Published: 2024-08-30

Ancient Burials at Upward Sun River, Central Alaska

Ben A. Potter, Joel D. Irish, Joshua D. Reuther
Abstract

In the late summer about 11,500 years ago, probably in the space of a few weeks, three young Paleoindian children died and were buried in a...

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Bones at Home

Supporting Haptic Learning and Universal Design beyond the Biological Anthropology Laboratory

Rebecca J. Gilmour, Julia A. Gamble
Abstract

Remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a range of pedagogical challenges for anthropology laboratory courses. In biological...

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Mortuary Practices and the Importance of Rock-Shelters during the Early and Middle Holocene in the Southern Maya Mountains

Emily Moes, Lexi O'Donnell, Nadia C. Neff, Jessica I. Cerezo-Román, Willa R. Trask, Douglas J. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer
Abstract

Research at two rock-shelters in the Maya Mountains of southern Belize, Mayahak Cab Pek and Saki Tzul, documents their persistent use as...

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Physical Impairment or Disability?

Three Cases of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip from Grote Kerk, Alkmaar, the Netherlands (A.D. 1716–1830)

Meghan D. Langlois, Megan B. Brickley
Abstract

Disability is part of the human experience, yet until recently, the lived experiences of individuals affected by physical impairment have been...

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Documenting the Presence of Chagas Disease in Prehistoric North America

Applying the Stockholm Paradigm to Archaeoparasitology (Part II)

Karl J. Reinhard, Daniel R. Brooks, Aida R. Barbera, T. Michael Fink

1–17

Abstract

The DAMA protocol (Document, Assess, Monitor, Act) is the applied aspect of the Stockholm Paradigm. Evidence from archaeology and history of...

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Exploring the Evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi and the Emergence of Chagas Disease in the Context of Environmental Change

Applying the Stockholm Paradigm to Archaeoparasitology (Part I)

Aida R. Barbera, Daniel R. Brooks, T. Michael Fink, Karl J. Reinhard
Abstract

The Stockholm Paradigm is an evolutionary synthesis that explains the emergence of novel pathogens in the context of environmental disturbances....

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Resilience and Climate Instability at the Beginning of the Middle Horizon (550–800 A.D.)

An Analysis of Violent Trauma in Huaca 20 (Peruvian Central Coast)

Maricarmen Vega, Ana Cecilia Mauricio

328–350

Abstract

This article presents a study of the relationship between violence and climate stress in the Lima culture, a pre-Hispanic society of the...

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Desert Dust and City Smoke

Investigating the Impact of Urbanization and Aridification on the Prevalence of Pulmonary/ Pleural Inflammation in the Middle Nile Valley (2500 B.C. to 1500 A.D.)

Anna M. Davies-Barrett, Daniel Antoine, Charlotte A. Roberts
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This study investigates the impact of urbanization and aridification on prevalence rates of lower respiratory tract disease in archaeological...

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