The article evaluates recent scholarship on famines in Europe during the medieval and early
modern periods (c. 700–1800), synthesizing the state‐of‐the‐art knowledge and identifying …

Infectious diseases are among the strongest selective pressures driving human evolution,.
This includes the single greatest mortality event in recorded history, the first outbreak of the …

This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled “Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and
Moving Forward,” which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6–8, 2020 …

In the fourteenth century the Old World witnessed a series of profound and abrupt changes
in the trajectory of long-established historical trends. Transcontinental networks of exchange …

The medieval Black Death (c. 1347-1351) was one of the most devastating epidemics in
human history. It killed tens of millions of Europeans, and recent analyses have shown that …

Over the last four decades, bioarchaeology has experienced significant technical growth
and theoretical maturation. Early 21st century bioarchaeology may also be enhanced from a …

Objectives Cribra orbitalia (CO) and porotic hyperostosis (PH) are porous cranial lesions
(PCLs) classically associated with iron‐deficiency anemia in bioarchaeological contexts …

Why in the pre-industrial period were some settlements resilient and stable over the long
term while other settlements were vulnerable to crisis? Indeed, what made certain human …

Objectives Many individuals living in medieval and post‐medieval London suffered issues
with sanitation, food insecurity, infectious disease, and widespread exposure to parasites …

Objectives Previous research revealed declines in survivorship in London before the Black
Death (c. 1346–1353), and improvements in survivorship following the epidemic. These …