Une nouvelle méthode de quantification des réactions périostées en paléopathologie : l’indice pondéré d’atteinte périostée (IPAP) [PDF]
In order to evaluate the level of periosteal reaction on an isolated bone, an affected individual or an ancient population, we propose a new quantification method, taking into account simultaneously (i) the degree of periosteal reaction (Periosteal ...
Micheline Lé +3 more
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Model-based analysis of an outbreak of bubonic plague in Cairo in 1801. [PDF]
Bubonic plague has caused three deadly pandemics in human history: from the mid-sixth to mid-eighth century, from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-eighteenth century and from the end of the nineteenth until the mid-twentieth century.
Didelot X, Whittles LK, Hall I.
europepmc +3 more sources
Application of Kennedy's Classification of Edentulism in Palaeoepidemiology: Evidence From Three Early Medieval Necropolises From Serbia [PDF]
This study presents a palaeoepidemiological analysis of edentulism in an early medieval population from northern Serbia, using the Kennedy Classification system as a diagnostic tool.
Ksenija Zelić Mihajlović +2 more
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The international ancient Egyptian mummy tissue bank
This paper will present an outline of the history and purpose of the setting up of the International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank at the University of Manchester.
Patricia I. Lambert-Zuzulak
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In defence of the osteoma: The relevance of benign tumours in bioarchaeology and palaeo‐oncology
Abstract Currently, research focus in palaeo‐oncology is dominated by malignant neoplasms, and this focus has led to an academic apathy towards benign tumours. The lack of interest in benign tumours is mainly due to the notion that they are commonplace occurrences with little clinical value.
Thomas Siek
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A tuberkulózis előfordulása egy XVIII. századi váci családban [PDF]
Two individuals of the Nigrovits family from the Vác Mummy Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum were the subjects of multidisciplinary, anthropological, paleopathological, radiological, paleomicrobiological and paleoproteomic studies.
K. Kovács, Balázs +5 more
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Crooked Timber: The life of Calvin Wells (1908-1978) [PDF]
Calvin Wells was the leading palaeopathologist in the UK between the later 1950s and the early 1970s. He studied medicine at University College London but failed in anatomy and qualified in 1933 with the Conjoint Diploma (MRCS, LRCP). After qualification
Waldron, T
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Maladie hyperostosique et maladie goutteuse, une diathèse familiale en Normandie : Thaon, Calvados
The architectural analysis and the complete archaeological survey of the old Saint Pierre parish church in Thaon (Calvados, France), dated to between the 7th and the 18th centuries, are in progress.
Joël Blondiaux +4 more
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New skeletal tuberculosis cases in past populations from Western Hungary (Transdanubia) [PDF]
The distribution, antiquity and epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) have previously been studied in osteoarchaeological material in the eastern part of Hungary, mainly on the Great Plain. The purpose of this study is to map the occurrence of skeletal TB in
Bernert, Z +9 more
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Toward using an oxidatively damaged plasmid as an intra- and inter-laboratory standard for ancient DNA studies [PDF]
The following paper was originally presented by Dr Thomas H. Loy at the 6th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules held in Israel, July 2002.
Connell, J +3 more
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