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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Post-medieval period"”.
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Respiratory health in the past: a bioarchaeological study of chronic maxillary sinusitis and rib periostitis from the Iron Age to the Post Medieval Period in Southern England
… ranging in date from the Iron Age to the Post Medieval Period. The samples were chosen to examine both synchronic and diachronic trends in respiratory disease, contrasting contemporaneous populations living in rural and urban contexts, as well as populations from high and low social status …
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The Origins and Development of the Verwood-Type Pottery Industry
… have predominantly focused on manufacture of post-medieval date. Despite this, little has been achieved in determining any medieval origins, or the organisation of pottery production in the early post- medieval period. This study readdresses this issue; firstly, by establishing that pottery …
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Ritual and Funerary Rites in Later Prehistoric Scotland: An Analysis of Faunal Assemblages from the Covesea Caves
… funerary activities, from the Neolithic to the Post-Medieval Period. Zooarchaeological analysis has illustrated how certain species were significant in ritual activity, and thus utilised specifically in funerary rites. The results from this research shed more light on past cosmologies and the …
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Ritual and Funerary Rites in Later Prehistoric Scotland: An Analysis of Faunal Assemblages from the Covesea Caves
… funerary activities, from the Neolithic to the Post-Medieval Period. Zooarchaeological analysis has illustrated how certain species were significant in ritual activity, and thus utilised specifically in funerary rites. The results from this research shed more light on past cosmologies and the …
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John Hardyng's Chronicle: a study of the two versions and a critical edition of both for the period 1327-1464
… information about knowledge of Hardyng in the post-medieval period and an overview of modern scholarship, and a section on the life of John Hardyng, which places him in the context of the period prior to, and including, the turbulent Wars of the Roses; this is followed by a description of the …
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Shropshire Deer Parks c.1500 - c.1914 Recreation, Status and Husbandry
… development, changing use and survival of the post-medieval deer park in Shropshire. In so doing, it is hoped to add to and complement a body of research that has been assembled for other parts of the country, in the belief that individual regional studies can throw light on the wider national …
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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.
… from sites such as known leprosaria and medieval hospitals, rural and urban parish cemeteries, victims from the battle of Towton in A. D. 1461, and individuals from monastic cemeteries were analysed. The osteometric data from these populations were assessed for within and between …
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Life in Medieval Cambridge: an isotopic analysis of diet and mobility
… an important trade centre in the High and Late Medieval period (11th-16th century). Historical accounts and archaeological evidence indicate that the Late Medieval period was a tumultuous chapter in English history, with episodes of war, climate change, famine and plague. It is argued that the …
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Faecal Sediments as Bio-Archives: The Fish Event Horizon in the Low Countries
… day Belgium and the Netherlands) during the medieval and Post-Medieval periods (AD 500 – 1900). In this thesis, I complete a systematic review of ichthyological remains and fish consumption proxies (carbon and nitrogen values isotope values and parasite eggs) for a comprehensive …
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DISH Everywhere: Study of the Pathogenesis of Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis and of its Prevalence in England and Catalonia from the Roman to the Post-Medieval Time Period
… in the Roman samples, the highest in the early medieval ones and intermediate in the late medieval samples. While when using documentary resources and archaeological data, it was hypothesised that the prevalence of DISH in the English and Catalan samples might have been different, the results …