An introduction to the range of factors that affect the composition and condition of human
bone assemblages recovered from archaeological contexts, with discussion of the …

Gout has been part of human history for thousands of years. Skeletal evidence of the
disease among past people in Europe is often associated with high-status individuals whose …

Objective Scurvy in non‐adults was assessed at the Pre‐Neolithic site of Con Co Ngua and
the Neolithic site of Man Bac in northern Vietnam to investigate nutritional stress during the …

Measures of population growth can provide significant insights into the health, adaptivity and
resilience of ancient communities, particularly the way in which human populations respond …

The bioarchaeological model of health change predicts a deterioration in population health
with the adoption and intensification of agriculture. However, research in mainland …

Human health change during prehistory is often assumed to be intimately associated with
changes to sociopolitical complexity and subsistence regime. It is only possible to theorise …

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) identifies three avenues through
which climate change will impact human health: directly through the increasing frequency …

We provide the first application of a quantitative microscopic approach that does not rely on
the presence of perikymata for the identification and comprehensive analysis of linear …

The Iron Age of Mainland Southeast Asia began in the fifth century bc and lasted for about a
millennium. In coastal regions, the development of trade along the Maritime Silk Road led to …

Since the 1990s there has been an increase in bioarchaeological research in many parts of
Southeast Asia by both locals and non-locals. Southeast Asian countries are characterised …