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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Paleopathology"”.
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DIABETES IN PALEOPATHOLOGY: NEW METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
Diabetes mellitus has become a common disease. It causes a complicated physiological cascade of changes to the body, including the skeleton. Diabetes is characterized by hyperglycemia because of insulin deficiency or insulin resistance. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes. Although …
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Paleopathology in archaeological faunal remains: a new approach
Gross pathological lesions have been noted in the literature on non-human archaeological animal remains since the mid 19th century. In the last 20 years the accumulation of research into human skeletal remains has engendered a dynamic palaeopathological science producing highly valid in sights into …
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Paleopathology at the Shady Grove Site (22QU525): A Study of Health in the Upper Yazoo Basin During the Middle Mississippian Period
<p>The Mississippian Period (AD 1000-1539) is characterized by increasingly sedentary populations, mound building, ranked societies, and intensified agriculture. As agriculture spread throughout the Eastern Woodlands, it led to widespread health consequences, including poor nutrition and increased …
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AN OSTEOBIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FOSCUE PLANTATION BURIAL VAULT, POLLOCKSVILLE, JONES COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
… record-keeping or undiscovered records. Initial paleopathology analysis indicates that the childhood and adult health of these individuals is notably better when compared to slave and free landowning individuals in other areas of the Eastern seaboard. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis …
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Infection and Complexity Embodied on Enamel: Oral Health and Dental Pathology at Ancón, Peru
… the dissertation combines macroscopic dental paleopathology with dental calculus microremain analysis. Macroscopic observations were recorded for 94 individuals, with attention to caries, periapical lesions consistent with abscessing, linear enamel hypoplasia, and antemortem tooth loss, while …
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A paleopathological and mortuary analysis of three Precontact burials from southern Saskatchewan
… Valley and Adamiak sites provide some data on paleopathology and mortuary practices and contribute to this data set in order to try to create a more complete picture of health and mortuary practices during Precontact times in southern Saskatchewan. The Stoney Beach site appears to be the oldest …
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An osteological and historical examination of the Presbyterian Forest Centre Cemetery, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
On October 7th, 2004, construction of the Saskatchewan Forest Centre Building in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was temporarily halted due to the exposure of human remains from within the soil matrix. Subsequent archaeological investigation revealed the presence of numerous rectangular soil stains …
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Changes in Osteoarthritis of the Elbow and Shoulder Joints in Women when Trasitioning from Hunting and Gathering to an Agricultural Subsistence
Changes in bone morphology have always been a concern of physical anthropologists who are trying to explain a culture's everyday activity. These types of changes, including arthritic and musculoskeletal, are based on subjective observation of the researcher and therefore subject to observer error. …
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Changes in Osteoarthritis of the Elbow and Shoulder Joints in Women when Trasitioning from Hunting and Gathering to an Agricultural Subsistence
Changes in bone morphology have always been a concern of physical anthropologists who are trying to explain a culture's everyday activity. These types of changes, including arthritic and musculoskeletal, are based on subjective observation of the researcher and therefore subject to observer error. …
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A Paleopathological Analysis of the Moran French Colonial Cemetery
<p>This research examines the health experiences of early eighteenth-century European immigrants to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Most were low-status individuals forcibly expulsed from France and brought to Biloxi to colonize Louisiana. Historical records report the immigration effort was poorly …
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Growing Up in Tell el-Amarna: An Examination of Growth and Non-specific Stress Indicators in New Kingdom Children.
<p>The health status of the subadult skeletal remains from the South Tombs Cemetery at Tell el-Amarna were assessed by examining fluctuations in childhood growth and rates of skeletal indicators of physiological stress within a biocultural framework. The long bone standardization method outlined by …