Two hundred and fifty years have passed since the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, and the
enigma about his hearing loss and overall health status seems to be not completely solved …

Gendered burial practices that differentiate between men and women by the way the body
was placed were used over large parts of Central Europe in the Late Neolithic and Early …

The orbital phenomenon, cribra orbitalia, has long been a source of controversy, especially
with regard to its nature, derivation, and relationship to anemia. Therefore, the external …

Urbanization is one of the most important settlement shifts in human history and has been
the focus of research within bioarchaeology for decades. However, there have been limited …

Objectives Bioarchaeologists interpret skeletal stress as evidence of resilience or frailty,
where absence of lesions might result from lack of exposure to pathogens (ie, good health) …

Studying infant diet and feeding practices through stable isotope analysis provides direct
insight into the life and health of vulnerable population groups in the past. Although the …

This study explores the dietary habits of various social groups in Medieval and Early Modern
Period Tartu in Estonia. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from bone collagen were …

The Gumelnița site belongs to the Kodjadermen-Gumelnița-Karanovo VI (KGK VI)
communities (c. 4700–3900 cal BC) and comprises the tell-type settlement and its …

Objective X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is a non-destructive technique that measures the
elemental concentration of different materials, including human bone. Recently, it began to …

Anemia, a multifactorial condition with an intricate etiology, impacts on worldwide health. In
bioarchaeology, cribra orbitalia (CO) and cribra cranii (CC) have been associated with …