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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.

Fracture patterns at the medieval leper hospital in Chichester (1998)
Journal Article
Judd, M., & Roberts, C. (1998). Fracture patterns at the medieval leper hospital in Chichester. American journal of physical anthropology, 105(1), 43-55. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28sici%291096-8644%28199801%29105%3A1%3C43%3A%3Aaid-ajpa5%3E3.0.co%3B2-e

Humans are constantly at risk of bone fractures, not only when threatened by personal violence, but also by the challenge of daily living. Because fractures are a cross-cultural phenomenon and are one of the more commonly observed skeletal lesions in... Read More about Fracture patterns at the medieval leper hospital in Chichester.

Infectious disease, sex and gender: the complexity of it all (1998)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., Lewis, M., & Boocock, P. (1998). Infectious disease, sex and gender: the complexity of it all. In A. Grauer, & P. Stuart-Macadam (Eds.), Sex and gender in paleopathological perspective (93-113). Cambridge University Press

Rib lesions and tuberculosis: the palaeopathological evidence (1998)
Journal Article
Roberts, C., Boylston, A., Buckley, L., Chamberlain, A., & Murphy, E. (1998). Rib lesions and tuberculosis: the palaeopathological evidence. Tubercle and lung disease, 79(1), 55-60. https://doi.org/10.1054/tuld.1998.0005

Setting:Tuberculosis diagnosis in past populations relies on lesions in the spine and major weight bearing joints of the body. Bone formation on visceral surfaces of ribs has also been suggested to be the result of chronic pulmonary disease. Objectiv... Read More about Rib lesions and tuberculosis: the palaeopathological evidence.

Palaeoepidemiology, healing and possible treatment of trauma in the Medieval cemetery population of St. Helen-on-the-Walls, York, England (1996)
Journal Article
Grauer, A., & Roberts, C. (1996). Palaeoepidemiology, healing and possible treatment of trauma in the Medieval cemetery population of St. Helen-on-the-Walls, York, England. American journal of physical anthropology, 100(4), 531-544. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28sici%291096-8644%28199608%29100%3A4%3C531%3A%3Aaid-ajpa7%3E3.0.co%3B2-t

Traumatic lesions are commonly found in the archeological record and have potential to provide insight into the lives of past populations. This paper examines patterns of long bone fractures in the British medieval population of St. Helen-on-the-Wall... Read More about Palaeoepidemiology, healing and possible treatment of trauma in the Medieval cemetery population of St. Helen-on-the-Walls, York, England.

Brief communication : When Adam delved : an activity-related lesion in three human skeletal populations (1996)
Journal Article
Knusel, C., Roberts, C., & Boylston, A. (1996). Brief communication : When Adam delved : an activity-related lesion in three human skeletal populations. American journal of physical anthropology, 100(427-434), 427-434. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28sici%291096-8644%28199607%29100%3A3%3C427%3A%3Aaid-ajpa9%3E3.0.co%3B2-q

A rare, activity-related lesion, the clay-shoveller's fracture, was identified during osteological analysis in three human populations dating from the Roman to the later Medieval period in England, circa fourth to 14th centuries A.D. The prevalence o... Read More about Brief communication : When Adam delved : an activity-related lesion in three human skeletal populations.

A comparative study of the prevalence of maxillary sinusitis in Medieval urban and rural populations in Northern England (1995)
Journal Article
Lewis, M., Roberts, C., & Manchester, K. (1995). A comparative study of the prevalence of maxillary sinusitis in Medieval urban and rural populations in Northern England. American journal of physical anthropology, 98(4), 497-506. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330980409

Six hundred sixty-three Medieval individuals from Wharram Percy, a rural settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds, and 1,042 individuals from St. Helen-on-the-Walls, a poor parish in the Medieval city of York, were examined in order to test the hypothesis t... Read More about A comparative study of the prevalence of maxillary sinusitis in Medieval urban and rural populations in Northern England.

Maxillary sinusitis in Medieval Chichester, England (1995)
Journal Article
Boocock, P., Roberts, C., & Manchester, K. (1995). Maxillary sinusitis in Medieval Chichester, England. American journal of physical anthropology, 98(4), 483-495. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330980408

Maxillary sinusitis is a common medical complaint, affecting more than 30 million people per year in the United States alone. Very little palaeopathological work on this disease has been carried out, probably because of the enclosed nature of the sin... Read More about Maxillary sinusitis in Medieval Chichester, England.

Inflammatory lesions of ribs: an analysis of the Terry Collection (1994)
Journal Article
Roberts, C., Lucy, D., & Manchester, K. (1994). Inflammatory lesions of ribs: an analysis of the Terry Collection. American journal of physical anthropology, 95(2), 169-182. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330950205

The aim of this paper is to consider the diagnostic criteria for tuberculosis in ancient populations. It investigates the frequency of periosteal new bone formation on the visceral surfaces of ribs from 1718 individuals from the Terry Collection, Smi... Read More about Inflammatory lesions of ribs: an analysis of the Terry Collection.

Treponematosis in Gloucester, England: a theoretical and practical approach to the pre-Columbian theory (1994)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, C. (1994). Treponematosis in Gloucester, England: a theoretical and practical approach to the pre-Columbian theory. In G. Palfi, J. Berato, J. Brun, & O. Dutour (Eds.), L'origine de la syphilis en Europe : avant ou après 1493 ? = The origin of syphilis in Europe : before or after 1493? : actes du colloque international de Toulon, 25-28 Novembre 1993 (101-108)