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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

14C dating of the lime burial of Cova de Na Dent (Mallorca, Spain): optimization of the sample preparation and limitations of the method [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Lime burials are a characteristic phenomenon of the protohistoric funerary tradition on the Balearic Islands. At Cova de Na Dent, six samples, representing the entire stratigraphy of the lime burial, were taken for analysis.
Borms, Herlinde   +7 more
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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

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

Human Osteoarchaeology of Monte Claro Culture Eneolithic Remains in Southern-Central Sardinia

open access: yesJournal of Biological Research, 2012
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P. Martella, V. Pusceddu, R.. Floris
doaj   +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

Flesh on the Bones: Animal Bodies in Atlantic Roundhouses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This volume presents the state of research across Europe to illustrate how comparable interpretative frameworks are used by archaeologists working with both prehistoric and historical ...
Madgwick, Richard   +3 more
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Transformation processes in the osteoarchaeological record between the Iron Age and the Roman times with reference to the civitas Treverorum

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Further notes on a statistical method for use when investigating differences in sexual dimorphism: A discussion paper [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
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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