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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Palaeopathology"”.
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Disease in the Cretaceous: a comparative study of Iguanodon and hadrosaur palaeopathology
Ornithopod dinosaurs show one of the highest frequencies of palaeopathological lesions in the dinosaurian fossil record. However, a systematic overview of distribution of palaeopathologies in the clade has not been undertaken, and this thesis aims to report an extensive review of them and identify …
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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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A Study in Scarlet: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of the Differential Use of Ochre in Burial Practices at Khok Phanom Di, Central Thailand
… with differential burial practices, mobility, palaeopathology, and environmental change. Through the skeletal analysis of 152 individuals, a novel method was applied for semi-quantitative recording of pigment distribution. The method divided the skeleton into 521 geometric planes, adjusted for …
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Palaeohistopathology of Treponematosis in Human Bone
… of this disease are of interest in palaeopathology and medicine. Histology, the study of microscopic tissue structure, has been applied in paleopathological analyses of treponematosis in an extremely limited manner, mostly in case studies through qualitative descriptions. In this …
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Palaeohistopathology of Treponematosis in Human Bone
… of this disease are of interest in palaeopathology and medicine. Histology, the study of microscopic tissue structure, has been applied in paleopathological analyses of treponematosis in an extremely limited manner, mostly in case studies through qualitative descriptions. In this …
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An assessment of the health status by non-specific stress indicators in early farming populations from central and southern Africa
… lesions and dental diseases. The evidence from palaeopathology indicated that the environments played a major role in causing differences observed at micro-scale level. It is suggested that the health problems of these agricultural peoples are a result of their sedentary lifestyle and …
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Paleopathology in archaeological faunal remains: a new approach
… material. The data on which the discipline of palaeopathology relies is derived from the burial of bodies. The remains available to the archaeozoologist are predominantly the highly selected residues of human consumption.<br/><br/>The biological principles governing the presentation of …
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An assessment of the health status of late 19th and early 20th century Khoesan
Since the arrival of the Dutch colonists in the Cape, Khoesan populations were subjected to severe political and economical marginalization and often fell prey to racial conflict and genocide. These circumstances persisted until the early 20th century, during which an astonishing number of Khoesan …
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Identity in the Dark Age. A Biocultural Analysis of Early Medieval Scotland
This thesis explores identity in early mediaeval Scotland (ca 800-1300AD) using biological and burial deposition data. During this period Scotland was developing as a unified kingdom. The Norse, Scots, and Anglo-Saxons battled for political power. The Saxon and Irish Churches were pressuring for …
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Exploring diachronic changes in activity, diet and health on the prehistoric Baltic coast
Beginning around 10,000 years ago, humans gradually shifted away from hunting-and-gathering lifestyles to more sedentary and agricultural lifestyles, which determined a change in their food-sourcing methods. Although the biological effects to changing subsistence patterns are generally …
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The Northern Powerhouse. A multidisciplinary study of the mortality and morbidity of Northern English communities in the 19th century
The northern powerhouse is a multidisciplinary study of health in industrial era northern English communities. It aimed to investigate the experience of health and disease in northern England in the 19th century through the use of both osteological and General Registrar’s Office (GRO) mortality …
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The Northern Powerhouse. A multidisciplinary study of the mortality and morbidity of Northern English communities in the 19th century
The northern powerhouse is a multidisciplinary study of health in industrial era northern English communities. It aimed to investigate the experience of health and disease in northern England in the 19th century through the use of both osteological and General Registrar’s Office (GRO) mortality …
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Death, disability, and diversity: An investigation of physical impairment and differential mortuary treatment in Anglo-Saxon England
Until recently, individuals with physical impairment have been overlooked within the field of archaeology due to the controversy surrounding the topics of disability and care in the past. The current research adds to the growing body of archaeological disability studies with an exploration of …
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Skeletal evidence of the social persona. Life, death and society in early medieval Alamannic communities
Historic-archaeological research on the Alamanni, an early medieval population in the periphery of the Frankish Empire, primarily focuses on themes such as their military character or issues of ethnicity, while the actual functioning of Alamannic societies remains conjectural. Aiming at presenting …
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The life course of Vitamin D: the risk of deficiency in British Archaeological Populations
This research aimed to broaden the existing knowledge of vitamin D deficiency on British archaeological populations. The assessment for rickets and osteomalacia within three populations that span from the 10th to 19th century in England was conducted and the results were integrated with the …
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Diachronic effects of bio-cultural factors on stature and body proportions in British archaeological populations. The impact of living conditions, socio-economic, nutritional and health status on growth, development, maximum attained stature and physical shape in archaeological skeletal population samples.
Humans, like all animal species, are subject to Bergmann's (1847) and Allen's (1877) environmental rules which summarize physical adaptations to the natural environment. However, humans are in addition cultural animals and other bio-cultural factors such as social, economic and political status, …