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Concealed Roles. An Osteoarchaeological Reading on Nourishment, Health and Caregiving in a Peasant Community in the Sharq al-Andalus

Arqueología y Territorio Medieval
The Andalusi farmstead (alquería) of Xaresa (Xeresa, Valencia) is one of the most thoroughly excavated rural sites of the period. These works have revealed several houses, a small pottery workshop, a water wheel and a maqbara (cemetery) with around 200 ...
Joan Negre, Sheyla Sancho, Marcos García García   +2 more
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Cremated Bone in Archaeology: Ethical Considerations in the Excavation, Analysis, Storage, and Display of Cremated Bone in the United Kingdom

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 1, January/February 2025.
ABSTRACT In the United Kingdom, the study of archaeological cremated human remains has risen exponentially over the past three decades. Consequently, we are gaining a more rounded understanding of past communities, rather than a skewed perspective caused by an overreliance on studies of human remains from inhumation graves.
Kirsty Squires, Jacqueline McKinley, Charlotte A. Roberts, Trish Biers   +3 more
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Complex skeletal foot malformation in a Samnite “warrior grave” from Abruzzo, southern Italy (8th–5th century BCE)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 34, Issue 6, November/December 2024.
Abstract This report describes a male skeleton recovered from the Samnite necropolis of Barrea (Abruzzo, 8th–5th century BCE), showing one malformed foot consistent with the diagnosis of unilateral congenital clubfoot associated with tarsal and tarsometatarsal coalitions in the same foot.
Stefania Luciani
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Transformation processes in the osteoarchaeological record between the Iron Age and the Roman times with reference to the civitas Treverorum

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 34, Issue 6, November/December 2024.
Abstract This paper discusses transformations in human behavior between the Iron Age and the Roman times in the tribal territory of the Treveri, later civitas Treverorum, located between the Rhine and the Ardennes. This aspect has been examined from two perspectives: first, from an anthropological point of view vis‐a‐vis the historical inhabitants, and
Wolf‐Rüdiger Teegen
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How FAIR Is Bioarchaeological Data: With a Particular Emphasis on Making Archaeological Science Data Reusable

Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology
Archaeology is witnessing an exponential rise in data generation, and this can be particularly seen in the field of bioarchaeology which encompasses ancient DNA, osteoarchaeology, paleopathology, palaeoproteomics, stable isotopes, and zooarchaeology ...
Alphaeus Lien-Talks
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Response to Garcia (2025)

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 189, Issue 3, March 2026.
Hugo F. V. Cardoso, John Albanese, Yuliet Quintino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A morphological and molecular approach to investigating infectious disease in early medieval Iberia: The necropolis of La Olmeda (Palencia, Spain)

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 185, Issue 1, September 2024.
Abstract Objective Here we investigate infectious diseases that potentially contribute to osteological lesions in individuals from the early medieval necropolis of La Olmeda (6th‐11th c. CE) in North Iberia. Materials and methods We studied a minimum number of 268 individuals (33 adult females; 38 adult males, 77 unknown/indeterminate sex; and 120 non ...
L. Coppola Bove, C. L. Kirkpatrick, A. Vigil‐Escalera Guirado, M. C. Botella López, K. I. Bos   +4 more
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Social inequality and body mass differences in two post‐Medieval Dutch populations

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 34, Issue 5, September/October 2024.
Abstract Adult body mass is largely related to nutrition levels, which can be affected by external stressors, such as diet, environment, and disease. High‐status and low‐status groups likely had very different nutrition and stress experiences, which might result in differences in population's body mass.
Yuran Niu, Sarah Schrader
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Social Status through Grave Goods Using a Biocultural Approach in Interpreting the Alpine Context of Borca Di Cadore, Belluno, Veneto, Italy (18th–19th Centuries)

Heritage
The cemetery of the Church of Santi Simone e Giuda in Borca di Cadore (Belluno province, Veneto region, Italy) was excavated between 2021 and 2023 as part of an archaeological intervention.
Lisa De Luca, Alessandro Asta, Pacitti Davide, Ilaria Gorini   +3 more
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Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Business Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 188, Issue 3, November 2025.
Amy L. Rector
wiley   +1 more source