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An Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery at Walkington Wold, Yorkshire [PDF]

, 2007
This paper presents a re-evaluation of a cemetery excavated over 30 years ago at Walkington Wold in east Yorkshire. The cemetery is characterized by careless burial on diverse alignments, and by the fact that most of the skeletons did not have ...
allison k.j., bailey g.b., bartlett j.e., boylston a., briden c., briden c., buikstra j., byers s.n., carver m., daniell c., daniell c., griffith a.f., hadley d.m., hall r.a., hayman g., hill n.g., liddell d.m., meaney a.l., meaney a.l., miles a.e.w., nenk b.s., novak s., pantos a., philpott r., pollard a.m., Reynolds a, reynolds a., reynolds a., richards j.d., rypins s., scheuer l., semple s., skeat w.w., stead i.m., stroud g., suchey j.m., waldron t., west s.e., wymer j.j.   +38 more
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Jebel Moya (Sudan): new dates from a mortuary complex at the southern Meroitic frontier [PDF]

, 2013
This paper proposes a new chronology for the burial complex at Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. It reassesses the body of evidence from Sir Henry Wellcome's original 1911–1914 excavations in order to place the site within a firm chronological framework ...
Brass, M, Schwenniger, J-L
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A traitor's death? The identity of a drawn, hanged and quartered man from Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire [PDF]

, 2008
Analysis of a set of bones redeposited in a medieval abbey graveyard showed that the individual had been beheaded and chopped up, and this in turn suggested one of England's more gruesome I execution practices. Since quartering was generally reserved for
Lewis, Mary Elizabeth
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Fetal age at death estimation on dry bone: testing the applicability of equations developed on a radiographic sample

Revista Argentina de Antropología Biológica, 2019
The paucity of identified skeletal collections that include fetuses entails the need to pursue unconventional approaches and resources in order to investigate fetal anatomical variation. Radiographic analyses are being considered as a good alternative to
Cristiana Carneiro, Francisco Curate, Inmaculada Alemán, Miguel Botella, Eugénia Cunha   +4 more
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Structured-Light 3D Scanning as a Tool for Creating a Digital Collection of Modern and Fossil Cetacean Skeletons (Natural History Museum, University of Pisa)

Heritage, 2023
The Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa hosts one of the most important osteological collections of cetaceans all over Europe, as well as a conspicuous paleontological collection, including several holotypes of Archaeoceti (archaic whales ...
Marco Merella, Simone Farina, Patrizia Scaglia, Gaia Caneve, Giada Bernardini, Alice Pieri, Alberto Collareta, Giovanni Bianucci   +7 more
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Kryvolapov Volodymyr Pavlovych, mammalogist and chief curator of the Museum of Nature at Kharkiv University [PDF]

Novitates Theriologicae, 2022
Volodymyr Kryvolapov (1951–2015) worked at the Museum of Nature during 1976–2015, including as chief curator since 1988. He also worked as a taxidermist, participated in the creation of many skin-mounts for the exhibition and study-skins for scientific ...
Yurii Iliukhin
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Evaluating osteological ageing from digital data [PDF]

, 2016
YesAge at death estimation of human skeletal remains is one of the key issues in constructing a biological profile both in forensic and archaeological contexts. The traditional adult osteological methods evaluate macroscopically the morphological changes
Acsádi G, Knüsel CJ, Leth PM, Lynnerup N, Lynnerup N, Rühli FJ, Ubelaker DH, Villa C, Weber WG, Zollikofer CP   +9 more
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The archaeology of human- dog relations in Northwest Alaska [PDF]

, 2018
Some 1500 years ago, on a gravel spit extending into the Chukchi Sea, people living at the site of Ipiutak buried several members of their community ...
Hill, Erica
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Anatomy, morphology and evolution of the patella in squamate lizards and tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) [PDF]

, 2016
The patella (kneecap) is the largest and best-known of the sesamoid bones, postulated to confer biomechanical advantages including increasing joint leverage and reinforcing the tendon against compression.
Benjamin M, Camp CL, Castanet J, Cope ED, Gauthier JA, Haines RW, Haines RW, Haines RW, Hogg D, Kornhuber A, Mohamed M, Otero T, Parsons FG, Renesto S, Romer AS, Romer AS, Vickaryous MK, Vriese B, Wettstein O   +18 more
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Serhiy Teslenko, a researcher of sibling rodent species and a teacher [PDF]

Novitates Theriologicae, 2022
Essay on Serhiy Teslenko (1959–2000), a researcher of sibling rodent species and their differences by geographical, ecophysiological, and cranial characters.
Igor Zagorodniuk
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