All Outputs (2)

Heterogeneity in experiences of vitamin D deficiency in an early to mid-19th century population from Montreal, Quebec (2024)
Journal Article
Bigué, R.-A., Ribot, I., Brickley, M. B., Kahlon, B., & Roberts, C. A. (2024). Heterogeneity in experiences of vitamin D deficiency in an early to mid-19th century population from Montreal, Quebec. International Journal of Paleopathology, 47, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2024.07.003

Objective
To use the prevalence of prenatal/infancy interglobular dentine (IGD) as a proxy for suboptimal vitamin D status and explore its link to mortality, biological sex, cultural behaviours and environmental factors during the end of the pre-ind... Read More about Heterogeneity in experiences of vitamin D deficiency in an early to mid-19th century population from Montreal, Quebec.

First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England (2024)
Journal Article
Fiorin, E., Roberts, C. A., Baldoni, M., Connelly, E., Lee, C., Ottoni, C., & Cristiani, E. (2024). First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 2452. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52422-8

Leprosy was one of the most outwardly visible diseases in the European Middle Ages, a period during which leprosaria were founded to provide space for the sick. The extant documentary evidence for leprosy hospitals, especially in relation to diet, th... Read More about First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England.