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This webinar explores the role of imaging technologies in the analysis of human skeletal remains, highlighting how complementary methods can enhance osteological interpretation. Focusing on medical im...

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Endemic congenital iodine deficiency syndrome from a 19th to 20th century poorhouse cemetery in Riggisberg, Switzerland

To identify and describe skeletal remains showing features consistent with congenital iodine deficiency syndrome (CIDS), also known as "cretinism" and…

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Are endocranial granular impressions pathognomonic of tuberculous meningitis or a marker of tuberculous infection? An investigation on a medieval osteoarcheological assemblage from Italy

In recent paleopathological literature, granular impressions on the endocranial surface are considered pathognomonic of tuberculous meningitis. This s…

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: PPA | Limitations and Prospects of Bioarchaeology in India with Special Reference to Palaeopathology. After registering, you will receive a confirmation ema...

"The field of Bioarchaeolgoy in India is fairly new and still growing. There are more than 200 sites from India where human remains were found. Out of that hardly fifty sites have been studied using a...

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An ‘Index of Oro-dental Disease’: A holistic method for understanding the impacts of different risk factors on oral health in archaeological populations

To gain a more holistic understanding of oral health in the past by producing an ‘Index of Oro-dental Disease’ (IOD), incorporating multiple oro-denta…

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Expanding the diagnostic scope of paleopathology: Identification of Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) using a One Paleopathology approach

This project is an application of the One Paleopathology approach to the study of Q fever (C. burnetii infection), a disease which is underdiagnosed a…

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Cranial fluctuating asymmetry and its relationship with non-specific physiological stress indicators in a contemporary South African cadaveric skeletal sample

Biological anthropologists frequently explore skeletal asymmetry, together with population health and disease. Given the conflicting findings in exist…

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Lively landscapes: Sex- and age-related differences in diet and land use characterising a Late Bronze-Early Iron Age community from Tilburg, the Netherlands

The Late Bronze-Early Iron Age (LBA-EIA)urnfield of Tilburg-Udenhoutseweg yielded 229 cremation graves with various features.This large cemetery is a …

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