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Time after time: individuals with multiple fractures and injury recidivists in long eighteenth-century (c. 1666–1837) London
Publication date: March 2019Source: International Journal of Paleopathology, Volume 24Author(s): Madeleine MantAbstractInvestigating injury recidivism and individuals with multiple injuries is an area of growing interest in bioarchaeology. Differentiating between whether an individual sustained multiple injuries, represented by antemortem healed fractures, in one incident or in multiple incidents over the life course, is a major challenge. This research analyzed the skeletal remains of 721 adults (402 males, 319 females) from five post-medieval cemeteries from London, UK, known to include working class individuals for evid...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - September 21, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

A possible case of mycosis in a post-classical burial from La Selvicciola (Italy)
Publication date: March 2019Source: International Journal of Paleopathology, Volume 24Author(s): Ileana Micarelli, Robert R. Paine, Mary Anne Tafuri, Giorgio ManziAbstractAn examination of an adult male buried from the post-classical necropolis of La Selvicciola (Viterbo, Latium, Italy; 4th–6th centuries AD) revealed a series of skeletal lesions. The lesions, both proliferative and lytic, ranging in size from small (around 0.01 mm) to extensive (up to 16.00 mm) pits, occurred at multiple sites. A holistic approach assessed lesion type, frequency and location in a differential diagnosis, which included myeloma, metastat...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - September 21, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

Bioarchaeological evidence of care provided to a physically disabled individual from Pachacamac, Peru
Publication date: Available online 8 September 2018Source: International Journal of PaleopathologyAuthor(s): Martha R. Palma Málaga, Krzysztof MakowskiAbstractThis paper presents a bioarchaeology of care case study based on the skeletonized remains of an elderly female with a congenital condition that compromised both mobility and independence in undertaking certain basic tasks, and which generated requirements for long-term care in the form of both direct support and accommodation. The remains show evidence of bilateral cervical ribs, severe osteoarthritic destruction in the right shoulder joint, and a healed skull trepa...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - September 9, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

The Skiles Mummy: Care of a debilitated hunter-gatherer evidenced by coprolite studies and stable isotopic analysis of hair
Publication date: Available online 7 September 2018Source: International Journal of PaleopathologyAuthor(s): Kirsten A. Verostick, Isabel Teixeira-Santos, Vaughn M. Bryant, Karl J. ReinhardAbstractThe Skiles Mummy (SMM), a naturally mummified adult male from the late archaic period of Lower Pecos Canyonlands of South Texas, represents a unique case of care. SMM is an exceptional mummy within this region due to both the retention of a full head of hair, and having a diagnosed case of megacolon, a complication commonly associated with Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Stable isotopic analysis of his hair is consist...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - September 8, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

Using evidence from hair and other soft tissues to infer the need for and receipt of health-related care provision
This article integrates data from hair analyses for coca metabolites, stable light isotope analysis and aDNA to expand the potential of the Bioarchaeology of Care approach using the example of a spontaneously mummified adult female from northern Chile. (Source: International Journal of Paleopathology)
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - September 2, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

A microscopic evaluation of Paget’s disease of bone from a Byzantine monastic crypt in Jordan
This study details possible PDB of an adult male (MNR-EN Skull 3) with abnormally thickened cranial bones (17 mm). The skull was recovered from commingled skeletal remains excavated from the Robebus crypt at the Byzantine monastery of Mount Nebo, Jordan (c. late 4–7th C). Micro-CT imaging and histological sections of the bone samples revealed an abnormal pattern of bone remodeling, with atypical osteon formation, convoluted and enlarged trabeculae, and an overall pattern of highly vascularized bone. Polarized microscopy produced a mix of woven bone and lamellar bone, the mosaic pattern of atypical bone remodeling indic...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 26, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

A month in a horse’s life: healing process of a fractured third metatarsal bone from medieval Viljandi, Estonia
Publication date: Available online 23 August 2018Source: International Journal of PaleopathologyAuthor(s): Eve Rannamäe, Vladimir Andrianov, Eha Järv, Aleksandr Semjonov, Arvi Haak, Juhan KreemAbstractThe remains of a horse’s hind foot – a third metatarsal bone and three phalanges – were found in a presumed waste pit of a prosperous medieval household in Viljandi, Estonia, dated from the second half of the 13th to the beginning of the 15th century. The metatarsal bone had been broken during the horse’s lifetime and showed evidence of partial healing. Using archaeological, zooarchaeological, morphological, microsc...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 24, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

Identification of probable telangiectatic osteosarcoma from a dog skull from multicultural settlement Polwica-Skrzypnik in Lower Silesia, Poland
This report presents canid cranial skeletal pathology from an excavation associated with the Przeworsk culture (III c. BC – V c. AD). The dog skull, an intentional inhumation, was dated to the Roman influence and the Migration period (I – V c. AD. The dog was a relatively large animal with a shoulder height calculated as approximately 60 cm. Massive bone changes localized on the facial surface of the left maxilla required a multistage diagnostic protocol. In addition to traditional macroscopic and morphometric evaluation, we used modern diagnostic imaging techniques such as digital radiography, computed tomography an...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 21, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

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Publication date: September 2018Source: International Journal of Paleopathology, Volume 22Author(s): (Source: International Journal of Paleopathology)
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 18, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

A ‘cold case’ of care: Looking at old data from a new perspective in mummy research
This report was the first to establish, beyond dispute, the presence of tuberculosis in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans. Here, we revisit the ‘Nasca Boy’ from a bioarchaeology of care perspective. Contextualising the original study’s results within what is known of contemporary lifeways, we apply the bioarchaeology of care methodology in considering the Nasca Boy’s experience of living with tuberculosis; the type of care he required and how this may have evolved over a period of deteriorating health; and what such caregiving may suggest both about social organisation within his community and some of th...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 16, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

Possible evidence for care and treatment in the Tyrolean Iceman
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2018Source: International Journal of PaleopathologyAuthor(s): Albert Zink, Marco Samadelli, Paul Gostner, Dario Piombino-MascaliAbstractThe Tyrolean Iceman is the world oldest glacier mummy. He was found in September 1991 in the Italian part of the Ötztal Alps. Since his discovery a variety of morphological, radiological and molecular analyses have been performed that revealed detailed insights into his state of health. Despite the various pathological conditions found in the Iceman, little is known about possible forms of care and treatment during the Copper Age in Northern Ita...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 9, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

Ring depressions in cattle horncores as indicators of traction use – a cautionary note
Publication date: September 2018Source: International Journal of Paleopathology, Volume 22Author(s): Richard Thomas, Naomi Sykes, Sean Doherty, David SmithAbstractIn this short communication we call attention to the discovery of a ring depression (a circumferential constriction) in the horncore of a feral bull. This discovery casts doubt on the attribution of similar lesions in archaeological deposits as conclusive evidence of ‘cord impressions’ resulting from yoking or reining cattle for traction. Drawing upon evidence of horncore depressions in other species, we suggest that they reflect metabolic problems following ...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 8, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

A case of bone fracture with callus on the right femur of a chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus, L. 1758) from the ancient site of Dharih, Jordan
Publication date: September 2018Source: International Journal of Paleopathology, Volume 22Author(s): Aurélia Borvon, Claude Guintard, Hervé MonchotAbstractArchaeozoology provides bones, which quite regularly present traces of fractures. These fractures are more or less at an advanced level of healing and bear witness to traumas or pathologies. These cases of palaeopathology are not always the subject of publications, which further restricts our knowledge about them. This short note allows the scientific community to be aware of an original case from an archaeological context in Jordan of a fracture on a hen’s femur, co...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 8, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

Medical diagnostic methods applied to a medieval female with vitamin D deficiency from the north of Spain
Publication date: September 2018Source: International Journal of Paleopathology, Volume 22Author(s): Carmen Alonso-Llamazares, Carlos Gómez, Pablo García-Manrique, Antonio F. Pardiñas, Belén LópezAbstractVitamin D deficiency is a pathological condition that affects bone metabolism by preventing proper mineralization, which eventually leads to bone deformities and other pathological conditions such as osteoporosis, increased bone fragility and fractures. The aim of this study is to present a case of vitamin D deficiency, but also to note how the application of several complementary techniques is a fundamental step in t...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 1, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research

Life and death at the “The Land of Three Lakes”: Revisiting the non-adults from Roman Aventicum, Switzerland (1st–3rd century CE)
This study also highlights the importance of studying perinates in archaeological populations, since the current research inform us about the experiences of mothers and their offspring in Aventicum. The mortality and disease patterns of the perinates, representing 71% of the total non-adult sample (66/93), suggest that pregnancy and the time around birth were extremely challenging at Aventicum. It is argued that environmental constraints, e.g. the risk of infectious diseases such as malaria and natural phenomena such as recurring floods resulting in resources scarcity, could have considerably affected the mother-fetus pair...
Source: International Journal of Paleopathology - August 1, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research