The past two decades have seen a proliferation in bioarchaeological literature on the
identification of scurvy, a disease caused by chronic vitamin C deficiency, in ancient human …

Until relatively recently, fetuses, along with infants and children, were largely overlooked in
bioarchaeological research. Over the past twenty years, there has been increasing …

This article aims to provide an overview of some of the more important developments in the
bioarchaeology of childhood over the past decade. Analysis of publication trends in the …

Diverse pathological processes can produce overlapping or even indistinguishable patterns
of abnormal bone formation or destruction, representing a fundamental challenge in the …

The 1st millennium BCE in Italy was a time of agricultural intensification of staple cereal
production which shaped sociocultural, political, and economic spheres of pre-Roman …

Studies of contemporary populations have demonstrated an association between decreased
dietary diversity due to resource scarcity or underutilization and an increase in diseases …

As a biological, cultural, and social entity, the human fetus is a multifaceted subject which
calls for equally diverse perspectives to fully understand. Anthropology of the Fetus seeks to …

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 …

Summary In 1992, Shelley Saunders provided one of the first overviews on the position of
non‐adult studies in bioarchaeology. While acknowledging that things had moved on since …

Objective To critically examine the role that case studies play in recent paleopathological
literature, by evaluating their frequency of publication, academic impact, and the public …