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Introduction to the European History of Health Project  (2018)
Book Chapter
Steckel, R., Larsen, C., Roberts, C., & Baten, J. (2018). Introduction to the European History of Health Project . In R. Steckel, C. Larsen, C. Roberts, & J. Baten (Eds.), The backbone of Europe. Health, Diet, Work and Violence over Two Millennia (1-10). Cambridge University Press

Archaeothanatology and palaeobiology of the burials and “scattered human remains” from Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Savona) (2018)
Book Chapter
Sparacello, V., Panelli, C., Rossi, S., Dori, I., Varalli, A., Goude, G., …Moggi-Cecchi, J. (2018). Archaeothanatology and palaeobiology of the burials and “scattered human remains” from Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Savona). In P. Biagi, & E. Starnini (Eds.), Gli scavi all’Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Savona): le ricerche e I materiali degli scavi del Novecento (145-184). Società per la Preistoria e Protostoria della Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trieste

Appendix 2: Database creation, management, and analysis (2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., Steckel, R., & Larsen, C. (2018). Appendix 2: Database creation, management, and analysis. In R. Steckel, C. Larsen, C. Roberts, & J. Baten (Eds.), The backbone of Europe. Health, Diet, Work and Violence over Two Millennia (428-448). Cambridge University Press

The developmental origins hypothesis and the history of health project. (2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Steckel, R. (2018). The developmental origins hypothesis and the history of health project. In R. Steckel, C. Larsen, C. Roberts, & J. Baten (Eds.), The backbone of Europe. Health, Diet, Work and Violence over Two Millennia (325-351). Cambridge University Press

Infectious and metabolic diseases: a synergistic bioarchaeology (2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Brickley, M. (2018). Infectious and metabolic diseases: a synergistic bioarchaeology. In M. Katzenberg, & A. Grauer (Eds.), Biological anthropology of the human skeleton (415-446). (3rd ed.). Wiley

Palaeopathologists have a long history of recording and interpreting evidence for infectious and metabolic diseases seen globally in preserved bodies and skeletons from archaeological sites. People today often experience co-morbidities, as did our an... Read More about Infectious and metabolic diseases: a synergistic bioarchaeology.

Bioarchaeology (2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Gowland, R. (2018). Bioarchaeology. In H. Callan (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (385-398). Springer Verlag

Health and well-being: the contribution of the study of human remains to understanding the late medieval period in Britain (2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., Redfern, R., & Bekvalac, J. (2018). Health and well-being: the contribution of the study of human remains to understanding the late medieval period in Britain. In C. Gerrard, & A. Gutiérrez (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain (819-836). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198744719.013.53

This chapter outlines the contributions bioarchaeology has made to understanding health and well-being in the late medieval period in Britain. Some of the history of the study of medieval bodies is followed by a commentary on the evidence base used t... Read More about Health and well-being: the contribution of the study of human remains to understanding the late medieval period in Britain.

Guidance on recording palaeopathology (abnormal variation) (2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2018). Guidance on recording palaeopathology (abnormal variation). In P. Mitchell, & M. Brickley (Eds.), Updated guidelines to the standards for recording human remains (44-47). (2nd.). CIfA and BABAO

Tomb 3 at La Pijotilla (Solana de los Barros, Badajoz, Spain): A Bioarchaeological Study of a Copper Age Collective Burial (2017)
Book Chapter
Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, M., Roberts, C., García Sanjuán, L., & Hurtado Pérez, V. (2017). Tomb 3 at La Pijotilla (Solana de los Barros, Badajoz, Spain): A Bioarchaeological Study of a Copper Age Collective Burial. In T. Tomé, M. Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, A. Silva, C. Cunha, & R. Boaventura (Eds.), Current Approaches to Collective Burials in the Late European Prehistory (1-10). Archaeopress Archaeology

A bioarchaeology of care (2017)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2017). A bioarchaeology of care. In C. Nolte, B. Frohne, U. Halle, & S. Kerth (Eds.), Pre-Modern Dis/ability History. A Handbook (107-109). Affalterbach Didymos-Verlag

Applying the “Index of care” to a person who experienced leprosy in late Medieval Chichester, England (2016)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2017). Applying the “Index of care” to a person who experienced leprosy in late Medieval Chichester, England. In L. Tilley, & A. Schrenk (Eds.), New developments in the bioarchaeology of care (101-124). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39901-0_6

Based on the bioarchaeological record, leprosy, a bacterial infectious disease, has challenged human populations for several thousands of years. It also remains a challenge for management today in certain parts of the world. This socially fascinating... Read More about Applying the “Index of care” to a person who experienced leprosy in late Medieval Chichester, England.

Paleopathology. (2015)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Gowland, R. (2015). Paleopathology. In K. Metheny, & M. Beaudry (Eds.), Archaeology of food (385-398). Rowman & Littlefield