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Better a Broader Diagnosis Than a Misdiagnosis: The Study of a Neoplastic Condition in a Male Individual who Died in Early 20th Century (Coimbra, Portugal) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The paleopathological record of neoplastic conditions in the past is considered scarce. The detection of tumours in ancient populations is hindered by the quality and quantity of signs visible on the skeleton, the methodological approach, the ...
Cunha, Eugénia   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Optimizing CT Scan Parameters for Dry Archaeological Bones: A Qualitative Study as a First Step Towards Standardizing CT Acquisition Protocols

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
ABSTRACT Even though the use of CT scan examinations is often required in paleopathology, the method for performing a CT scan on archaeological dry bones has received little attention. Eight different CT acquisition parameters and positions on the CT table were evaluated using five healthy tibiae (including three immature bones), four healthy vertebrae
Antoine Martin‐Champetier   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of radiography in osteological measurement [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This is the author's PDF version of an book chapter published in Current and Recent Research in Osteoarchaeology 2 ©1999. The paper was originally delivered at the sixth meeting of the Osteoarchaeological Research Group at the Institute of Archaeology ...
Lewis, Stephen J.
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Molecular Exploration of the First-Century Tomb of the Shroud in Akeldama, Jerusalem [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Tomb of the Shroud is a first-century C. E. tomb discovered in Akeldama, Jerusalem, Israel that had been illegally entered and looted. The investigation of this tomb by an interdisciplinary team of researchers began in 2000.
Donoghue, HD   +8 more
core   +5 more sources

Cremated Bone in Archaeology: Ethical Considerations in the Excavation, Analysis, Storage, and Display of Cremated Bone in the United Kingdom

open access: yesInternational 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India by the Second Millenium B.C. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by _Mycobacterium leprae_ that affects almost 500,000 people worldwide^1^. The timing of first infection, geographic origin, and pattern of transmission of the disease are unknown^1-3^.
Gwendolyn Robbins   +6 more
core   +1 more source

A Collation of Recently Published Western European Formulae for Age Estimation of Subadult Skeletal Remains: Recommendations for Forensic Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, 2013
The aim of this study is to provide an effective and quick reference guide based on the most useful European formulae recently published for subadult age estimation. All of these formulae derive from studies on postnatal growth of the scapula, innominate,
C. Rissech   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Complex skeletal foot malformation in a Samnite “warrior grave” from Abruzzo, southern Italy (8th–5th century BCE)

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Bone modification and the conceptual relationship between humans and animals in Iron Age Wessex [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
archaeological records. As a result of the manner in which human and animal remains are traditionally studied and reported on, the analysis of taphonomic processes which affect the character of specimens between death and incorporation into forming ...
Madgwick, Richard
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