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First bioarchaeological evidence of the familial practice of embalming of infant and adult relatives in Early Modern France (2024)
Journal Article
Partiot, C., Bessou, M., Kacki, S., Penet, M., Sachau-Carcel, G., & Castex, D. (2024). First bioarchaeological evidence of the familial practice of embalming of infant and adult relatives in Early Modern France. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 27075. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78258-w

While medieval and modern embalming practices in Western Europe are attested to historically and bioarcheologically, especially for famous historical figures, there are few recorded occurrences of this type of corpse preparation for a large number of... Read More about First bioarchaeological evidence of the familial practice of embalming of infant and adult relatives in Early Modern France.

Well supplied in life, set aside in death: A multi‐isotope study of Justinian plague victims from Saint‐Doulchard (France, 7th–8th centuries AD ) (2024)
Journal Article
Vytlačil, Z., Durand, R., Kacki, S., Holleville, M., Drtikolová Kaupová, S., Brůžek, J., Castex, D., & Velemínský, P. (2024). Well supplied in life, set aside in death: A multi‐isotope study of Justinian plague victims from Saint‐Doulchard (France, 7th–8th centuries AD ). American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 185(1), Article e25002. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.25002

Objectives: Justinian plague and its subsequent outbreaks were major events influencing Early Medieval Europe. One of the affected communities was the population of Saint‐Doulchard in France, where plague victim burials were concentrated in a cemeter... Read More about Well supplied in life, set aside in death: A multi‐isotope study of Justinian plague victims from Saint‐Doulchard (France, 7th–8th centuries AD ).

Comparaison des approches histologiques et micro-tomographiques pour l’étude de la diagenèse osseuse (2024)
Journal Article
Trenchat, L., Vanderesse, N., Pubert, É., Lefrais, Y., Van de Vijver, K., Kacki, S., & Schotsmans, E. (2024). Comparaison des approches histologiques et micro-tomographiques pour l’étude de la diagenèse osseuse. Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris (En ligne), 36(1), https://doi.org/10.4000/bmsap.14092

Histology is a conventional but destructive technique for investigating bone diagenesis. Micro-tomography is a non-destructive technique that can also be used to investigate diagenetic alterations. The aim of this study is to evaluate the benefits an... Read More about Comparaison des approches histologiques et micro-tomographiques pour l’étude de la diagenèse osseuse.