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Complications in the study of ancient tuberculosis: Presence of environmental bacteria in human archaeological remains (2016)
Journal Article
Müller, R., Roberts, C., & Brown, T. (2016). Complications in the study of ancient tuberculosis: Presence of environmental bacteria in human archaeological remains. Journal of Archaeological Science, 68, 5-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.03.002

There are many reports of ancient DNA from bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) being present in skeletons with and without osteological indications of tuberculosis. A possible complication in these studies is that extracts might... Read More about Complications in the study of ancient tuberculosis: Presence of environmental bacteria in human archaeological remains.

Palaeopathology and its relevance to understanding health and disease today: the impact of the environment on health, past and present (2016)
Journal Article
Roberts, C. (2016). Palaeopathology and its relevance to understanding health and disease today: the impact of the environment on health, past and present. Anthropological Review, 79(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1515/anre-2016-0001

This paper considers the discipline of palaeopathology, how it has developed, how it is studied, and what limitations present challenges to analysis. The study of disease has a long history and has probably most rapidly developed over the last 40-50... Read More about Palaeopathology and its relevance to understanding health and disease today: the impact of the environment on health, past and present.

Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: interpretative Narratives of Neanderthal Hunting (2016)
Journal Article
White, M., Pettitt, P., & Schreve, D. (2016). Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: interpretative Narratives of Neanderthal Hunting. Quaternary Science Reviews, 140, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.03.004

This paper examines the hunting strategies employed by Neanderthals at a series of kill or near-kill sites from the Middle Palaeolithic of Europe (Mauran, La Borde, Taubach, Zwoleń and Salzgitter Lebenstedt). Using palaeolandscape reconstructions and... Read More about Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: interpretative Narratives of Neanderthal Hunting.

Tin ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure. (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, Q., Strekcopytov, S., Roberts, B., & Wilkin, N. (2016). Tin ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure. Journal of Archaeological Science, 67, 80-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.01.018

The seabed site of a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe in south-west England was explored between 1977 and 2013. Nearly 400 objects including copper and tin ingots, bronze artefacts/fragments and gold ornaments were found. The S... Read More about Tin ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure..

Roman military settlements in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. The contribution of historical and modern aerial photography, satellite imagery and airborne LiDAR (2016)
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Costa García, J. M., Fonte, J., Menéndez Blanco, A., González Álvarez, D., Gago Mariño, M., Blanco Rotea, R., & Álvarez Martínez, V. (2016). Roman military settlements in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. The contribution of historical and modern aerial photography, satellite imagery and airborne LiDAR. AARGnews, 52, 43-51

Forensic civism: articulating science, DNA and kinship in contemporary Mexico and Colombia (2016)
Journal Article
Schwartz-Marin, E., & Cruz-Santiago, A. (2016). Forensic civism: articulating science, DNA and kinship in contemporary Mexico and Colombia. Human Remains and Violence: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2(1), 58-74. https://doi.org/10.7227/hrv.2.1.5

The article will present the findings of ethnographic research into the Colombian and Mexican forensic systems, introducing the first citizen-led exhumation project made possible through the cooperation of scholars, forensic specialists and intereste... Read More about Forensic civism: articulating science, DNA and kinship in contemporary Mexico and Colombia.