Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease of the articular cartilage with subchondral bone
lesions. Osteoarthritis etiologies are mainly related to age, obesity, strain, trauma, joint …

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 Using stable isotope analysis of incremental dentin segments, we reconstruct
breastfeeding, weaning, and childhood dietary patterns of Eastern Zhou period (771–221 …

El Mirador cave is a key site for understanding the settlement processes of the communities
of Late prehistory. In 2009, excavation began of a Chalcolithic collective burial in a small …

Osteoarthritis is a problematic trait in terms of etiology and interpretation in past human
populations. The relationships between osteoarthritic changes (osteophytes, porosity, and …

Degenerative joint disease (DJD) is one of the most common pathological conditions
identified in the archaeological record and remains a health problem in modern populations …

Objectives Studies of osteoarthritis (OA) in human skeletal remains can come with scalar
problems. If OA measurement is noted as present or absent in one joint, like the elbow …

How can activity reconstruction address day-to-day life in the past? What are its strengths?
What are its drawbacks? One of the ways in which everyday action can be examined in the …

Diversos factores biológicos y mecánicos producen cambios morfológicos en las superficies
articulares de la columna vertebral, algunos de carácter patológico. El objetivo de este …

Decapitation was an integral part of the complex ritual practices recorded in the
palaeographic and archaeological records at the Late Shang (c. 1250–1050 bce) site of …