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Extinction and disease in mammals
11.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

An article that just came out in PLoS ONE is the first to uncover a correlation between pathogen introduction and an extinction event in a mammalian species.
According to Wyatt et al., in 1899 black rats were introduced to Easter Island via the S.S. Hindustan, and with them a pathogenic protozoan by the name of Trypanosoma [...]
“The Archaeology of Human Bones” by Simon Mays
10.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

The Archaeology of Human Bones is one of the now many, but at once numbered, textbooks available on the subdiscipline of bioarchaeology – the scientific study of human remains in the historical record. Though dated, this book remains a valuable resource for students of archaeology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Simon Mays, senior scientific [...]
DISH (Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis)
10.26.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I hope all of you are excited for the first installment of “The Pathology Profile”. I have received quite a few e-mails regarding It Gets Worse In The Middle Ages: Bone Disease And The Medieval Period, and have decided to make it a point to provide you with a steady stream of posts regarding interesting [...]
It gets worse after the middle ages: Bone disease and the Medieval period (References)
10.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

(References)
Agarwal, S, Dumitriu, M, Tomlinson, G & Grynpas, M, 2004, ‘Medieval trabecular bone architecture: The influence of age, sex, and lifestyle’, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 124, no. 1, pp. 33-44. 10.1002/ajpa.10335
Beck, T, Ruff, C & Bissessur, K, 1993, ‘Age-related changes in female femoral neck geometry: Implications for bone strength’, Calcified Tissue International, vol. [...]
It gets worse after the middle ages: Bone disease and the Medieval period (Part III)
10.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Bone mineral density (BMD) loss for women during this time period exceeded that of current populations (Mays et al., 1998). Interestingly, the results of such data have demonstrated that BMD loss in women during the medieval period declined prior to menopause (Beck et al., 1993; Manolagas & Jilka, 1995; Mays et al., 1998). This, Poulsen [...]
It gets worse after the middle ages: Bone disease and the Medieval period (Part II)
10.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Unlike osteoarthritis, one of the two traditional categories of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis falls under the category of erosive arthropathies (Ortner, 2003). As a general rule, rheumatoid arthritis tends to affect the appendicular skeleton, and unlike osteoarthritis there is usually minimal reactive bone formation. It is the most common of erosive arthropathies in modern populations, affecting [...]
It gets worse after the middle ages: Bone disease and the Medieval period (Part I)
10.21.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

In the discipline of medieval archaeology, particularly with respect to the understanding of the daily lives of the people, rather than the castles, cathedrals and monasteries which they have built, very little is as important as the detrimental biological forces they face. Although, certainly, life is not defined entirely by its hardships, comprehension of a [...]

The Archives

Extinction and disease in mammals

“The Archaeology of Human Bones” by Simon Mays

DISH (Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis)

It gets worse after the middle ages: Bone disease and the Medieval period (References)

It gets worse after the middle ages: Bone disease and the Medieval period (Part III)

It gets worse after the middle ages: Bone disease and the Medieval period (Part II)

It gets worse after the middle ages: Bone disease and the Medieval period (Part I)

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