International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Osteoarchaeology is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Pastures and fodder for feeding equids 3000 years ago: The Can Roqueta site (Barcelona, Spain) as a model of equine herd management16
Illness and inclusion: Mobility histories of adolescents with leprosy from Anglo‐Scandinavian Norwich (Eastern England)16
In search of the ‘great horse’: A zooarchaeological assessment of horses from England (AD 300–1650)13
Perinatal burials at pre‐Hispanic noncemetery sites in Gran Canaria: Tophet, infanticide, or natural mortality?13
Therapeutic dentistry in prehistoric Maryland—New analyses from the Hughes (18MO1) archeological site13
Blue fibers found in dental calculus from Maya sacrificial victims12
Unusual find of osteolytic lesion on skeleton from the Middle Bronze Age—Possible case of peritoneal abscess12
Notes on early childhood diets in early modern Oulu, Finland, based on the stable isotope case studies of archeological dentin11
Conjoined first (atlas) and second (axis) cervical vertebrae in an eastern wapiti (Cervus canadensis canadensis) from the Angel Site (1000–1400 CE, Indiana, USA)10
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Exploring Division of Labor at the Jiaojia Site in the Late Neolithic Period, Eastern China Using Entheseal Changes as Proxy9
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A 10 ka intentionally deformed human skull from Northeast Asia8
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 ad8
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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 China7
Dental wear in a marine economy: A case study from Philistine Ashkelon7
Chickens consumed in early modern samurai residences: A study of bird remains from the Ichigaya Honmura‐cho site, Tokyo, Japan7
A bioarcheological contribution to the social history of Roman Macedonia: The Pontokomi‐Vrysi site in Kozani Prefecture, Greece7
Nostalgia for the old country—A histological exploration of early childhood physiological stress experiences in colonial Otago, New Zealand7
Early childhood nurturing strategies in groups of the Yellow River's middle reaches from the late Yangshao culture (3500–2800 BCE): A stable isotope perspective6
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Neolithic Lifeways at the Microlevel: Isobiographies From Italy6
Diet and Cultural Transition in Sixth Century ad China: New Isotopic Studies on Multiple Elite and Commoner Individuals in the Chang'an Region6
Bird bone artifact from the Late Eneolithic/Early Bronze Age site of Zók (Hungary)6
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Bird remains from ecclesiastical sites in medieval Hungary6
Who Ate All the Thrushes? Roman Urban Street Food Consumers as well as Elites6
A child left behind: Malnutrition and chronic illness of a child from the Erie County Poorhouse Cemetery6
Sheep (Ovis aries) of Venda speakers during the second millennium AD in South Africa6
Only photos on my best side, please! Implications of bilateral asymmetry of the iliac auricular surface in non‐adult individuals for sex estimation6
Pastoralism, hunting, and coexistence: Domesticated and wild bovids in Neolithic Sudan5
The Zooarchaeology of an Iberian Medieval Jewish Community: The Castle of Lorca (Murcia, Spain)5
Paleodiets of hunter‐gatherers from the central Patagonian coast: Reviewing scopes and limitations of stable isotope analyses5
Assessing the Greater Sciatic Notch With 2‐D Shape Analysis for Sex Estimation5
Intra‐tooth isotopic analysis (δ13C and δ15N) of dentine collagen in high‐crowned teeth: A new experimental study with modern sheep specimens5
Hyperostosis frontalis interna: A new perspective in burned individuals' analysis for determining age and sex from archeo‐anthropological and medicolegal contexts5
Bird remains from Vilnius Lower Castle, Lithuania (13th–19th centuries) reveal changes in social status and unusual bird pathologies5
Interpersonal violence in colonial era in Papua, Indonesia: A case study of trauma patterns of a Biak individual5
Sex differences in mechanical stress and associated labor in Hellenistic–early Roman Menainon, Sicily5
Some Highlights From 2024: A Year in Review at the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology5
Study on the dietary pattern and local isotopes of the Xiaoshuangqiao Shang Dynasty (1400 bc) site in China5
An unprecedented case of cranial surgery in Longobard Italy (6th–8th century) using a cruciform incision5
Geometric morphometric approach to dental health in an 18th‐ to 19th‐century English infirmary5
Diet of the Chanyu and his people: Stable isotope analysis of the human remains from Xiongnu burials in western and northern Mongolia5
Cremated Bone in Archaeology: Ethical Considerations in the Excavation, Analysis, Storage, and Display of Cremated Bone in the United Kingdom5
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Animals' paleopathology: Implications on human–animal interaction during the intensification of farming in the Southern Levant5
Female skeletal health and socioeconomic status in medieval Norway (11th–16th centuries AD): Analysis of bone mineral density and stature5
Whose talon is this? A manual for the identification of ungual phalanges of European accipitrid birds of prey5
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First application of a puberty estimation method to skeletons of young pregnant females: A case for the reevaluation of maternal–fetal burials4
Bioarchaeological insights into the Late Helladic communities of South Kynouria, Peloponnese: The case of the LH IIIA2‐IIIB2 burial cluster of Socha4
Juvenile sex estimation using the elevation of the auricular surface: A systematic review and meta‐analysis4
STARC OSTEOARCH: An open access resource for recording and sharing human osteoarchaeological data4
The talus of the pre‐Hispanic population from Punta Azul (El Hierro, Canary Islands): Variability and sexual dimorphism of nonmetric traits4
A fifth‐ to sixth‐century CE lynx (Lynx lynx L., 1758) skeleton from Hungary 2: Stature and archaeological interpretations4
Animal diseases in the Central Balkan Eneolithic (ca. 4500–2500 BC)—A diachronic perspective on the site of Bubanj, south‐eastern Serbia4
Sex estimation by discriminant function analysis of long bones in prehistoric Southeast Asian populations4
The great auk in Norway: From common to locally extinct4
Recovery lines in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Computed tomography investigations in European museums4
Occupational patterns in Anglo‐Saxon and Medieval East Midlands, England: Insights from activity‐related skeletal changes4
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)4
Subsistence and animal management at Iron Age sites of Quanshuigou and Dumuduebudege in western Xinjiang, China4
The role of TV documentaries to disseminate osteoarchaeology more widely: The good, the bad, and the ugly4
Abnormal bone loss in the external auditory canal of two adult humans from the medieval period of Germany—An attempt at differential diagnosis4
Analysis of periosteal lesions from commingled human remains at the Xagħra Circle hypogeum reveals the first case of probable scurvy from Neolithic Malta4
A comparative study of malocclusion and its severity in the Ottoman period and modern populations3
Editorial: A tribute to Debra Martin3
Goffette, Q, Suarez Gonzalez, N, Vanmechelen, R, Verheyen, E, & Sonet, G (2022). Tracking the origin of worked elephant ivory of a medieval chess piece from Belgium through analysis of ancient DNA3
Reconstructing the life histories of a noble couple from the Joseon period, Korea, based on skeletal evidence and historical records3
Complex skeletal foot malformation in a Samnite “warrior grave” from Abruzzo, southern Italy (8th–5th century BCE)3
Zooarchaeology of Ban Chiang and the rise of early farming communities in mainland Southeast Asia3
Primary double teeth in archeological medieval material from the area of Poland: A report on two cases3
Whose talon is this? A manual for the identification of ungual phalanges of European birds of prey: Falcons and owls3
A community in transition: Analysis of health and well‐being in people living during and following aridification3
Animal diseases in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin during the medieval period3
Bronze age horsemen: An evaluation of pathological and nonpathological changes for indicators of “horsemanship syndrome” of the Strzyżów culture population, Poland, 2000–1600 BC3
Accumulation agents and bird assemblages: The case of the TE9d level at Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)3
Fish out of water3
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)3
Horse‐riding as a habitual activity among the early medieval Avar population of the cemetery of Csokorgasse (Vienna): Sex and chronological differences3
A cattle mandible thong‐smoother from a grave: Strap production and cattle traction in the Late Copper Age in Hungary3
Considering passenger pigeon abundance and distribution in the Late Woodland zooarchaeological record of southern Ontario, Canada3
Paleodiet reconstruction of human and animal bones at the Dalujiao cemetery in Early Iron Age Xinjiang, China3
Withers height estimation in medieval horse samples from Poland: Comparing the internal cranial cavity‐based modified Wyrost and Kucharczyk method with existing methods3
Gastroliths in archaeology: A note of caution3
Early evidence of extra‐masticatory dental wear in a Neolithic community at Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan3
A glimpse into the body shape and limb proportions of enslaved Africans from Lagos, Portugal (15th–17th centuries)3
Statistical protocol for analyzing 3D muscle attachment sites based on the “Validated Entheses‐based Reconstruction of Activity” (VERA) approach3
Introduction of sugarcane in Al‐Andalus (Medieval Spain) and its impact on children's dental health3
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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 Spain3
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 antis3
Death at distance: Mobility, memory, and place among the late precontact Oneota in the central Illinois River Valley3
Ethics in Osteoarchaeology3
Predictive use of modern reference osteological collections for disentangling the shape of Eurasian equid cheek teeth and metapodials in archaeological material3
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. BP3
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Employing radiography (X‐rays) to localize lesions in human skeletal remains from past populations to allow accurate biopsy, using examples of cancer metastases3
Growing up in the suburbs: Growth faltering and disease burden in the children from 16th to 18th century Tallinn, Estonia3
A skeletal dysplasia leading to a perinatal death in 17th–19th century Lisbon, Portugal3
The effect of age on entheseal changes: A study of modifications at appendicular attachment sites in a large sample of identified human skeletons3
A natural death assemblage of fishes from an early modern archeological context in Antwerp (Belgium)3
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 life3
The Introduction of Chickens Into Norway and Their Early Use: New Evidence From the Borgund Kaupang2
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Paleodietary reconstruction of endemic rodents from the precolumbian Dominican Republic: Discriminating wild feeding behavior from diets linked to human niche construction activities2
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Sheep Ahoy: Exploring sheep management and its role in Viking Age economy through multiproxy analyses at Löddeköpinge, Sweden2
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Transformation processes in the osteoarchaeological record between the Iron Age and the Roman times with reference to the civitas Treverorum2
How we can learn from analysing trauma in past societies2
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Halal and Makruk: Muslim archaeological fish assemblages as cultural identifiers in the Iberian Middle Ages?2
Two cases of skeletal fluorosis from the historic cemetery at Zhangwan, Henan Province, China2
Skeletal evidence for two external auditory canal disorder cases from medieval China2
Extending our understanding of past animal diet using stable isotope analysis2
Analyzing entheseal changes in commingled human remains from Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in Portugal2
Demographic Composition and Pathology of the Human Occupants and Sacrificial Victims at Ancient Korean Tombs2
Applying the V.E.R.A. method to entheses of the humerus: An assessment of repeatability and reproducibility2
A probable case of multiple osteochondromas in a Qing period (1644–1911) individual from Shandong, China2
Archaeology and ethnobiology of Late Holocene bird remains from the northern Oregon coast2
Dento‐Alveolar Infectious Diseases Among Hunter‐Gatherers From Northeast and Central Chubut Province (Argentina) During the Late Holocene2
A Method for Detecting Bias in Human Archaeological Cemetery Samples2
Bone spearheads from the Late Prehispanic Period of Sierras of Cordoba (Argentina)2
Osseous harpoon heads of hunter‐gatherers from the lower Paraná wetland2
Hypomineralization disorder in tropical Southeast Asia during the agricultural revolution: Analysis of morbidity and mortality2
It runs in the family: Kinship analysis using foot anomalies in the cemetery of Middenbeemster (Netherlands, 17th to 19th century)2
Investigating the dentoalveolar complex in archaeological human skull specimens: Additional findings with large volume micro‐CT compared to standard methods2
Sturgeons in materials from archaeological sites of Ukraine: A review2
An “Invisible” Child—A Case of a Child With Anthropogenic Modification Marks and Pathological Conditions in Early Neolithic China2
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 analyses2
A study of reviewing at the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology: Accepting, declining, fairness, and responsibilities2
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A visual guide for the Brabant index to score dental macrowear quantity and direction2
A photographic atlas for European freshwater and migratory fish remains and key considerations for their analysis2
Dental disease reflects differential diets and changes in consumption over time at Knossos2
Two cases of cystic echinococcosis reported from al‐Andalus cemeteries (southern Iberia): Insights into zoonotic diseases in Islamic Medieval Europe2
From the Atlantic coast to the lowland forests: Stable isotope analysis of the diet of forager–horticulturists in southern Brazil2
Oral health and nonmolar dental attrition in the Siwa‐period individuals from the Bronze Age Mogou cemetery, Northwest China2
Diet and urbanisation in medieval Holland. Studying dietary change through carious lesions and stable isotope analysis2
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Maxillary abnormality in the medieval Blessed friar Egidio from Laurenzana (Basilicata, southern Italy)2
Complex genetic landscape revealed by a population in the eastern Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang between the 8th and 11th centuries CE2
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Developmental Anomalies of the Foot Bones: Coalitions and Bipartitions in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection1
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Pronounced hyperostosis frontalis interna and co‐occurring lesions in the skull base suggestive of a pituitary tumor in a woman from medieval Germany1
Pigs in the Neolithic of the Eastern Fertile Crescent: New evidence from Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Bestansur and Shimshara, Iraqi Kurdistan (7800–7100 BC)1
A test of the New Coimbra method of recording entheseal changes as applied to the foot skeleton1
Anemias in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Computed tomography investigations in European museums1
The Effects of Urban Living on Child, Infant, and Maternal Health: A Comparative Study of Linear Enamel Hypoplasia Between Two Dutch Postmedieval Populations1
Health, stress, and urbanism in the Hellenistic–Roman metropolis of Nea Paphos, Cyprus: A comparative analysis1
Cremation during the early period (1000 bc–600 ad) in the archaeological site of Matecaña (Pereira, Colombia)1
Marine bryozoan colonization of terrestrial biomineralized tissues: Taphonomic insights and forensic implications1
Life on the edge: Animal exploitation at the Shichengzi military fort (Xinjiang, China)1
Assessing Histotaphonomy: A Pilot Study Using Image Analysis for Quantitative Scoring of Bone Diagenesis1
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 Record1
Stable isotope values of carbon and nitrogen in hair compared to bone collagen from individuals with known medical histories (Bohemia, 19th–21st centuries)1
Liburnian lunches: New stable isotope data for the Iron Age community of Nadin‐Gradina, Croatia1
The Study of the Skeletal Remains of the 16th Century Italian Commander Alessandro Farnese and His Wife, Maria D'Aviz1
Chicken Consumption in Three Early Modern (17th–19th Century) Cities in Japan1
Long‐term processes between Classic and Postclassic populations in the Mexico basin1
The osteology and provenance of a portion of the Parkinson collection, Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, c. 18971
Dog Pathologies in Central–Eastern Gaul During the Iron Age and Roman Period (500 bce–400 ce): Diachronic Perspectives1
Analysis of skeletal remains from the Battle of Britain: A temporary cemetery of German aviators from World War II1
Paleopathological Analysis of the Early Byzantine Iasos Society in Türkiye1
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An investigation into differential use of ocher in burials at Khok Phanom Di, Thailand1
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
Mixed economy and dried foods: Dental indicators reveal Heishuiguo Han Dynasty population's environmental adaptation to the semi‐arid region of northwestern China1
Using mixing models to study human paleodiets in central‐western Santa Cruz (Argentina) during Late Holocene1
Graves, landmarks, or sacrificial monuments? The human osteology and paleopathology of the Bronze Age burial cairns in Finland1
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Twins found in a Late Dynastic/Coptic Egyptian mummy1
Stable Isotope Analysis Combined With ZooMS Reveals the Subsistence Strategies at Wupu Cemetery in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China1
Specifying subsistence strategies of early farmers: New results from compound‐specific isotopic analysis of amino acids1
Starch remains from human teeth reveal the Bronze and Early Iron Ages vegetal diet of Xinjiang, Northwest China1
Toward standardization of statistical reporting in studies on entheseal changes1
A bioarchaeological approach for the examination of two Lithuanian clergymen: Juozapas Arnulfas Giedraitis and Simonas Mykolas Giedraitis (18th–19th centuries AD)1
Length estimation of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using vertebrae1
Diseases and Traumas of Pleistocene Megafauna: A Perspective From Poland1
A new laboratory‐based method to experimentally induce diagenetic modifications in human bone tissue using archaeological gravesoils1
Writing a First Osteoarchaeology Article: Some Advice for Early Career Researchers1
Nonmetric population‐specific sex estimation based on the skull using logistic regression for Flemish samples1
Frequency and co‐occurrence of porous skeletal lesions in identified non‐adults from Portugal (19th to 20th centuries) and its association with respiratory infections as cause of death1
A Young Woman From the Fifth Millennium BCE in Chega Sofla Cemetery With a Modified and Hinge Fractured Cranium, Southwestern Iran1
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Warrior burial of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age: The phenomenon of women warriors from the Jrapi cemetery (Shirak Province, Armenia)1
Violence, conflagrations and the destruction of Bronze Age cities in the ancient Near East1
The embodiment of colonial strategy: Osteoarthritis in ancient Nubia1
The impact of urbanization on growth patterns of non‐adults in medieval England1
First case of juvenile primary bone malignant neoplasm in ancient China: A skeleton from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534 CE)1
Revisiting the differential diagnosis of the lucent bone lesion: A case of fibrous dysplasia discovered in a Polish medieval osteological collection1
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)1
Determining the earliest directly dated cremation tombs in Neolithic China via multidisciplinary approaches: A case study at Laohudun site1
Once were warriors: Challenging occupation preconceptions in Lebanese weapon‐associated burials (Middle Bronze Age, Sidon)1
A case of cholesteatoma in a medieval Hispano‐Mudejar population (13th–14th centuries ad)1
Admixture and population dynamics in the Philippines through craniometric analysis1
A differentially diagnosed simple bone cyst from a medieval Polish osteological collection1
More than they could chew: Activity‐induced dental modifications in a Portuguese medieval–modern rural population1
Faunal Exploitation Strategies, Dietary Habits, and Social Status in Tang Dynasty Chang'an: Zooarchaeological Insights From Xiajiazhuang1
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Bioarchaeological insights into disability: Skeletal dysplasia from the Iron Age northern China1
The rarest among the rare? Acrometastases and disability in the past and beyond1
Violence in Hasmonean Judea: Skeletal evidence of a massacre from 2nd–1st century BCE Jerusalem1
Vertebrate Prey Accumulations by the Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus, Aves: Falconiformes): A Neo‐Taphonomic Study in an Urban Area From Central Western Argentina1
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An analysis of interobserver variability in the recording of maxillary sinusitis in human osteoarchaeological remains1
How dental wear can tell us about the lifestyles and trade specialization of the Philistine populations in the Iron Age Levant1
Multi‐Isotope Analysis Reveals Human Millet‐Based Diets and Limited Mobility in the Central Plains of China ca. 5000 Years Ago1
Osteoarchaeological Perspectives on Socioeconomic Changes in European Iron Age Societies: Some Introductory Remarks1
Fish vertebrae as archeological biomarkers of past marine ecological conditions: Comparison of mercury levels in Chilean swordfish between the Middle Holocene and the modern period1
Morphological and Biomechanical Consequences of Leg Amputation in a Warring States Individual (2200 BP) From the Frontier of Northern China1
Fishhooks, fishing spears, and weaving: The bone technology of Madjedbebe, Northern Australia1
Indicators of motherhood? Sacral preauricular extensions and notches in identified skeletal collections1
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Estimating intralimb proportions for commingled remains1
Understanding “local”: Prehispanic Maya mobility and diet at Pacbitun, Belize, using strontium, oxygen, sulfur, carbon, and nitrogen isotope values1
Unique Lucayan sand dune burials at the Rolling Heads site, Long Island, The Bahamas1
Cranial deformation in the northwestern Caspian Sea region in the Bronze Age: Siberian parallels1
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Trepanation during the late Neolithic Age from the Mapai cemetery in the Gan‐Qing region, northwestern China—A bioarcheological and experimental study1
Practice makes perfect? Inter‐analyst variation in the identification of fish remains from archaeological sites1
Human and camelid paleodiets in El Bolsón valley (NW Argentina): A stable isotope approach1
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Evaluation of entheseal changes in a modern identified skeletal collection from Inden (Germany)1
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