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Author:   Valentina Giuffra (Associate Professor of History of Medicine, University of Pisa)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Weight:   1.149kg
ISBN:  

9781803270760

ISBN 10:   1803270764
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   26 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface ; Chapter 1 Introduction ; 1.1 The Plague: historical and biological aspects ; 1.2 The history of Alghero from the origins to the plague of 1582-83 ; 1.3 The site of Lo Quarter ; 1.4 The cemetery (end of 13th-beginning of 17th centuries) ; 1.5 The collective burials of Alghero: the trenches ; 1.6 Aims of the study ; Chapter 2 Materials and methods ; 2.1 Materials ; 2.2 Biological sex estimation ; 2.3 Age at death estimation ; 2.4 Taphonomy ; 2.5 Stature estimation ; 2.6 Non-metric traits ; 2.7 Dental pathologies ; 2.8 Stress indicators ; 2.9 Degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) ; 2.10 Entheseal changes ; 2.11 Pathologies ; 2.12 Statistical analysis ; Chapter 3 Results and discussion ; 3.1 Demography ; 3.2 Taphonomic analysis ; 3.3 Stature ; 3.4 Non-metric traits ; 3.5 Dental pathologies ; 3.6 Stress indicators ; 3.7 Degenerative joint disease ; 3.8 Entheseal changes ; 3.9 Pathologies ; Chapter 4 Conclusions and future perspectives ; Appendix ; 1. Methods ; 2. Age and sex of the individuals ; 3. Taphonomy ; 4. Stature data ; Chapter 5 The catalogue of the individuals of each trench ; References

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Valentina Giuffra is Associate Professor of History of Medicine at the Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery of the University of Pisa. Her major lines of research have focused on the paleopathology and bioarchaeology of medieval and Renaissance populations, applying a broad approach to the study of large skeletal series, combining methodologies from palaeodemography, physical anthropology, paleopathology and forensic science. She has authored over 100 scientific articles as well as handbooks and other contributions.

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