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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Osteoarchaeology"”.
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A multidisciplinary approach to reconstruct the lived-experience of people with ‘leprosy’ and Hansen’s Disease in medieval England
Hansen's Disease (HD)/’leprosy’ is one of the most culturally-laden diseases in human history, largely attributable to dramatic and debilitating physical lesions. As such, ‘leprosy’, and those inflicted with it, have frequently been the subject of negative generalisations resulting from the …
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The identification of bovine tuberculosis in zooarchaeological assemblages. Working towards differential diagnostic criteria.
The study of human palaeopathology has developed considerably in the last three decades resulting in a structured and standardised framework of practice, based upon skeletal lesion patterning and differential diagnosis. By comparison, disarticulated zooarchaeological assemblages have precluded the …
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Finding balance in unequal relations: the burial of humans and animals in the Viking Age world
The nature of human-animal relationships in the past, like in the present, is intrinsically unbalanced, with humans ultimately holding power over the life and death of many other animal species. This is also true for Viking Age burial customs, where different types of animals were commonly killed …