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This study uses bioarchaeological methods and interpretive frameworks, in conjunction with archaeological and textual evidence, to document and interpret the record of Greek colonial interactions between Corinth and local populations at... more
Objective: Throughout history, gout has been referred to as the " disease of the kings " , and has been clearly associated with the lifestyle of the aristocratic social classes. According to the written sources, several members of the... more
This study aims to develop age-at-death standards for Valley of Mexico skeletal collections. Using 159 individuals, with a dental age-at-death between 0 to 15 years, we develop linear and quadratic inverse regression models of age-atdeath... more
Syllabus for Introduction to Forensic Anthropology. Fall/2018 at BECNO
We have carried out a comprehensive ESR and U-series dating study on the Lake Mungo 3 (LM3) human skeleton. The isotopic Th/U and Pa/U ratios indicate that some minor uranium mobilization may have occurred in the past. Taking such effects... more
We have examined the remains of a Pilgrim burial from St Mary Magdalen, Winchester. The individual was a young adult male, aged around 18-25 years at the time of death. Radiocarbon dating showed the remains dated to the late 11th-early... more
syphilis was present in Mexico City among Spaniards, Indians and mestizos, after the Conquest and until the 20 th Century. We systematically analyzed pathological traces of two sets of skeletons corresponding to the 17 th , 18 th and 19 th
This book is designed to appeal to students and practitioners of osteology and palaeopathology, medical historians and forensic archaeologists; it can be used as a reference guide in the field and the laboratory. Human health affects all... more
This paper discusses the Kennewick lawsuit as it relates to the intended purposes of Nagpra. It also reflects upon comments made by Swedlund and Anderson (1999) in a recent American Antiquity Forum, which conceptually linked two ancient... more
Anglo-Saxon law codes dictate in great detail the penalties for particular crimes. Amongst there are the forfeit of hands and feet. A male with a healed amputated hand and foot recovered from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery (6th-8th century AD)... more
Burnt, buried and biodegraded. Field osteological studies of cremated bones This article deals with the taphonomy of cremated bones and the affect it has on the quality and quantity of bones. The various taphonomic factors, both... more
"This article identifies and discusses seven new cases of complete maxillary canine-premolar transposition in ancient populations from the Santa Barbara Channel region of California. A high frequency of this tooth transposition has been... more
Excavation at the Barbican site in York in 2007-8 revealed burials situated within and adjacent to the cobble foundation of the medieval church of All Saints Fishergate. A total of 667 individuals were analysed osteologically. 7 Roman... more
This paper evaluates and interprets potential mechanisms of injury within gladiatorial contexts. It also discusses the bioarchaeological and historical caveats that require consideration during such investigations. The purpose of this is... more
This slideshow lists the many ways human bones differ from non-human, and can aid in lecturing such material. When possible, a practical (hands-on) lecture should follow, preferably with a box of commingled human and animal remains.
Climate and palaeoeconomy in the Neolithic of Turgai Animal farming of Sintashta Culture by the data of rituals Sacral meaning of gaming culture in the early history of Eurasia Razor in warriors’ culture of the Bronze Age Snake-Man in... more
These figures were originally published as Supporting Information accompanying an article in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, "Applying Zooarchaeological Methods to Interpret Mortuary Behavior and Taphonomy in Commingled... more
In today’s archaeology there’s a growing need for non-invasive prospection methods. However there’s a methodological gap and what’s missing is a method for locating human bones. In this study a specially trained German shepherd is put... more
Malta bestiarium
Emotions of remote millennia
What the first Siberians sewed with
World of Incipient Jomon
Мальтинский бестиарий
Эмоции сквозь тысячелетия
Чем шили первые сибиряки
Мир начального дзёмона
Emotions of remote millennia
What the first Siberians sewed with
World of Incipient Jomon
Мальтинский бестиарий
Эмоции сквозь тысячелетия
Чем шили первые сибиряки
Мир начального дзёмона
Juan Pablo Vivas HUESO ETMOIDES Hueso impar, ubicado en la línea media, está situado por delante del esfenoides y por detrás de la escotadura etmoidal del frontal. Ayuda a formar las fosas nasales (pared interna) y orbitarias (pared... more
Wolverhampton Skeleton 53 is a 19th Century individual excavated from St Peter’s Collegiate Church overflow cemetery, Wolverhampton. Within this industrial period, one would expect to find both adults and children working in factories... more
The identification of deviant burials as those of ‘vampires’ is a feature of excavated skeletons from sites across Eastern, Central and Southern Europe as well as the Balkans. Based on a close reading of historic and folkloric sources... more
In July 2010 an excavation was undertaken in the car park of the Masonic hall at Bawtry, South Yorkshire as part of a field school run by the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, with support from Wessex Archaeology... more
Ein Protokoll zur einfachen Restaurierung von Knochen mithilfe von Enzymen und Wasserstoffperoxid.
Archaeological evidence suggests that Tecolote Pueblo, occupied from A.D. 1050-1300, may be a geographic outlier, located at the far eastern edge of Puebloan occupation but still affiliated with the Pueblo. The biological affinity of its... more
Stonehenge London 0 k m 400 N The assemblage of Neolithic cremated human remains from Stonehenge is the largest in Britain, and demonstrates that the monument was closely associated with the dead. New radiocarbon dates and Bayesian... more
Three human skeletons were excavated in the grounds of the Royal York Hotel, York, in 1999 during a 3 day excavation by Time Team and On Site Archaeology. This paper aims to analyse these remains using standard osteological techniques.... more
Beginning with a detailed presentation of the faunal spectra from Ban Chiang and related sites in Northeast Thailand, this essay reconstructs the palaeoenvironment during the period 3500 BC to the end of the prehistoric period. The... more