Published: 2020-05-21

Research Articles

“Captain of All These Men of Death”: An Integrated Case Study of Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century Otago, New Zealand

Anne Marie E. Snoddy, Hallie R. Buckley, Charlotte L. King, Rebecca L. Kinaston, Geoff Nowell, Darren R. Gröcke, Warwick J. Duncan, Peter Petchey

219-239

Abstract

The South Island of New Zealand saw several major waves of migration in the mid-nineteenth century, predominantly from Europe but also with an...

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Possible Case of Glanders in a Late-Nineteenth- or Early-Twentieth- Century Mennonite Woman in Manitoba, Canada

Deborah C. Merrett, Roland M. Sawatzky, Christopher Meiklejohn

240-261

Abstract

This article uses bioarchaeological and biocultural analyses to explore the life history and health status of an older Mennonite...

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A Taphonomic Interpretation of the Postmortem Fate of the Victims Following the Massacre at Sandby Borg, Sweden

Clara Alfsdotter, Anna Kjellström

262-282

Abstract

In the ringfort Sandby borg (A.D. 400–550) on Öland, Sweden, remains of 26 unburied humans were excavated between 2010 and 2016....

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Social Status and Its Relationship to Non-specific Stress at Late Iron Age Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand

Stacey M. Ward, Siân Halcrow, Hallie R. Buckley, Andrew R. Gray, Charles F.W. Higham, Kate Domett, Dougald J.W. O’Reilly, Louise G. Shewan

283-304

Abstract

The rise of social inequality is a key development in human history and is linked to deteriorating health. These associated health impacts are...

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