The impact of economic intensification and social complexity on human health in Britain from 6000 BP (Neolithic) and the introduction of farming to the mid-nineteenth century AD

Roberts, C.A.; Cox, M.

What did agriculture do for us? The bioarchaeology of health and diet. (2015)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2015). What did agriculture do for us? The bioarchaeology of health and diet. In G. Barker, & C. Goucher (Eds.), The Cambridge World History. Volume 2: A world with agriculture, 12,000 BCE-500 CE (93-123). (New ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511978807.005

Pathological conditions and anomalies in archaeological investigations. (2014)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2014). Pathological conditions and anomalies in archaeological investigations. In S. Blau, & D. Ubelaker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (5823-5829). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_145

The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” This definition has not been amended since 1948 (http://www.who.int/suggestions/faq/... Read More about Pathological conditions and anomalies in archaeological investigations..

History of tuberculosis from the earliest times to the development of drugs. (2014)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Buikstra, J. (2014). History of tuberculosis from the earliest times to the development of drugs. In P. Davies, P. Barnes, & S. Gordon (Eds.), Clinical tuberculosis. (5th ed.). Hodder Arnold

Human remains (2014)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2014). Human remains. In J. Balme, & A. Paterson (Eds.), Archaeology in practice. A student guide to archaeological analyses (300-335). (2nd ed.). Wiley

Manchester, Keith. (2014)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2014). Manchester, Keith. In S. Blau, & D. Ubelaker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (4618-4621). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_164

Keith Manchester was born in Leicestershire, England, on the 21 June 1938. Attending King Edward VII Grammar School in Melton Mowbray from 1946 to 1956, he gained his “A” levels which allowed him entry to study medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital M... Read More about Manchester, Keith..

Parasites (2013)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2013). Parasites. In M. Lapidge, J. Blair, S. Keynes, & D. Scragg (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. (2nd ed.). Wiley

Surgery (2013)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2013). Surgery. In M. Lapidge, J. Blair, S. Keynes, & D. Scragg (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England (445-447). (2nd ed.). Wiley

Malnutrition. (2013)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2013). Malnutrition. In M. Lapidge, J. Blair, S. Keynes, & D. Scragg (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England (304-305). (2nd ed.). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118316061.ch13

Social aspects of the Bioarchaeology of leprosy (2013)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2013). Social aspects of the Bioarchaeology of leprosy. In N. Lozada, & B. O’Donnabhain (Eds.), The dead tell tales: Essays in honor of Jane E. Buikstra (136-144). Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

The bioarchaeology of health and well-being: its contribution to understanding the past. (2013)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2013). The bioarchaeology of health and well-being: its contribution to understanding the past. In L. Stutz, & S. Tarlow (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial (79-98). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199569069.013.0006

This contribution describes the study of palaeopathology, the history of its development, analytical methods used, types of studies done, and its future. Palaeopathology has developed at different rates globally. Methods focus on visual/macroscopic a... Read More about The bioarchaeology of health and well-being: its contribution to understanding the past..

Archaeological human remains and laboratories: attaining acceptable standards for curating human skeletal remains for teaching and research (2013)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2013). Archaeological human remains and laboratories: attaining acceptable standards for curating human skeletal remains for teaching and research. In M. Giesen (Ed.), Curating human remains: caring for the dead in the United Kingdom (123-134). Boydell & Brewer

Re-emerging infections: developments in bioarchaeological contributions to understanding tuberculosis today (2012)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2012). Re-emerging infections: developments in bioarchaeological contributions to understanding tuberculosis today. In A. Grauer (Ed.), A companion to paleopathology (434-457). Wiley

The bioarchaeology of leprosy and tuberculosis: a comparative study of perceptions, stigma, diagnosis and treatment (2011)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2011). The bioarchaeology of leprosy and tuberculosis: a comparative study of perceptions, stigma, diagnosis and treatment. In S. Agarwal, & B. Glencross (Eds.), Social bioarchaeology (252-281). Wiley

Human Remains. (2010)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2010). Human Remains. In G. Burleigh, & K. Fitzpatrick-Matthews (Eds.), Excavations at Baldock, Hertfordshire, 1978-1994. Volume 1. An Iron Age and Romano-British cemetery at Wallington Road (187-197). North Hertfordshire District Council Museums Service and North Hertfordshire Archaeological Society

Health and welfare in medieval England: the human skeletal remains contextualised (2009)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2009). Health and welfare in medieval England: the human skeletal remains contextualised. In R. Gilchrist, & A. Reynolds (Eds.), Reflections : 50 years of medieval archaeology, 1957-2007 (307-325). Taylor and Francis

Health and welfare: lessons from the past (2009)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2009). Health and welfare: lessons from the past. In A. Amin, & M. O'Neill (Eds.), Thinking about almost everything : new ideas to light up minds (29-30). Profile

Understanding health: past and present (2008)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2008). Understanding health: past and present. In C. Panter-Brick, & A. Fuentes (Eds.), Health, risk and adversity (13-25). Berghahn Journals

The history of tuberculosis from earliest times to the development of drugs (2008)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Buikstra, J. (2008). The history of tuberculosis from earliest times to the development of drugs. In P. Davies, P. Barnes, & S. Gordon (Eds.), Clinical tuberculosis (3-19). (4th). Hodder Arnold

Health, healing and disease (2008)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2008). Health, healing and disease. In D. Pearsall (Ed.), Encylopedia of archaeology (1417-1426). Academic Press

The impact of economic intensification and social complexity on human health in Britain from 6000 BP (Neolithic) and the introduction of farming to the mid-nineteenth century AD (2007)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Cox, M. (2007). The impact of economic intensification and social complexity on human health in Britain from 6000 BP (Neolithic) and the introduction of farming to the mid-nineteenth century AD. In M. Cohen, & G. Crane-Kramer (Eds.), Ancient health : skeletal indicators of agricultural and economic intensification (149-163). University Press of Florida

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