Palaeopathology of Children: Identification of Pathological Conditions in the Human Skeletal
Remains of Non-Adults provides archaeological examples of pathological child remains with …

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 …

Despite the developing emphasis in current scholarship on children in Roman culture, there
has been relatively little research to date on the role and significance of the youngest …

Objectives In modern bone biology, the term “remodeling” generally refers to internal bone
turnover that creates secondary osteons. However, it is also widely used by skeletal …

ABSTRACT The Great Irish Famine of 1845–1852 is among the worst food crises in human
history. While numerous aspects of this period have been studied by generations of …

This comprehensive study examines fossil remains from Niedźwiedzia Cave in the Eastern
Sudetes, offering detailed insights into the palaeobiology and adversities encountered by …

Early life stress can disrupt development and negatively impact long-term health trajectories.
Reconstructing histories of early life exposure to external stressors is hampered by the …

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 …

This article utilises skeletal evidence (n= 57) from settlement features and graves at
Unterhautzenthal, Lower Austria, to outline our methodological approach to researching …

Park-Harris lines are radiographically apparent linear opacities that occur in a metaphyseal
bone in proximity to a physis. Lines correspond to a temporary interruption of the normally …