Osteomyelitis is a non-specific infection of bone and bone marrow. In the past acute osteomyelitis (AO) led to high mortality especially in non-adults. Nevertheless, its diagnosis in archaeological populations is rare. Documented individuals with known cause of death offer a unique opportunity to study this condition. This paper aims to describe the bone lesions in non-adults diagnosed with AO at the Coimbra Un...
La tuberculosis fue en el pasado, al igual que en la actualidad, una enfermedad con una alta morbilidad y mortalidad. Sin embargo, su detección en el registro arqueológico humano es relativamente infrecuente. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo presentar una revisión de los conocimientos biológicos, clínicos y osteológicos actuales de la tuberculosis, y su aplicación en el estudio de restos humanos. Además de la c...
The objective of this paper is to present the first steps into the study of health in southern Patagonia during pre and post Native-European contact. Thus, our work has a double purpose. First, to discuss characteristics and relevance of human bone records of southern Patagonia, in order to study health in a population context. Second, to show some new lines of information, which include paleoparasitology, nutr...
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