International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Osteoarchaeology is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Health, stress, and urbanism in the Hellenistic–Roman metropolis of Nea Paphos, Cyprus: A comparative analysis15
Bioarchaeological insights into the Late Helladic communities of South Kynouria, Peloponnese: The case of the LH IIIA2‐IIIB2 burial cluster of Socha14
Twins found in a Late Dynastic/Coptic Egyptian mummy13
Conjoined first (atlas) and second (axis) cervical vertebrae in an eastern wapiti (Cervus canadensis canadensis) from the Angel Site (1000–1400 CE, Indiana, USA)12
How dental wear can tell us about the lifestyles and trade specialization of the Philistine populations in the Iron Age Levant12
Life history of a high‐class noblewoman from the late Shu state in the Chengdu Plain during the Eastern Zhou period (770–221 BC): Childhood stresses and stable life12
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Illness and inclusion: Mobility histories of adolescents with leprosy from Anglo‐Scandinavian Norwich (Eastern England)10
Animal Husbandry, Cultural Change, and Economic Networks: An Archaeozoological Perspective on the Transformation of Iron Age Oppida Societies10
Mixed economy and dried foods: Dental indicators reveal Heishuiguo Han Dynasty population's environmental adaptation to the semi‐arid region of northwestern China10
Anthropological, Palaeopathological, and Stable Isotope Analyses of the Early Medieval Population of Corte Romana (Cividale, NE Italy) During the Period of Langobard Rule (6th–7th centuries ad10
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Developmental Anomalies of the Foot Bones: Coalitions and Bipartitions in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection9
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Urbanization and respiratory stress in the Northern Low Countries: A comparative study of chronic maxillary sinusitis in two early modern sites from the Netherlands (AD 1626–1866)8
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Unusual find of osteolytic lesion on skeleton from the Middle Bronze Age—Possible case of peritoneal abscess7
Investigating the dentoalveolar complex in archaeological human skull specimens: Additional findings with large volume micro‐CT compared to standard methods7
How cranial surgery was performed in Italy during the centuries after the Roman Empire but before the rise of the medieval universities: Integrating paleopathology and medical history7
Starch remains from human teeth reveal the Bronze and Early Iron Ages vegetal diet of Xinjiang, Northwest China7
A bioarchaeological approach for the examination of two Lithuanian clergymen: Juozapas Arnulfas Giedraitis and Simonas Mykolas Giedraitis (18th–19th centuries AD)7
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Notes on early childhood diets in early modern Oulu, Finland, based on the stable isotope case studies of archeological dentin6
Blue fibers found in dental calculus from Maya sacrificial victims6
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The role of status, diets, and mobility in understanding the impacts of urbanization in early medieval Bergen, Norway (St. Mary's Church): Insights from stable isotope analyses6
They fought on horseback, didn't they?6
Pastures and fodder for feeding equids 3000 years ago: The Can Roqueta site (Barcelona, Spain) as a model of equine herd management6
Perinatal burials at pre‐Hispanic noncemetery sites in Gran Canaria: Tophet, infanticide, or natural mortality?6
The role of TV documentaries to disseminate osteoarchaeology more widely: The good, the bad, and the ugly5
The impact of pathological conditions on carbon and nitrogen isotopic values in the bone collagen of individuals with known biographic data and medical history5
Who's to blame? The Mesolithic non‐anthropic leporids from Cueva de los Postes (Badajoz, Spain)5
A test of the New Coimbra method of recording entheseal changes as applied to the foot skeleton5
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A case of cholesteatoma in a medieval Hispano‐Mudejar population (13th–14th centuries ad)5
DNA analysis of skeletal remains of an important historical figure from the period of mediaeval Bosnia5
Therapeutic dentistry in prehistoric Maryland—New analyses from the Hughes (18MO1) archeological site5
Life on the edge: Animal exploitation at the Shichengzi military fort (Xinjiang, China)5
The rarest among the rare? Acrometastases and disability in the past and beyond5
Analyzing entheseal changes in commingled human remains from Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in Portugal5
Monastic meals: The role of birds in the diet of the Poor Clares at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes (Barcelona, Spain) from medieval to modern periods (14th to 19th centuries AD)5
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Dental caries and breastfeeding in early childhood in the late Medieval and Modern populations from Radom, Poland5
Utilization of validated criteria for diagnostic assessment in nonsynchronous, allopatric populations: Role in archeologic diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and differentially distinguishing it from m5
Nondestructive recognition and differentiation of quasi‐spherical structures of biologic interest4
Evaluation of entheseal changes in a modern identified skeletal collection from Inden (Germany)4
Subsistence and animal management at Iron Age sites of Quanshuigou and Dumuduebudege in western Xinjiang, China4
In search of the ‘great horse’: A zooarchaeological assessment of horses from England (AD 300–1650)4
A new laboratory‐based method to experimentally induce diagenetic modifications in human bone tissue using archaeological gravesoils4
Animal diseases in the Central Balkan Eneolithic (ca. 4500–2500 BC)—A diachronic perspective on the site of Bubanj, south‐eastern Serbia4
Assessment and improvement of sex estimation standards for application in Holocene San and Khoekhoe populations4
Social interaction between the coast and the highlands of Chile's arid north (20°S) during the mid‐Holocene: The case of Vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782) and Hippocamelus antis4
Health in the Inca heartland: A paleopathological analysis of burials from the Cuzco region of Peru4
Complex skeletal foot malformation in a Samnite “warrior grave” from Abruzzo, southern Italy (8th–5th century BCE)4
Fish vertebrae as archeological biomarkers of past marine ecological conditions: Comparison of mercury levels in Chilean swordfish between the Middle Holocene and the modern period4
Thalassemia major in a 49‐year‐old Thai female: Gross and X‐ray examination of dry bone4
Severe traumatic lesions in the Late Neolithic cattle from the site of At‐Vršac, Serbia4
The uncertain death. Estimating mortality structure by random sampling4
Sex estimation by discriminant function analysis of long bones in prehistoric Southeast Asian populations4
Differences in Dental Size Among the Indigenous Population of the Canary Islands4
Violence and sharp force trauma in Nusaybin/Girnavaz Mound/Türkiye Late Roman–Early Islamic human remains4
Applying the V.E.R.A. method to entheses of the humerus: An assessment of repeatability and reproducibility4
Sturgeons in materials from archaeological sites of Ukraine: A review4
Complex genetic landscape revealed by a population in the eastern Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang between the 8th and 11th centuries CE4
A biocultural study of nasal fracture, violence, and gender using 19th–20th century skeletal remains from Portugal4
An “Invisible” Child—A Case of a Child With Anthropogenic Modification Marks and Pathological Conditions in Early Neolithic China4
Trauma patterns and injury prevalence in early medieval Säben‐Sabiona, Italy3
Embodied labors during the state formation of Egypt and Nubia (ca. 4800–1750 BCE): Elucidating transformations in behavioral patterns with entheseal changes3
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Nostalgia for the old country—A histological exploration of early childhood physiological stress experiences in colonial Otago, New Zealand3
Considering passenger pigeon abundance and distribution in the Late Woodland zooarchaeological record of southern Ontario, Canada3
Bioarchaeological insights into disability: Skeletal dysplasia from the Iron Age northern China3
Bronze age horsemen: An evaluation of pathological and nonpathological changes for indicators of “horsemanship syndrome” of the Strzyżów culture population, Poland, 2000–1600 BC3
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The effect of age on entheseal changes: A study of modifications at appendicular attachment sites in a large sample of identified human skeletons3
A bioarcheological contribution to the social history of Roman Macedonia: The Pontokomi‐Vrysi site in Kozani Prefecture, Greece3
Reconstructing Cranial Modification Practices: Methods, Motivations, and Evolution of Occipital Modification in Prehistoric China3
Cortical bone maintenance and loss in Colonial Mexico City: Analysis of sex‐ and age‐related differences3
The cultural roles of perforated fish vertebrae in prehistoric and historic Europe3
A 10 ka intentionally deformed human skull from Northeast Asia3
Introduction of sugarcane in Al‐Andalus (Medieval Spain) and its impact on children's dental health3
Neanderthal use of animal bones as retouchers at the Level XV of the Sopeña rock shelter (Asturias, northern Spain)3
Perimortem cranial injury in the Bronze Age. A blunt object to the right parietal caused trauma in a preadolescent individual from Mokarta (Salemi‐Sicily)3
Application of morphometric and stable isotope analyses for distinguishing domestic and wild geese3
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Subsistence strategies in the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age in Nenjiang River Basin: A zooarchaeological and stable isotope analysis of faunal remains at Honghe site, Northeast China3
Nonmetric population‐specific sex estimation based on the skull using logistic regression for Flemish samples3
An historical overview of the field of study of human remains in South Korean archaeology3
An analysis of interobserver variability in the recording of maxillary sinusitis in human osteoarchaeological remains3
Marine bryozoan colonization of terrestrial biomineralized tissues: Taphonomic insights and forensic implications3
In service to the sultan: Biological affinity analysis of Vlach Ottoman vassals from the Šarić Struga and Koprivno‐Križ sites in southern Croatia3
Atypical dental wear in an enslaved individual from Lagos, Portugal3
What can osteometric analyses tell us about domestic dogs recovered from a multicomponent indigenous site in Vermont?2
Chickens consumed in early modern samurai residences: A study of bird remains from the Ichigaya Honmura‐cho site, Tokyo, Japan2
Spondylolysis in ancient Nubian skeletal populations2
Two examples of anthropic manipulation and postmortem processing of human remains at megalithic sites in inland Iberia: La Cabaña and Los Zumacales (Spanish northern sub‐plateau)2
From sacred symbolism to luxury display and consumption: The peacock in medieval Catalonia—Data from zooarcheological, iconographic, and literary evidences2
A community in transition: Analysis of health and well‐being in people living during and following aridification2
The dog of Los Chonos: First pre‐Hispanic record in western Patagonia (~43° to 47°S, Chile)2
Ancient genomes reveal the origin and kinship burial patterns of human remains during the 11th to 13th centuries in northern China2
Transition Between Two Worlds: Morphological Continuity in Iron Age Cattle, Pig, and Sheep Populations (800–50 bc) of the Rhône Valley (France)2
The bare bones appearance of hyperparathyroidism: Distinguishing subperiosteal bone resorption from periosteal reaction2
Early Childhood in Precolonial South America: Breastfeeding, Infant Mortality, and Stable Isotopes Analysis in Southeastern Shell Mound Builders During the Middle Holocene (7th–5th Millennium BP)2
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A skeletal dysplasia leading to a perinatal death in 17th–19th century Lisbon, Portugal2
Possible case of partial postmortem fetal extrusion: Preliminary observations on the mummified remains of a turn‐of‐the‐19th‐century noblewoman in Finland2
Pigs in the Neolithic of the Eastern Fertile Crescent: New evidence from Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Bestansur and Shimshara, Iraqi Kurdistan (7800–7100 BC)2
Testing of morphological sex estimation traits with a sex‐known collection: Ottoman period skulls2
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Primary double teeth in archeological medieval material from the area of Poland: A report on two cases2
Dental wear in a marine economy: A case study from Philistine Ashkelon2
A glimpse into the body shape and limb proportions of enslaved Africans from Lagos, Portugal (15th–17th centuries)2
Specifying subsistence strategies of early farmers: New results from compound‐specific isotopic analysis of amino acids2
Complexity of agricultural economies in the Yiluo region in the late Neolithic and bronze age (3500–221 BC): An integrated stable isotope and archeobotanical study from the Tumen site, North China2
Growing up in the suburbs: Growth faltering and disease burden in the children from 16th to 18th century Tallinn, Estonia2
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First reported archaeological case of leprosy in Slovakia2
A New Open‐Access Method Applying GIS Techniques to the Study of Slicing, Scraping, and Tooth Marks2
Pronounced hyperostosis frontalis interna and co‐occurring lesions in the skull base suggestive of a pituitary tumor in a woman from medieval Germany2
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An Upper Paleolithic horse mandible with an embedded lithic projectile: Insights into 16,500 cal BP hunting strategies through a unique case of bone injury from Cantabrian Spain2
A natural death assemblage of fishes from an early modern archeological context in Antwerp (Belgium)2
A case report of possible Legg–Calve–Perthes disease on Roman dogs from Gaul (France)2
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Predictive use of modern reference osteological collections for disentangling the shape of Eurasian equid cheek teeth and metapodials in archaeological material2
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Violence in Hasmonean Judea: Skeletal evidence of a massacre from 2nd–1st century BCE Jerusalem2
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Fishhooks, fishing spears, and weaving: The bone technology of Madjedbebe, Northern Australia2
Withers height estimation in medieval horse samples from Poland: Comparing the internal cranial cavity‐based modified Wyrost and Kucharczyk method with existing methods2
Taking from the dead: Grave disturbance of Sarmatian cemeteries in the Banat region2
Only photos on my best side, please! Implications of bilateral asymmetry of the iliac auricular surface in non‐adult individuals for sex estimation2
The Rule Rather Than the Exception! Multi‐Predator Actualistic Accumulations From Cau del Duc (Lleida, Spain) and Their Implications for the Interpretation of the Archaeopaleontological Record2
Application of the microtomography technique in density studies of prehistoric and historical human skeletal materials2
Early childhood nurturing strategies in groups of the Yellow River's middle reaches from the late Yangshao culture (3500–2800 BCE): A stable isotope perspective2
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Eneolithic pile dwellers captured waterfowl in winter: Analysis of avian bone remains from two pile dwellings in Ljubljansko barje (Slovenia)2
Ancient DNA reveals population trends of Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) in Northwestern Patagonia2
Case study of a special burial resulting from obstetric death at the Sanbulijia site, Shandong Province, China2
Osteoarchaeological Perspectives on Socioeconomic Changes in European Iron Age Societies: Some Introductory Remarks2
Ethics in Osteoarchaeology1
Assessing the maternal risks associated with short stature in ancient Southeast Asia1
Anemias in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Computed tomography investigations in European museums1
A child left behind: Malnutrition and chronic illness of a child from the Erie County Poorhouse Cemetery1
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A differentially diagnosed simple bone cyst from a medieval Polish osteological collection1
A previously undescribed cranial surgery technique in the Carpathian Basin 10th century CE1
Detection of cancerous lesions in skeletal remains using visual methods and radiographs1
Sheep (Ovis aries) of Venda speakers during the second millennium AD in South Africa1
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Social stratification during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty of China (771–476 bce): Mortuary and stable isotopic analyses of the Shangshihe cemetery1
Echoes of Unwoven Breaks: A Paleopathological Literature Review of Nonunion Fractures1
An elusive ghost: Searching for the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) in the past of Britain1
A reflection of the unfavorable living conditions caused by the First World War in the diet and health of a 10‐year‐old boy (1907–1917) from Vetlá cemetery, Bohemia1
Diseases and Traumas of Pleistocene Megafauna: A Perspective From Poland1
Length estimation of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using vertebrae1
Accumulation agents and bird assemblages: The case of the TE9d level at Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)1
Cremation during the early period (1000 bc–600 ad) in the archaeological site of Matecaña (Pereira, Colombia)1
Songs of the past ‐ papers of the 10th ICAZ Bird Working Group Meeting1
Cremated Bone in Archaeology: Ethical Considerations in the Excavation, Analysis, Storage, and Display of Cremated Bone in the United Kingdom1
Birds of prey from 4th to 18th centuries AD of the Volga River basin of Russia1
Prehistoric human diet composition in Northwest Patagonia: Complementing isotopic analysis with zooarchaeological information1
Reading between the lines: A study of Harris lines in Middle Holocene foragers of the Cis‐Baikal1
Whose talon is this? A manual for the identification of ungual phalanges of European birds of prey: Falcons and owls1
Bone pearl: An enigmatic supernumerary ossicle of the thumb1
Animal diseases in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin during the medieval period1
Combing through museum collections. A “museomic” application of ZooMS1
Assessment of the changes in the petrous portion of temporal bone (pars petrosa ossis temporalis) under the influence of high temperature during the cremation process1
A comparative study of malocclusion and its severity in the Ottoman period and modern populations1
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The distal femoral epiphysis used as a fetal maturity marker: Implications of extant medical data for bioarcheological analysis1
Dental disease and dietary patterns in coastal Phoenicia during the Roman period1
Microcomputed tomography (laboratory and synchrotron) of intact archeological human second metacarpal bones and age at death1
Bird remains from ecclesiastical sites in medieval Hungary1
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Zooarchaeology of Ban Chiang and the rise of early farming communities in mainland Southeast Asia1
Early evidence of extra‐masticatory dental wear in a Neolithic community at Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan1
Once were warriors: Challenging occupation preconceptions in Lebanese weapon‐associated burials (Middle Bronze Age, Sidon)1
Legg‐Calvé‐Perthes Disease: Past and Present1
Intact archeological human bones and age at death studied with transmission x‐ray diffraction and small angle x‐ray scattering1
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Micro computed tomography and histological examination of a pathological lesion (healed fracture) in a horse tooth from the medieval site of Crkveno Brdo, Serbia1
Head injuries by firearms and sharp weapons in the Battle of San Martino (1859, Italy)1
Reconstructing the life histories of a noble couple from the Joseon period, Korea, based on skeletal evidence and historical records1
Why did the chicken cross the Wallace Line? Archeological evidence suggests human‐mediated dispersal of Gallus to Flores first occurred at least ~2.25 ka cal. BP1
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Gastroliths in archaeology: A note of caution1
How to distinguish duck and wader remains eaten by the peregrine falconFalco peregrinusfrom those eaten by other birds of prey and humans: A taphonomic analysis1
A cattle mandible thong‐smoother from a grave: Strap production and cattle traction in the Late Copper Age in Hungary1
Employing radiography (X‐rays) to localize lesions in human skeletal remains from past populations to allow accurate biopsy, using examples of cancer metastases1
Graves, landmarks, or sacrificial monuments? The human osteology and paleopathology of the Bronze Age burial cairns in Finland1
King Olaf's men? Contextualizing Viking burials at S:t Olofsholm, Gotland, Sweden1
The bird remains from WF16, an early Neolithic settlement in southern Jordan: Assemblage composition, chronology and spatial distribution1
The hazards of the pastoralist lifestyle: Evidence from postcranial fractures in Middle Bronze and Early Iron Age populations of the Forest‐Steppe Altai, Russia1
SexEst: An open access web application for metric skeletal sex estimation1
A handful of duck radiuses: Peculiarities of the avifaunal exploitation at the Gravettian site of Maisières‐Canal (Belgium)1
The effects of cultural networks on migration among Early and High Medieval populations in Central Europe based on dental phenotypic data1
The Effects of Urban Living on Child, Infant, and Maternal Health: A Comparative Study of Linear Enamel Hypoplasia Between Two Dutch Postmedieval Populations1
Birds for Isis: The evidence from Pompeii1
Statistical protocol for analyzing 3D muscle attachment sites based on the “Validated Entheses‐based Reconstruction of Activity” (VERA) approach1
Neolithic bone meal with acorn: Analyses on crusts in pottery bowls from 7000 BP Hemudu, China1
Sacralization in the Mary Rose and Kronan assemblages: An inconsistently recorded anomaly1
Toward standardization of statistical reporting in studies on entheseal changes1
Bird bone artifact from the Late Eneolithic/Early Bronze Age site of Zók (Hungary)1
Pediatric paleoradiology: Applications and best practice protocols for image acquisition and reporting1
An unprecedented case of cranial surgery in Longobard Italy (6th–8th century) using a cruciform incision0
Analysis of enamel defects in a cave bear maxillary molar, with remarks on incremental markings in bear enamel0
Stable isotope values of carbon and nitrogen in hair compared to bone collagen from individuals with known medical histories (Bohemia, 19th–21st centuries)0
A visual guide for the Brabant index to score dental macrowear quantity and direction0
The urban sea: Cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis, linear enamel hypoplasia, and sinusitis in three diachronic urban sites from the Dutch province of Zeeland (1030–1800 CE)0
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Juvenile sex estimation using the elevation of the auricular surface: A systematic review and meta‐analysis0
Animal resource exploitation at the Huadizui site on the eve of state formation in China (1850–1750 BC)0
The impaired nomad: A bioarchaeological study on an Early Iron Age case of knee ankylosis from the Jiaerkenjiaga Cemetery, Northwestern China0
First case of juvenile primary bone malignant neoplasm in ancient China: A skeleton from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534 CE)0
An investigation into differential use of ocher in burials at Khok Phanom Di, Thailand0
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Hyperostosis frontalis interna: A new perspective in burned individuals' analysis for determining age and sex from archeo‐anthropological and medicolegal contexts0
Transformation processes in the osteoarchaeological record between the Iron Age and the Roman times with reference to the civitas Treverorum0
A study of reviewing at the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology: Accepting, declining, fairness, and responsibilities0
Sheep Ahoy: Exploring sheep management and its role in Viking Age economy through multiproxy analyses at Löddeköpinge, Sweden0
Violence, conflagrations and the destruction of Bronze Age cities in the ancient Near East0
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Cleaning archaeological bones: Influence of water, ethanol, and acetone on microhardness0
Best practice for osteological sexing in forensics and bioarchaeology: The utility of combining metric and morphological traits from different anatomical regions0
Cranial injuries in ancient Egypt: Three cases of interpersonal violence in the dynastic necropolis of Qubbet el‐Hawa (Aswan, Egypt)0
Evidence of Pellagra on 19th Century Human Crania From Northern Italy by Combining Stable Isotope and Paleopathological Analyses0
Social inequality and body mass differences in two post‐Medieval Dutch populations0
Long‐term processes between Classic and Postclassic populations in the Mexico basin0
Defects‐related early childhood caries as hints of possible maternal–fetal health issues: Evidence from medieval northern Italy0
Pathological and normal variability of foot bones in osteological collections from Catalonia (Spain) and Lazio (Italy)0
An Early Holocene case of congenital syphilis in South America0
Using the morphometric approach to analyze artificially modified crania from the late fifth millennium BCE settlement of Chega Sofla, southwestern Iran0
Health, diet, and mortuary practices in the countryside of Byzantine and post‐Byzantine Boeotia: The case of Hagios Sozon in Orchomenos0
Maternal–fetal death in medieval Pieve di Pava (central Italy, 10th–12th century AD)0
Synthesis of human isotopic data (8000–5000 BP) reveals subsistence strategies and social complexity at the southeast edge of the Loess Plateau, China0
Human and camelid paleodiets in El Bolsón valley (NW Argentina): A stable isotope approach0
An osteometric analysis of elk (Cervus elaphus manitobensis) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park0
Extending our understanding of past animal diet using stable isotope analysis0
Human subsistence strategy in the Ordos Plateau, Inner Mongolia, China, during the Qin and Han dynasties: Using stable isotope analysis0
Death metal: Evidence for the impact of lead poisoning on childhood health within the Roman Empire0
Intra‐tooth isotopic analysis (δ13C and δ15N) of dentine collagen in high‐crowned teeth: A new experimental study with modern sheep specimens0
Skeletal remains of five blue foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska: A view of differential diagnosis0
Were some individuals more vulnerable than others in the Late Neolithic society? Osteobiography of an elderly female with multiple fractures0
Unique Lucayan sand dune burials at the Rolling Heads site, Long Island, The Bahamas0
Preadult Living Conditions During Sociopolitical Transition in Quebrada Chupacigarro Cemetery (500–400 bc), Supe Valley, Peru: Childhood Morbidity and Sociopolitical Change in Prehistoric C0
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