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Differentiating cremated non-human bones from human ones in archaeological contexts is a challenging task. This analysis aims at proposing a rather solid criterion based on an osteoarchaeological sample.
Omar Larentis
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We can say, without fear of exaggeration, that modern pathology has been enriched by one interesting department, which has already given a lot of new things and will probably reveal even more in the field of our knowledge of diseases, their origin and development.
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Joint diseases in animal paleopathology: Veterinary approach
Animal paleopathology is not a very well known scientific discipline within veterinary science, but it has great importance for historical and archaeological investigations.
Oliver Stevanović, +3 more
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Syphilis is a chronic infection that is categorized by a three-stage progression. The tertiary stage may affect bones and produce distinctive skull lesions called caries sicca.
Célia Lopes +2 more
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Pathophysiology of Mummification
Italian mummies are a biological, historical, and cultural heritage of significant value. However, only in the past few years has this heritage been properly appreciated, quite recently if compared to the history of Paleopathology.
Ezio Fulcheri
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Osteoporosis and nutrition – a paleopathological insight
The association of osteoporosis and nutrition has long been documented, and nutrition is acknowledged as a major risk factor for bone loss, affecting bone health in distinct ways.
Francisco Curate
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Radiographic Technique for Archaeological Human Dry Bones: a scoping review
Within archaeological research, radiography has been used with human dry bones to diagnose pathologies, demonstrate trauma and assist age estimation through dentition eruption status.
James Elliott
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Syphilis in Maria Salviati (1499–1543), Wife of Giovanni de’ Medici of the Black Bands
Researchers from the Division of Paleopathology of Pisa University (Pisa, Italy) exhumed the well-preserved skeleton of Maria Salviati (1499–1543), wife of Giovanni de’ Medici, named “Giovanni of the Black Bands,” in Florence in 2012.
Antonio Fornaciari +3 more
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Bronze Age Kurgan Kalinovsky II. Archaeological and Anthropological Study Perspectives
The Paper presents publication and analysis of the burial materials from excavations of a detached kurgan Kalinovsky II located in the central part of the Volga-Don interfluve near the eastern outskirts of the Kalinovsky farm of the Frolovsky district of
Alexander N. Dyachenko +1 more
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Recovery of a medieval Brucella melitensis genome using shotgun metagenomics [PDF]
Shotgun metagenomics provides a powerful assumption-free approach to the recovery of pathogen genomes from contemporary and historical material. We sequenced the metagenome of a calcified nodule from the skeleton of a 14th-century middle-aged male ...
Bandiera, Pasquale +7 more
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