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The antiquity of leprosy in Britain: The skeletal evidence (2002)
Conference Proceeding
Roberts, C. (2002). The antiquity of leprosy in Britain: The skeletal evidence. In C. Roberts, M. Lewis, & K. Manchester (Eds.), The past and present of leprosy : archaeological, historical, palaeopathological and clinical approaches (213-222)

Palaeopathological evidence of infectious disease in skeletal populations from later medieval Serbia (2001)
Journal Article
Djuric-Srejic, M., & Roberts, C. (2001). Palaeopathological evidence of infectious disease in skeletal populations from later medieval Serbia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 11(5), 311-320. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.570

Published data on palaeopathology are limited from the area of Serbia. This paper provides evidence for infectious disease in 1617 skeletons from eight Medieval Serbian cemeteries. Two hundred and three individuals were analysed by the first author a... Read More about Palaeopathological evidence of infectious disease in skeletal populations from later medieval Serbia.

Mycolic acids and ancient DNA confirm an osteological diagnosis of tuberculosis (2001)
Journal Article
Gernaey, A., Minnikin, D., Copley, M., Dixon, R., Middleton, J., & Roberts, C. (2001). Mycolic acids and ancient DNA confirm an osteological diagnosis of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis, 81(4), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.1054/tube.2001.0295

Setting: The underlying trends in the past epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) are obscure, requiring recourse to the archaeological record. It would therefore be of value to develop methods for reliable TB diagnosis in ancient populations. Objective:... Read More about Mycolic acids and ancient DNA confirm an osteological diagnosis of tuberculosis.

A picture of tuberculosis in young Portuguese people in the early 20th century: A multidisciplinary study of the skeletal and historical evidence (2001)
Journal Article
Santos, A., & Roberts, C. (2001). A picture of tuberculosis in young Portuguese people in the early 20th century: A multidisciplinary study of the skeletal and historical evidence. American journal of physical anthropology, 115(1), 38-49. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1054

The aim of this study was to examine the evidence, and consider the differential diagnosis, for tuberculosis (TB) in juvenile individuals from early 20th century documented skeletons. There are 66 male and female juvenile individuals in the Coimbra I... Read More about A picture of tuberculosis in young Portuguese people in the early 20th century: A multidisciplinary study of the skeletal and historical evidence.

Human skeletal collections: the responsibilities of project managers, physical anthropologists and conservators, and the need for standardized condition assessment (2001)
Conference Proceeding
Janaway, R., Wilson, A., Caffell, A., & Roberts, C. (2001). Human skeletal collections: the responsibilities of project managers, physical anthropologists and conservators, and the need for standardized condition assessment. In E. Williams (Ed.), Human remains conservation, retrieval and analysis : Proceedings of a conference held in Williamsburg, VA, Nov 7-11th 1999 (199-208)

Pressures on osteological collections: the importance of damage limitation (2001)
Conference Proceeding
Caffell, A., Roberts, C., Janaway, R., & Wilson, A. (2001). Pressures on osteological collections: the importance of damage limitation. In E. Williams (Ed.), Human remains conservation, retrieval and analysis : Proceedings of a conference held in Williamsburg, VA, Nov 7-11th 1999 (187-197)

Book review of 'Digging for pathogens. Ancient emerging diseases - their evolutionary, anthropological and archaeological context' edited by C.L. Greenblatt, Rehovot, Israel : Balaban Publishers, 1998 (2000)
Journal Article
Roberts, C., & Brown, T. (2000). Book review of 'Digging for pathogens. Ancient emerging diseases - their evolutionary, anthropological and archaeological context' edited by C.L. Greenblatt, Rehovot, Israel : Balaban Publishers, 1998. American journal of physical anthropology, 112(2), 288-290. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28sici%291096-8644%282000%29112%3A2%3C288%3A%3Aaid-ajpa14%3E3.0.co%3B2-h

Investigation of a Romano-British rural ritual in Bedford, England (2000)
Journal Article
Boylston, A., Knusel, C., Roberts, C., & Dawson, M. (2000). Investigation of a Romano-British rural ritual in Bedford, England. Journal of Archaeological Science, 27(3), 241-254. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1999.0451

The Romano-British cemetery at Kempston, a suburb of Bedford, was excavated in 1992 by Bedfordshire County Archaeology Service and revealed 12 individuals who had been decapitated and 12 who were placed in the prone position. These practices are a re... Read More about Investigation of a Romano-British rural ritual in Bedford, England.

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.