Osteoarchaeology (Other Keyword)

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Archeological and Historical Evidence for an 18th Century "Blip" in the Distribution of the Northern Fur Seal at Kodiak Island, Alaska (1986)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Donald W. Clark.

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As Good as it Sounds: Archaeology of Las Delicias, Managua, Nicaragua (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jessica Manion. Geoffrey McCafferty. Carrie Dennett.

In 2008, housing development on the shore of Lake Xolotlan in a suburb of Managua discovered an extensive cemetery dating to the Late Tempisque period, ca. 1­300 CE. Dozens of individuals were recovered, along with a rich array of grave goods. A new phase of development in 2014 has been closely monitored by the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture. In July heavy machinery exposed a number of additional skeletons and a team from the University of Calgary volunteered to assist in the excavation...


An Atlas of Rare Lost and Forgotten Physical Signs (2009)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Fred White.

A field manual of disease signs for archaeologists working with human remains and medical anthropologists and clinicians working with indigenous cultures. Compiled over twenty years of forensic investigation at some of the world’s most sensitive archaeological sites in Asia - including Russia, China, India and Turkey, the Middle East, North and Sub-Sahara Africa, England, Scotland, Ireland, Twelve additional countries in Europe, North and Central America, and South America including the Amazon...


Children of the Revolution: the rise of rickets in urban societies in 19th-century England (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Holly Hunt-Watts.

In the late 18th- to early 19th-century England, the impact of the Industrial Revolution on health was experienced by both manufacturers and workers alike, as it both changed the roles played by workers and the environment of urban living. Many of these workers would have been children, often as young as 9 years old, who found employment in factories to supplement the family income. The impact of industrialisation on the nutritional health of adults has been found in evidence such as shrinking...


Should I Measure It or Should I BLAST It? A Case for the Regular Integration of Osteoarchaeology and Ancient DNA (2024)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lauren Jones.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Osteoarchaeology, including bioarchaeology and zooarchaeology, has been a staple in our field for decades. Now, archaeogenetics (or aDNA) has also become a staple. But how do we decide when to use one approach or the other? What provides the best data for one's research questions? Here, I present data from a study of archaeological gophers from the Hall's...


Slavery in the Dutch Caribbean: A Case for the Use of Qualitative Data in Sensitive Archaeological Contexts (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Felicia Fricke.

Qualitative data are often overlooked in archaeological research in favour of quantitative data which can provide statistical results. However, there are many contexts where qualitative data (such as oral historical accounts) can provide valuable information on meaning and personal significance. This is beneficial in projects addressing topics such as inequality and colonialism. The author therefore presents qualitative data from her doctoral thesis in order to demonstrate the importance of this...


Yikes, no comparative collection! Can 3D imaging produce robust faunal identifications? (2017)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Melanie Fillios.

Most zooarchaeologists are familiar with the uncertain feeling when faced with identifying material in the absence of a physical comparative collection. In response to this challenge, numerous photographic atlases have been produced to provide researchers with access to collections while in the field. Unfortunately, 2D images are constrained by their inability to be ‘handled’ and measured in the same way as a physical specimen. The UNE Archaeology virtual bone project was initially developed as...