Today, brucellosis is the most common global bacterial zoonosis, bringing with it a range of
significant health and economic consequences, yet it is rarely identified from the …

This book, no 19 in the CBA Practical Handbook series, provides the very latest guidance on
all aspects of the recovery, handling and study of human remains. It begins by asking why …

Ancient skeletal remains can harbor unique information about past civilizations at both the
morphological and molecular levels. For instance, a number of diseases manifest in bone …

We report on the paleopathological analysis of the partial skeleton of the late Pliocene
hominin species Australopithecus africanus Stw 431 from Sterkfontein, South Africa. A …

Génératrice depuis le VIe siècle de notre ère de crises épidémiques récurrentes en
Occident, la peste a profondémentmarqué l'histoire des sociétés européennes, tant sur le …

Recently, palaeopathologists have begun to diagnose brucellosis in skeletal remains from
minor lytic lesions located on the anterior margins of one or some few vertebral bodies …

This work contributes to ongoing discussions about the nature of tuberculosis in the Western
Hemisphere prior to the time of European contact. Our example, from the extreme south of …

In 2009, an archaeological intervention in the Valle da Gafaria (Lagos, Portugal) allowed the
excavation of part of a leprosarium and an associated necropolis (15th–17th centuries). The …

Romano-British towns are conventionally divided into those that possessed administrative
powers (the major or 'public'towns) and those that did not (the minor or 'small towns'). Public …

Objective This project is a case study discussing the differential diagnosis of multiple
osteolytic vertebral lesions typical of brucellosis from an adult female from Fate Bell Rock …