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

Objective This paper looks to broaden the methodological possibilities for diagnosing
osteomalacia in archaeological bone using micro-CT analysis. Increasing the identification …

Past and present institutions (eg, state and public hospitals, assisted living facilities, public
nursing homes) have struggled with structural issues tied to patient care and neglect, which …

Radiology is an indispensable investigative tool for physical anthropologists and
paleopathologists. Since its birth in 1895, X-ray has been useful in studying …

Vitamin D is essential for human life. Deficiency causes skeletal disease, increases
susceptibility to other diseases and elevates risk of mortality. The study of vitamin D …

Objectives The post-medieval period in Europe saw a dramatic increase in metabolic bone
disease related to vitamin D deficiency (VDD). Recent paleopathological work has utilized …

This paper explores the burden of osteomalacia on pregnancy and childbirth through two
cases from early medieval urban Milan. Two skeletons of female individuals with skeletal …

Objective This study employs feminist disability theory and the concept of structural violence
to interpret the results of skeletal and documentary analysis of fracture and disease …

Objective This case study describes a perimortem hip fracture in a documented individual
from the Robert J. Terry Skeletal Collection. The purpose of this paper is to comprehend how …

Macroscopy (naked eye study) of bone lesions is both the most important and the oldest
technique in the study of disease in ancient skeletal material. The primacy of macroscopy …