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The palaeopathology of scurvy in Europe
International Journal of Paleopathology, 2014Documentary sources on scurvy in early Europe are largely post-Mediaeval and portray it as affecting sailors, soldiers, or victims of famine. But is this an accurate assessment? This article conducts a meta-analysis of palaeopathological evidence for scurvy in Europe and explores how these data augment documentary perspectives and extend our knowledge ...
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Palaeopathology of Aboriginal Australians
1995While their health has suffered enormously because of the arrival of the Europeans, it is assumed that Aboriginal people enjoyed good health before 1788. Using data collected from all parts of the continent, this 1995 book studies the health of Australia's original inhabitants over 50,000 years.
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Taphonomy and palaeopathology in archaeozoology
Geobios, 2008Abstract Taphonomy studies post mortem damage to animal bones. Palaeopathology is the study of in vivo lesions in the skeleton. Archaeozoology uses animal remains from archaeological sites to study the relationship between people and animals. The connection between these concepts is that while all archaeozoological finds are subject to some kind of ...
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Archives of Internal Medicine, 1966
In recent times the study of human palaeopathology in the United States has had little following with the result that it has produced no major publication in the last 30 years. It was in consequence of this situation and in the hope of fostering a recovery of wider interest that a symposium on human palaeopathology was organized and held in Washington,
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In recent times the study of human palaeopathology in the United States has had little following with the result that it has produced no major publication in the last 30 years. It was in consequence of this situation and in the hope of fostering a recovery of wider interest that a symposium on human palaeopathology was organized and held in Washington,
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Palaeopathology, disability and bodily impairments
2014In archaeology, disabled people and disability have often been overlooked or considered ‘hidden from view’ (see Waldron, 2000). Yet disease and disability are present in all societies, and any person may become disabled at some point in their life. This disability may be permanent or temporary, and may contribute to social exclusion and the concept of ‘
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