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Cremated Bone in Archaeology: Ethical Considerations in the Excavation, Analysis, Storage, and Display of Cremated Bone in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article
Squires, K., McKinley, J., Roberts, C., & Biers, T. (online). Cremated Bone in Archaeology: Ethical Considerations in the Excavation, Analysis, Storage, and Display of Cremated Bone in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Article e3382. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3382

In the United Kingdom, the study of archaeological cremated human remains has risen exponentially over the past three decades. Consequently, we are gaining a more rounded understanding of past communities, rather than a skewed perspective caused by a... Read More about Cremated Bone in Archaeology: Ethical Considerations in the Excavation, Analysis, Storage, and Display of Cremated Bone in the United Kingdom.

Heterogeneity in experiences of vitamin D deficiency in an early to mid-19th century population from Montreal, Quebec (2024)
Journal Article
Bigué, R.-A., Ribot, I., Brickley, M. B., Kahlon, B., & Roberts, C. A. (2024). Heterogeneity in experiences of vitamin D deficiency in an early to mid-19th century population from Montreal, Quebec. International Journal of Paleopathology, 47, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2024.07.003

Objective
To use the prevalence of prenatal/infancy interglobular dentine (IGD) as a proxy for suboptimal vitamin D status and explore its link to mortality, biological sex, cultural behaviours and environmental factors during the end of the pre-ind... Read More about Heterogeneity in experiences of vitamin D deficiency in an early to mid-19th century population from Montreal, Quebec.

First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England (2024)
Journal Article
Fiorin, E., Roberts, C. A., Baldoni, M., Connelly, E., Lee, C., Ottoni, C., & Cristiani, E. (2024). First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 2452. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52422-8

Leprosy was one of the most outwardly visible diseases in the European Middle Ages, a period during which leprosaria were founded to provide space for the sick. The extant documentary evidence for leprosy hospitals, especially in relation to diet, th... Read More about First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England.

Knowledge and perception of leprosy amongst high school students in Italy: A survey (2023)
Journal Article
Cristiani, E., Roberts, C., & Fiorin, E. (2023). Knowledge and perception of leprosy amongst high school students in Italy: A survey. Leprosy Review, 94(4), 341-349. https://doi.org/10.47276/lr.94.4.341

This study explores knowledge and perception of leprosy among adolescent Italian high school students. It primarily aimed to survey their knowledge and educate them about the social stigma linked with this infection, both past and present; it also in... Read More about Knowledge and perception of leprosy amongst high school students in Italy: A survey.

Spondylolysis in ancient Nubian skeletal populations (2023)
Journal Article
Tipper, S., Wilson, P., & Roberts, C. A. (online). Spondylolysis in ancient Nubian skeletal populations. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 33(5), 876-885. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3241

A comprehensive study of spinal health in ancient Nubia has not been achieved to date. This study is a component of a larger survey of spinal health. It presents a comparative analysis of spondylolysis, with the aim of providing an insight into the q... Read More about Spondylolysis in ancient Nubian skeletal populations.

The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease (2023)
Book
Binder, M., Roberts, C. A., & Antoine, D. (Eds.). (2023). The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108648561

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide today, but are not just a modern phenomenon. To explore the deep roots of CVDs in human history, this book, for the first time, brings together bioarchaeological evidence from di... Read More about The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease.

Climate change, human health, and resilience in the Holocene (2023)
Journal Article
Robbins Schug, G., Buikstra, J. E., DeWitte, S. N., Baker, B. J., Berger, E., Buzon, M. R., Davies-Barrett, A. M., Goldstein, L., Grauer, A. L., Gregoricka, L. A., Halcrow, S. E., Knudson, K. J., Larsen, C. S., Martin, D. L., Nystrom, K. C., Perry, M. A., Roberts, C. A., Santos, A. L., Stojanowski, C. M., Suby, J. A., …Zakrzewski, S. R. (2023). Climate change, human health, and resilience in the Holocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(4), Article e2209472120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209472120

Climate change is an indisputable threat to human health, especially for societies already confronted with rising social inequality, political and economic uncertainty, and a cascade of concurrent environmental challenges. Archaeological data about p... Read More about Climate change, human health, and resilience in the Holocene.

Now you have read the book, what next? (2022)
Book Chapter
Bentley, G. R., Roberts, C. A., Elton, S., & Plomp, K. A. (2022). Now you have read the book, what next?. In K. A. Plomp, C. A. Roberts, S. Elton, & G. R. Bentley (Eds.), Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach. Oxford University Press