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Gendered Differences in Accidental Trauma to Upper and Lower Limb Bones at Aquincum, Roman Hungary (2015)
Journal Article
Gilmour, R., Gowland, R., Roberts, C., Bernert, Z., Klara Kiss, K., & Lassanyi, G. (2015). Gendered Differences in Accidental Trauma to Upper and Lower Limb Bones at Aquincum, Roman Hungary. International Journal of Paleopathology, 11, 75-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2015.08.004

It was hypothesized that men and women living in the border provinces of the Roman Empire may have encountered different risks associated with their different occupations and activities. Limb bone trauma data were used to assess sex-based differences... Read More about Gendered Differences in Accidental Trauma to Upper and Lower Limb Bones at Aquincum, Roman Hungary.

Making the Dead Visible: Problems and solutions for "big" picture approaches to the past, and dealing with large "mortuary" datasets (2015)
Journal Article
Bradbury, J., Davies, D., Jay, M., Philip, G., Roberts, C., & Scarre, C. (2016). Making the Dead Visible: Problems and solutions for "big" picture approaches to the past, and dealing with large "mortuary" datasets. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 23(2), 561-591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-015-9251-1

There can be few “bigger” questions than the nature and development of human experience and self-awareness and few better ways to study it than through the changing treatment of the dead over time. Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, the ‘Invisi... Read More about Making the Dead Visible: Problems and solutions for "big" picture approaches to the past, and dealing with large "mortuary" datasets.

Does the correlation between Schmorl’s nodes and vertebral morphology extend into the lumbar spine? (2015)
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Plomp, K., Roberts, C., & Strand Viðarsdόttir, U. (2015). Does the correlation between Schmorl’s nodes and vertebral morphology extend into the lumbar spine?. American journal of physical anthropology, 157(3), 526-534. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22730

Schmorl's nodes are depressions on vertebrae due to herniation of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc into the vertebral body. This study provides an extension of our previous study which analyzed the shape of the lower thoracic spine and... Read More about Does the correlation between Schmorl’s nodes and vertebral morphology extend into the lumbar spine?.

Tuberculosis: a biosocial study of admissions to a children’s sanatorium (1936-1954) in Stannington, Northumberland, England (2015)
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Roberts, C., & Bernard, M. (2015). Tuberculosis: a biosocial study of admissions to a children’s sanatorium (1936-1954) in Stannington, Northumberland, England. Tuberculosis, 95(Supplement 1), S105-S108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2015.02.012

This study considers the biosocial profile of children admitted to the Philipson Children's Sanatorium at Stannington, Morpeth, Northumberland, England (1936–1954). The objective was to understand the differential impact of TB on male and female admi... Read More about Tuberculosis: a biosocial study of admissions to a children’s sanatorium (1936-1954) in Stannington, Northumberland, England.

Old World tuberculosis: evidence from human remains with a review of current research and future prospects (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, C. (2015). Old World tuberculosis: evidence from human remains with a review of current research and future prospects. Tuberculosis, 95(Supplement 1), S117-S121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2015.02.018

The evidence for TB in archaeological human remains for the Old World is reviewed in published and some unpublished sources. The evidence of Pott's disease was considered specific for TB, with other bone changes, such as rib lesions, as non-specific.... Read More about Old World tuberculosis: evidence from human remains with a review of current research and future prospects.

Complications in the study of ancient tuberculosis: non-specificity of IS6110 PCRs (2015)
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Müller, R., Roberts, C., & Brown, T. (2015). Complications in the study of ancient tuberculosis: non-specificity of IS6110 PCRs. Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, 1(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1179/2054892314y.0000000002

The insertion sequence IS6110 is frequently used as a marker for the presence of ancient DNA (aDNA) derived from bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in human archaeological remains. The specificity of polymerase chain reactions... Read More about Complications in the study of ancient tuberculosis: non-specificity of IS6110 PCRs.