. M., Goldstein P. S., Goldstein P. S., Goodman A. H., Hunter D., Iscan M. Y., Janusek J. W., Jurmain R., Krogman W., Pearson O. M., Rogers J., Suchey J. M., Suchey J. M., Ubelaker D. H., Verano J., White T. D.   +21 more
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