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Investigating dietary life histories and mobility of children buried in St Gertrude Church Cemetery, Riga, Latvia (15th– 17th centuries AD) (2020)
Journal Article
Petersone‐Gordina, E., Montgomery, J., Millard, A., Roberts, C., Gröcke, D., & Gerhards, G. (2020). Investigating dietary life histories and mobility of children buried in St Gertrude Church Cemetery, Riga, Latvia (15th– 17th centuries AD). Archaeometry, 62(S1), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12520

Carbon and nitrogen isotope profiles were obtained from incremental dentine analysis of 19 non‐adults from a cemetery in Riga, Latvia. The research compared the life histories and diet between people buried in two mass graves and the general cemetery... Read More about Investigating dietary life histories and mobility of children buried in St Gertrude Church Cemetery, Riga, Latvia (15th– 17th centuries AD).

The history of treponematosis continues to be one of the most contentious issues in science ‘ (Ortner 2003:273) – some perspectives from bioarchaeology (2019)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Redfern, R. (2019). The history of treponematosis continues to be one of the most contentious issues in science ‘ (Ortner 2003:273) – some perspectives from bioarchaeology. In S. Sretzer (Ed.), The Hidden Affliction: sexually-transmitted infections and infertility in history (93-123). University of Rochester Press and Boydell & Brewer

A male adult skeleton from the Han Dynasty in Shaanxi, China (202 BC–220 AD) with bone changes that possibly represent spinal tuberculosis (2019)
Journal Article
Li, M., Roberts, C. A., Chen, L., & Zhao, D. (2019). A male adult skeleton from the Han Dynasty in Shaanxi, China (202 BC–220 AD) with bone changes that possibly represent spinal tuberculosis. International Journal of Paleopathology, 27, 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.08.003

Bioarchaeological data for tuberculosis (TB) have been published very sporadically in China or the rest of East Asia. To explore the history of TB in this area, 85 skeletons excavated from the Liuwei Cemetery in Shaanxi, China (202 BC–220 AD) were ma... Read More about A male adult skeleton from the Han Dynasty in Shaanxi, China (202 BC–220 AD) with bone changes that possibly represent spinal tuberculosis.

The Evolution of Diet During the 5th to 2nd millennium BCE for the ‎population buried at Tepe Hissar, North-eastern Central Iranian Plateau: ‎The Stable Isotope Evidence (2019)
Journal Article
Afshar, Z., Roberts, C., Millard, A., & Gröcke, D. (2019). The Evolution of Diet During the 5th to 2nd millennium BCE for the ‎population buried at Tepe Hissar, North-eastern Central Iranian Plateau: ‎The Stable Isotope Evidence. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 27, Article 101983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101983

This study investigated subsistence economy and dietary changes during the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages (the 5th to 2nd millennium BCE) in the Central Iranian Plateau through a study of skeletal remains buried at Tepe Hissar, Iran. Tepe Hissar experi... Read More about The Evolution of Diet During the 5th to 2nd millennium BCE for the ‎population buried at Tepe Hissar, North-eastern Central Iranian Plateau: ‎The Stable Isotope Evidence.

Revisiting the tuberculosis and leprosy cross-immunity hypothesis: expanding the dialogue between immunology and paleopathology (2019)
Journal Article
Crespo, F., White, J., & Roberts, C. (2019). Revisiting the tuberculosis and leprosy cross-immunity hypothesis: expanding the dialogue between immunology and paleopathology. International Journal of Paleopathology, 26, 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.05.005

Objective: Our primary objective is to re-visit the tuberculosis and leprosy cross-immunity. hypothesis through the careful integration of immunology and paleopathology. Methods: Using an integrated theoretical analysis that evaluates clinical litera... Read More about Revisiting the tuberculosis and leprosy cross-immunity hypothesis: expanding the dialogue between immunology and paleopathology.

Fungal, viral, multicelled parasitic and protozoan infections (2019)
Book Chapter
Grauer, A., & Roberts, C. (2019). Fungal, viral, multicelled parasitic and protozoan infections. In J. Buikstra (Ed.), Ortner’s Identification of pathological conditions in human skeletal remains (441-478). (3rd ed.). Elsevier

Trauma (2019)
Book Chapter
Redfern, R., & Roberts, C. (2019). Trauma. In J. Buikstra (Ed.), Ortner’s Identification of pathological conditions in human skeletal remains (211-284). (3rd ed.). Elsevier

A tribute to Don Ortner (2019)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Manchester, K. (2019). A tribute to Don Ortner. In J. Buikstra (Ed.), Ortner’s Identification of pathological conditions in human skeletal remains (xvii-xviii). (3rd ed.). Elsevier