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A photographic atlas for European freshwater and migratory fish remains and key considerations for their analysis
AbstractIdentification of archeological fish remains requires the use of comparative reference materials, generally in the form of disarticulated fish skeletons. Photographic or illustrative atlases provide an additional resource for the analysis of fish remains. Photographic resources exist for many marine species and for specific geographic regions, whereas freshwater European species have not been covered in great detail. Here, we present a photographic atlas for the bones of freshwater and migratory fish commonly recovered from archeological sites in Central Europe, alongside a discussion of the difficulties and consid...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - February 3, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Izzy Davis, Naomi Sykes, Michael Hochmuth, Alan Outram, M élanie Roffet‐Salque Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Oral health and nonmolar dental attrition in the Siwa ‐period individuals from the Bronze Age Mogou cemetery, Northwest China
This study aims to explore oral health and dental attrition during the late Bronze Age in order to explore health outcomes in different subgroups as well as aspects of foodways and changes in subsistence strategies during the second millennium BCE in northwest China. To do this, the skeletal remains of adult individuals associated with the Siwa material culture (1400 –1100 BC) from the Mogou site (n = 28) were macroscopically assessed and compared with previously published data derived from a subsample of individuals associated with Qijia period material culture complex (1750–1400 BC) from the same site. The re...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - January 30, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Shannon Monroe, Jenna M. Dittmar, Elizabeth Berger, Angela Dautartas, Ruilin Mao, Hui Wang, Ivy Hui ‐Yuan Yeh Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

How dental wear can tell us about the lifestyles and trade specialization of the Philistine populations in the Iron Age Levant
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Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - January 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Piers D. Mitchell, Robin Bendrey Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research

Testing the accuracy of the SexEst software for sex estimation in a modern Greek sample
AbstractSex estimation from human skeletal remains is fundamental in osteoarcheology and forensic anthropology. The increasing availability of reference skeletal collections across the world has allowed the development of morphological and metric methods for skeletal sex estimation, some of which may be implemented in specialized computer software. The present study aims to evaluate the freely available SexEst software, which utilizes cranial and postcranial measurements, and different classification models for sex estimation, on a contemporary Greek population comprising of 227 (126 males and 101 females) adult individual...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - January 20, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Paraskevi ‐Anna Nikita, Nefeli Garoufi, Eustratios Valakos, Chrysovalantis Constantinou, Efthymia Nikita, Maria‐Eleni Chovalopoulou Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Nostalgia for the old country —A histological exploration of early childhood physiological stress experiences in colonial Otago, New Zealand
AbstractMany mid-19th-century immigrants to New Zealand are presumed to have been in pursuit of a “better life” than was achievable in their origin countries. Here, we utilize histological analyses of internal indicators of enamel growth disruption (accentuated lines [ALs]) in 19 European and Chinese immigrants and five colony-born children from three 19th-century Otago sites. Observations o f regular enamel microstructure were used to estimate a chronology of periods of enamel growth disruption. Clear or potential ALs were present in 18/19 (95%) adults and 4/5 (80%) subadults. Mean occurrence of ALs was higher in Chin...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - January 13, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Lucy A. Kavale ‐Henderson, Hallie R. Buckley, Charlotte L. King, Peter Petchey, Anne Marie E. Snoddy Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

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 life
AbstractThis preliminary study aims at reconstructing the life history, including dietary patterns, mobility, and health conditions, of a high-class noblewoman (M154) from the late Shu state ( 晚蜀), the period of Kai Ming regime (開明氏), in the Shuangyuan Village Cemetery of the Eastern Zhou period (770–221 BC), Chengdu Plain, China, as a way to provide a glimpse into the human lifeway in the late Shu culture period under the impact of non-local cultures. We combined skeletal p athological observations with multi-isotope (carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen) analyses of bone collagen, enamel, and dentin serial sections...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - January 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Bing Yi, Haibing Yuan, Tianyou Wang, Doudou Cao, Yingdong Yang, Yaowu Hu Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

The hazards of the pastoralist lifestyle: Evidence from postcranial fractures in Middle Bronze and Early Iron Age populations of the Forest ‐Steppe Altai, Russia
This study suggests that pastoralists sustained not only traumatic, but also stress injuries. There were sex-related differences in the rates, patterns, and location of the injuries. In the males, the main reason of fractures could have been high-velocity incidents during horseback riding and using horse-drawn vehicles. In the females, the majority of the injuries were possibly associated with accidents when walking (short falls and twists of ankle) and milking. Females of the Staroaleyka Culture sustained fractures of the limb bones significantly more often than those of the Kamen Culture, probably as a result of differen...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - January 6, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Svetlana S. Tur, Svetlana V. Svyatko, Marina P. Rykun, Yaroslav V. Frolov Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Human burials during the hunter ‐gathering/farming transition in Ojo de Agua, Northern Patagonia, Argentina
AbstractThis paper explores the implications of the conformation of formal burial areas in the southernmost limit of agricultural dispersion in South America. Previous research proposed the development of cemeteries or formal burial areas due to specialization in using specific habitats and the development of territorial ownership. From a paleoecological background, we hypothesize that hunter-gatherers intensified resource exploitation and develop territoriality in population growth and pressure over resources. The expectation is that formal burial areas emerged in this context to legitimize the ties with the territory and...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - January 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Eva A. Peralta, Leandro H. Luna, Adolfo F. Gil, Claudia Aranda, Gustavo A. Neme, M. Laura Salg án, Fernando Colombo, Jorge Zárate Delgado, Hugo Tucker, Valeria Aguirre, Karina Díaz Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

A glimpse into the body shape and limb proportions of enslaved Africans from Lagos, Portugal (15th –17th centuries)
This study not only allows for the first glimpse into the body shape and limb proportions of enslaved Africans arriving in Portug al but also confirms that morphometric analyses of the long bones may be a valuable complement to investigate the latitude origin of an osteoarchaeological assemblage. (Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology)
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - December 29, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Maria Teresa Ferreira, Catarina Coelho, Sofia N. Wasterlain Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Ancient genomes reveal the origin and kinship burial patterns of human remains during the 11th to 13th centuries in northern China
In this study, we obtained the genomes of four individuals excavated from a single tomb in northern China. We found that three out of the four individuals were from a nuclear family, including the parents and their son, while the remaining female individual was genetically unrelated to the others. Our study not only shows that the burial custom was organized based on both biological relatedness and social kinship ties but also suggests the presence of likely female exogamy in ancient China. Finally, we find the genetic profile of these individuals carried a majority ancestry from the sedentary agriculturalists from the Cen...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - December 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Fan Zhang, Yan Liu, Chao Ning, Jiashuo Zhang, Pengcheng Ma, Ruojing Zhang, Zerong Yun, Chen Duan, Dawei Cai, Haibing Yuan Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Twins found in a Late Dynastic/Coptic Egyptian mummy
AbstractDuring research conducted in 2019 regarding pelvic shape in population groups and its effects on successful delivery, one of the individuals studied was a Late Dynastic/Coptic Egyptian female mummy approximately 14 –17 years old (USNM catalogue number 258601). She had an associated fetus that was wrapped and placed between her legs during mummification (USNM 258602). In 1908, the mother and child were excavated and autopsied for analysis. Field notes from 1908 said she had died from obstetric complications . For our 2019 study, the mummy was CT scanned to acquire the measurements of her pelvis and determine if ...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - December 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Francine Margolis, David R. Hunt Tags: SHORT REPORT Source Type: research

Analyzing entheseal changes in commingled human remains from Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in Portugal
AbstractThe analysis of entheseal changes requires knowing the biological profile of the sample analyzed, given that, mainly, the sex and age of the individuals influence the prevalence and degrees of the entheseal features. However, the bioarcheological record of several past populations presents isolated and commingled human bone remains, which constrains the estimation of such data. In this work, we propose to analyze the entheseal changes with the Coimbra method in a sample composed mainly of commingled human bone remains and, to a lesser extent, of semi-complete individuals. For this purpose, we analyzed 312 bone elem...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - December 15, 2023 Category: Science Authors: B árbara Mazza, Ana María Silva Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

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Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - December 14, 2023 Category: Science Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

Conjoined first (atlas) and second (axis) cervical vertebrae in an eastern wapiti (Cervus canadensis canadensis) from the Angel Site (1000 –1400 CE, Indiana, USA)
AbstractAtlantoaxial abnormalities are rarely documented among wild animals. Many defects of segmentation in the spine are hereditary in domestic species and humans. Here, we present a block vertebra in an eastern wapiti (Cervus canadensis canadensis) from the Angel Site (12Vg1) in southern Indiana (USA) dating to 1000 –1400 CE. Diagnosis used macroscopic and radiographic examination. Evidence of inflammatory response and eburnation point to functional compromise. Recorded pathologies of this nature are underrepresented in the past and present. We suggest this specimen from an adult wapiti species represents a female a...
Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - December 12, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Amanda Anne Burtt, Della Collins Cook Tags: SHORT REPORT Source Type: research

Fish out of water
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Source: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - December 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Robin Bendrey, Piers D. Mitchell Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research