Cancers as Rare Diseases: Terminological, Theoretical, and Methodological Biases

Marques, C.; Roberts, C.A.; Matos, V.; Buikstra, J.E.

doi:10.1016/j.ijpp.2020.12.005

All Outputs (8)

Differential diagnosis of abnormal enlargement and bending deformities in the skeleton of a medieval child from St Peter’s Church cemetery, Riga, Latvia. (2021)
Journal Article
Petersone-Gordina, E., Roberts, C., Kazarina, A., Jakob, T., Ranka, R., Zole, E., …Kimsis, J. (2021). Differential diagnosis of abnormal enlargement and bending deformities in the skeleton of a medieval child from St Peter’s Church cemetery, Riga, Latvia

Mycobacterium leprae diversity and population dynamics in medieval Europe from novel ancient genomes (2021)
Journal Article
Pfrengle, S., Neukamm, J., Guellil, M., Keller, M., Molak, M., Avanzi, C., …Schuenemann, V. J. (2021). Mycobacterium leprae diversity and population dynamics in medieval Europe from novel ancient genomes. BMC Biology, 19(1), Article 220. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01120-2

Illness and inclusion: Mobility histories of adolescents with leprosy from Anglo‐Scandinavian Norwich (Eastern England) (2021)
Journal Article
Filipek, K. L., Roberts, C. A., Gowland, R. L., Montgomery, J., & Evans, J. A. (2021). Illness and inclusion: Mobility histories of adolescents with leprosy from Anglo‐Scandinavian Norwich (Eastern England). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 31(6), 1180-1191. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3029

Leprosy is one of the most notorious diseases in history, widely associated with social stigma and exclusion. This study builds on previous work to reevaluate the medicohistorical evidence for social stigma in relation to leprosy. This is achieved by... Read More about Illness and inclusion: Mobility histories of adolescents with leprosy from Anglo‐Scandinavian Norwich (Eastern England).

Time to be nosy: Evaluating the impact of environmental and sociocultural changes on maxillary sinusitis in the Middle Nile Valley (Neolithic to Medieval periods) (2021)
Journal Article
Davies-Barrett, A. M., Roberts, C. A., & Antoine, D. (2021). Time to be nosy: Evaluating the impact of environmental and sociocultural changes on maxillary sinusitis in the Middle Nile Valley (Neolithic to Medieval periods). International Journal of Paleopathology, 34, 182-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2021.07.004

Alloparenting Adolescents: Evaluating the Social and Biological Impacts of Leprosy on Young People in Saxo-Norman England (9th to 12th Centuries AD) through Cross-Disciplinary Models of Care (2021)
Book Chapter
Filipek, K. L., Roberts, C., Gowland, R. L., & Tucker, K. (2021). Alloparenting Adolescents: Evaluating the Social and Biological Impacts of Leprosy on Young People in Saxo-Norman England (9th to 12th Centuries AD) through Cross-Disciplinary Models of Care. In E. J. Kendall, & R. Kendall (Eds.), The Family in Past Perspective: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Familial Relationships Through Time (30-57). Routledge

The majority of historical sources describe past attitudes towards people with leprosy as negative, focussing on ostracism and damnation, and this is thought to have impacted on the care that sufferers received. More recent historical and archaeologi... Read More about Alloparenting Adolescents: Evaluating the Social and Biological Impacts of Leprosy on Young People in Saxo-Norman England (9th to 12th Centuries AD) through Cross-Disciplinary Models of Care.

Reflections on the bioarchaeology of leprosy and identity, past and present (2021)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2021). Reflections on the bioarchaeology of leprosy and identity, past and present. In E. Brenner, & F. Touati (Eds.), Leprosy and identity in the Middle Ages: from England to the Mediterranean. Manchester University Press

Palaeopathology and amino acid δ13C analysis: Investigating pre-Columbian individuals with tuberculosis at Pica 8, northern Chile (1050-500 BP) (2021)
Journal Article
Mora, A., Pacheco, A., Roberts, C., & Smith, C. (2021). Palaeopathology and amino acid δ13C analysis: Investigating pre-Columbian individuals with tuberculosis at Pica 8, northern Chile (1050-500 BP). Journal of Archaeological Science, 129, Article 105367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105367

Cancers as Rare Diseases: Terminological, Theoretical, and Methodological Biases (2021)
Journal Article
Marques, C., Roberts, C., Matos, V., & Buikstra, J. (2021). Cancers as Rare Diseases: Terminological, Theoretical, and Methodological Biases. International Journal of Paleopathology, 32, 111-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2020.12.005