More than 20 years ago, Wood et al.(Curr Anthropol 33: 343–370, 1992) published “The
Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples,” in …

Bioarcheology has made tremendous strides since the subdiscipline's inception,
subsequent syntheses, the standardization of data collection methods, and analytical …

Beginning some 10,000 years ago, humans began a dramatic alteration in living conditions
relating especially to the shift in lifeway from foraging to farming. In addition to the initiation …

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

Understanding the influence of climate change and population pressure on human conflict
remains a critically important topic in the social sciences. Long-term records that evaluate …

Objectives Famine can be defined as a shortage of foodstuffs that instigates widespread
excess mortality due to starvation, infectious disease, and social disruption. Like other …

Periosteal new bone formation is frequently used in paleopathological and
paleoepidemiological studies to diagnose particular diseases or to assess non-specific …

Stress plays an important role in the etiology of multiple morbid and mortal outcomes among
the living. Drawing on health paradigms constructed among the living augments our …

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

Objectives Intersectionality theory argues that various categories of identity and forms of
systemic oppression interact and produce inequalities in resource access, economic …