The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, Second Edition is a comprehensive source
dedicated to better understanding this group of conditions that have significant …

Gout has been part of human history for thousands of years. Skeletal evidence of the
disease among past people in Europe is often associated with high-status individuals whose …

I consider the power of “slow archaeology” in a study of the Huntington Anatomical
Collection, focusing on Irish immigrants who lived and worked in New York City over the …

THIS ARTICLE CRITICALLY REVIEWS THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY of high-to late-
medieval burials (c ad 1000–1550), examining how and why research questions have …

The first look into a Mycenaean chamber tomb, upon discovery, is breath-taking. Under the
dim light coming through the narrow tomb's stomion, the characteristic smell of soil and …

Existing child stature estimation methods have a number of disadvantages. This paper
addresses some of these limitations by develo** regression-based stature estimation …

Scientific examination of mummies has provided a better understanding of the ancestry, diet,
disease, medical practices, mummification processes, culture and society of human …

This paper investigates different body techniques for carrying heavy loads by individuals
buried at Abu Fatima, a Nubian Bronze Age cemetery in Sudan. Drawing on iconographic …

Archaeological bodies and their afflictions have multiplied in recent years, along with the
specialists who study them. The result is a cascade of data, much of it difficult to reconcile. I …

Health inequality is not only a major problem today; it left its mark upon past societies too.
For much of the past, health inequality has been poorly studied, mostly because …