All Outputs (3)

Fracture trauma in a Medieval British farming village (1999)
Journal Article
Judd, M., & Roberts, C. (1999). Fracture trauma in a Medieval British farming village. American journal of physical anthropology, 109(2), 229-243. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28sici%291096-8644%28199906%29109%3A2%3C229%3A%3Aaid-ajpa7%3E3.0.co%3B2-y

Farming is among the three most hazardous occupations in modern society and perhaps also held a similar position during the medieval period. The goal of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in frequencies and patterns of l... Read More about Fracture trauma in a Medieval British farming village.

Rib lesions and tuberculosis: the state of play (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, C. (1999). Rib lesions and tuberculosis: the state of play. In G. Palfi, O. Dutour, J. Deak, & I. Hutas (Eds.), Tuberculosis : past and present (311-322)

Nasty, brutish, but not necessarily short: A reconsideration of the statistical methods used to calculate age at death from adult human and dental age indicators (1999)
Journal Article
Ackroyd, R., Lucy, D., Pollard, A., & Roberts, C. (1999). Nasty, brutish, but not necessarily short: A reconsideration of the statistical methods used to calculate age at death from adult human and dental age indicators. American Antiquity, 64(1), 55-70. https://doi.org/10.2307/2694345

It is generally assumed that life expectancy in antiquity was considerably shorter than it is now. In the limited number of cases where skeletal or al age-at-death estimates have been made on adults for whom there are other reliable indications of ag... Read More about Nasty, brutish, but not necessarily short: A reconsideration of the statistical methods used to calculate age at death from adult human and dental age indicators.