AEAOF

Recommendations in forensic anthropology

Špansko društvo fizične antropologije in odontologije (AEAOF) je objavilo kompilacijo tehnik in metod, ki so v pomoč pri antropoloških analizah.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/240579404/Recommendations-in-Forensic-Anthropology

Španija

13. narodni kongres paleopatologije in bioarheologije

Écija, od 1. do 4. oktobra 2015

http://www.bioarqueologia.es/congresopaleopatologia2015/

Anglija

Scientists use modern forensic techniques to identify most likely cause of King Richard III’s death

Znanstveniki Univerze v Leicester, Anglija, so objavili rezultate nove anlize kostnih ostankov angleškega kralja Riharda III. Njegovo smrt so povzročile vojne rane, ki so mu bile zadane v bitki pri Bosworthu, predvsem dve rani na lobanji.

https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2014/september/scientists-use-modern-forensic-techniques-to-identify-most-likely-cause-of-king-richard-iii2019s-death

Gladykowska-Rzeczycka et al., 2003

Treponematosis in a 14th century skeleton from Wroclaw, Poland

ABSTRACT  At Saint Idzi`s Church in Wroclaw, Poland, ten 14th-15th century graves were discovered. Extensive defects in the bone were found on a preserved skeleton belonging to a male whose age was maturus. Macroscopic, histologic, X-ray, and TC examinations were conducted. The changes visible on the skull and lower limb bones are characteristic of syphilis.

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/261214211_Treponematosis_in_a_14_th_century_skeleton_from_Wroclaw_Poland

Irska

New bog body found in Rossan, Co. Meath

Izjemno zanimivo odkritje na Irskem. V močvirju v Rossanu so našli mumificirane ostanke dveh posameznikov.

http://irisharchaeology.ie/2014/09/new-bog-body-found-in-rossan-co-meath/

Lovell, 1997

Trauma analysis in paleopathology

This paper reviews the mechanisms of injury and the types of fractures that most commonly affect the human skeleton, presents descriptive protocols for cranial and postcranial fractures adapted from clinical and forensic medicine, and summarizes anatomically the injuries most likely to be found in archaeological skeletons along with their most common causes and complications. Mechanisms of injury are categorized as direct and indirect trauma, stress, and fracture that occurs secondary to pathology. These are considered to be the proximate, or most direct, causes of injury and they are influenced by intrinsic biological factors such as age and sex, and extrinsic environmental factors, both physical and sociocultural, that may be thought of as the ultimate, or remote, causes of injury. Interpersonal conflict may be one of those causes but the skeletal evidence itself is rarely conclusive and must therefore be evaluated in its individual, populational, sociocultural, and physical context. A cautionary tale regarding parry fractures is presented as an illustration.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/237730525/Lovell-1997

Armelagos et al., 2009

Enamel Hypoplasia and early mortality: bioarchaeological support for the Barker hypothesis

The Barker hypothesis asserts that stressful events early in the life history of an individual have negative health consequences later in adulthood. The hypothesis initially focused on prenatal stressors as indicated by birth weight and related outcomes. This initial concern with the fetal phase of development led to its description as the ‘‘fetal programming’’ or ‘‘fetal origins’’ hypothesis. The realization that stressors in the postnatal phase had similar impacts on adult health has led to its latest characterization as the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Hypothesis (DOHaD). In this paper, we review the history and evidence in support of the DOHaD hypothesis. We then introduce an untapped source of information on early life stress: enamel hypoplasias and other developmental defects of enamel. Enamel defects are nearly indelible records of physiological perturbations, or stress, to developing ameloblasts (enamel-forming cells). Furthermore, the location of the defects translates to specific periods of growth, providing a permanent temporal record of early life stressors from in utero to approximately twelve years of age. As we discuss, a handful of studies of different populations reveals that individuals with enamel defects that developed in utero and early in infant-childhood development tend to be subject to earlier adolescent or adult mortality.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/237729853/Armelagos-et-al-2009