A critical review of anthropological studies on skeletons from European plague pits of different epochs

B Bramanti, N Zedda, N Rinaldo, E Gualdi-Russo - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In historical times, plague epidemics intermittently ravaged Europe for more than 1,400
years, and still represent a threat in many countries all over the world. A debate is ongoing …

Black Death in the rural cemetery of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse Aude-Languedoc, southern France, 14th century: immunological evidence

S Kacki, L Rahalison, M Rajerison, E Ferroglio… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
An excavation carried out in 2007 in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse (Aude-Languedoc,
southern France), revealed a medieval rural cemetery used during the 8th–14th centuries …

Beyond mortality: Survivors of epidemic infections and the bioarchaeology of impairment and disability

H Battles, R Gilmour - Bioarchaeology International, 2022 - journals.upress.ufl.edu
Epidemics and pandemics are typically discussed in terms of morbidity and mortality,
susceptibility and immunity, and social responses to and impacts of the immediate epidemic …

[PDF][PDF] Entre peste et famine: caractérisation d'une crise de mortalité par l'étude de trois sépultures multiples du site de Kutná Hora–Sedlec (République tchèque, XIVe …

A De Lépinau, D Castex… - … et mémoires de la …, 2021 - journals.openedition.org
Les derniers siècles du Moyen Âge ont été marqués par des crises épidémiques et
frumentaires récurrentes, dont certaines ont entrainé des vagues de mortalité telles qu'elles …

Influence de l'état sanitaire des populations anciennes sur la mortalité en temps de peste: contribution à la paléoépidémiologie

S Kacki - 2016 - theses.hal.science
Génératrice depuis le VIe siècle de notre ère de crises épidémiques récurrentes en
Occident, la peste a profondémentmarqué l'histoire des sociétés européennes, tant sur le …

No particular genomic features underpin the dramatic economic consequences of 17th century plague epidemics in Italy

A Seguin-Orlando, C Costedoat, C Der Sarkissian… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
The 17 th century plague epidemic had a particularly strong demographic toll in Southern
Europe, especially Italy, where it caused long-lasting economical damage. Whether this …

Prévention, pratiques médicales et gestion sanitaire au cours de la deuxième pandémie de peste

S Kacki, S Tzortzis, D Castex, M Signoli - Archéologie de la santé …, 2019 - hal.science
D ans l'imaginaire collectif, la peste représente encore aujourd'hui, plus que toute autre
maladie, le fléau par excellence. Le sinistre statut qu'on lui prête, loin d'être usurpé, trouve …

[PDF][PDF] The archaeology of the second plague pandemic: an overview of French funerary contexts

R Bianucci, S Kacki - Sickness, Hunger, War, and Religion, 2012 - researchgate.net
Over the last 20 years, several plague mass graves have been unearthed in France, thus
enhancing our knowledge of historical plague pandemics. Moreover, recent archaeo …

History of the plague

I Wiechmann, OJ Benedictow, R Bianucci, S Kacki - RCC Perspectives, 2012 - JSTOR
The infectious disease known as the Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, a
gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium belonging to the …

Epidemics and wars: comparative archaeology and anthropology of ancient Greek mass burials

RM Bérard, D Castex - Athens Journal of History, 2021 - shs.hal.science
The high number of dead bodies to deal with in time of mortality crises (events marked by an
unusually high number of dead in a limited amount of time) often leads to modifications in …