Published: 2018-08-29

Growing Old in the Industrial Age

Aging, Health, and Social Identity in Elderly Women (Eighteenth–Nineteenth Centuries A.D.)

Sophie L. Newman, Katie Keefe, Anwen C. Caffell, Rebecca L. Gowland, Jelena Bekvalac, Malin Holst, Isabelle Heyerdahl-King
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The elderly have been neglected within bioarchaeological discourse, partly due to limitations in current osteological techniques for identifying...

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Exploring Intersectional Identities and Geographic Origins in Ancient Nubia at Tombos, Sudan

Michele R. Buzon, Kari A. Guilbault, Antonio Simonetti

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As part of an intersectional investigation of changes in identity and lifeways during sociopolitical changes in the ancient Nile Valley,...

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Multi-tissue Analysis of Breastfeeding and Weaning in Iron Age (Seventh–Fourth c. B.C.) South Italy

Hana Salahuddin, Tracy L. Prowse
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In this study, we investigate breastfeeding and weaning patterns using stable isotope analysis of multiple
tissues—deciduous and permanent...

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Assessing the Impact of Holocene Climate Change on Bioavailable Strontium Within the Nile River Valley

Geochemical and Radiogenic Isotope Perspectives

Antonio Simonetti, Michele R. Buzon, Stefanie S. Simonetti, Kari A. Guilbault, Maha Ahmed Kordofani, Naomi F. Miller

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The impact of the climate drying during the Holocene within the Nile River Valley System (NRVS) has been the focus of recent debate in the...

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Trauma and Violence in Medieval Poland

An Intersectional Analysis

Tracy K. Betsinger
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The concept of intersectionality was developed by Black feminist scholars to explore how multiple identities of an individual interact with and...

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A Bioarchaeological Exploration of Adolescent Males at the Eighteenth-Century Fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Amy B. Scott, Sarah MacInnes, Nicole Hughes, T. Jessica A. Munkittrick, Alison J. T. Harris, Vaughan Grimes

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Using skeletal remains from the eighteenth-century Fortress of Louisbourg, this study aimed to explore whether the adolescent (< 25 years)...

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Eating Like Adults

An Investigation of Dietary Change in Childhood and Adolescence at Portus Romae (Italy, 1st–4th Centuries C.E.)

L. Creighton Avery

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Previous isotopic studies of Roman diet for individuals buried at Isola Sacra (first–fourth centuries C.E.; Italy) have focused on variation in...

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Is Adulthood Required? Examining the Accuracy of Pelvic Sex Estimation Throughout Pubertal Growth

Jose Sanchez, Robert D. Hoppa

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Reliable morphological sex estimation in non-adult skeletons continues to be problematic in juvenile osteology. Methodological exploration has...

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Youth Mobility, Migration, and Health Before and After the Black Death

Mary Lewis, Janet Montgomery

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Migration is driven by the young but despite this, few isotope studies focus on adolescent migrants or the intricate nature of their movement....

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Pubertal Timing as a Measure of Health and Well-Being and a Bridge Between Past and Present

Allison C. Ham, Sharon N. DeWitte

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Bioarchaeology is inherently interdisciplinary, but there is room to expand collaboration and dialogue with scholars in other fields,...

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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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