Bioarchaeology
(2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Gowland, R. (2018). Bioarchaeology. In H. Callan (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (385-398). Springer Verlag
All Outputs (224)
Detecting hidden diets and disease: Zoonotic parasites and fish consumption in Mesolithic Ireland (2018)
Journal Article
Perri, A., Power, R., Stuijts, I., Heinrich, S., Talamo, S., Hamilton-Dyer, S., & Roberts, C. (2018). Detecting hidden diets and disease: Zoonotic parasites and fish consumption in Mesolithic Ireland. Journal of Archaeological Science, 97, 137-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.07.010Archaeoparasitology is increasingly being used as a tool in archaeological research to investigate relationships between past humans, environments, diets and disease. It can be particularly useful in contexts where parasite eggs preserve, but human a... Read More about Detecting hidden diets and disease: Zoonotic parasites and fish consumption in Mesolithic Ireland.
Infectious and metabolic diseases: a synergistic bioarchaeology (2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Brickley, M. (2018). Infectious and metabolic diseases: a synergistic bioarchaeology. In M. Katzenberg, & A. Grauer (Eds.), Biological anthropology of the human skeleton (415-446). (3rd ed.). WileyPalaeopathologists have a long history of recording and interpreting evidence for infectious and metabolic diseases seen globally in preserved bodies and skeletons from archaeological sites. People today often experience co-morbidities, as did our an... Read More about Infectious and metabolic diseases: a synergistic bioarchaeology.
New insights on Final Epigravettian funerary behaviour at Arene Candide Cave (Western Liguria, Italy) from osteological and spatial analysis of secondary bone deposits (2018)
Journal Article
Sparacello, V., Rossi, S., Pettitt, P., Roberts, C., Salvatore, J., & Formicola, V. (2018). New insights on Final Epigravettian funerary behaviour at Arene Candide Cave (Western Liguria, Italy) from osteological and spatial analysis of secondary bone deposits. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 96, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.4436/jass.96003We gained new insights on Epigravettian funerary behavior at the Arene Candide cave through the osteological and spatial analysis of the burials and human bone accumulations found in the cave during past excavations. Archaeothanathological informatio... Read More about New insights on Final Epigravettian funerary behaviour at Arene Candide Cave (Western Liguria, Italy) from osteological and spatial analysis of secondary bone deposits.
Taking Stock: A systematic review of archaeological evidence of cancers in human and early hominin remains (2018)
Journal Article
Hunt, K., Roberts, C., & Kirkpatrick, C. (2018). Taking Stock: A systematic review of archaeological evidence of cancers in human and early hominin remains. International Journal of Paleopathology, 21, 12-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.03.002This study summarizes data from 154 paleopathological studies documenting 272 archaeologically recovered individuals exhibiting skeletal or soft tissue evidence of cancer (malignant neoplastic disease) between 1.8 million years ago and 1900 CE. The p... Read More about Taking Stock: A systematic review of archaeological evidence of cancers in human and early hominin remains.
Human remains in archaeology. A Handbook. Practical Handbook 18. Second edition (2018)
Book
Roberts, C. (2018). Human remains in archaeology. A Handbook. Practical Handbook 18. Second edition. (2nd ed.). Council for British Archaeology
Pica 8: Refining dietary reconstruction through amino acid δ 13 C analysis of tendon collagen and hair keratin (2018)
Journal Article
Mora, A., Pacheco, A., Roberts, C., & Smith, C. (2018). Pica 8: Refining dietary reconstruction through amino acid δ 13 C analysis of tendon collagen and hair keratin. Journal of Archaeological Science, 93, 94-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.03.002Stable isotope analysis of archaeological human remains is routinely applied to explore dietary habits and mobility patterns. The isotope information pertaining to the period prior to death may help in identifying locals and non-locals, especially wh... Read More about Pica 8: Refining dietary reconstruction through amino acid δ 13 C analysis of tendon collagen and hair keratin.
Guidance on recording palaeopathology (abnormal variation) - long version (2018)
Other
Roberts, C. (online). Guidance on recording palaeopathology (abnormal variation) - long version
Dental disease and dietary isotopes of individuals from St Gertrude Church cemetery, Riga, Latvia (2018)
Journal Article
Petersone-Gordina, P., Roberts, C., Millard, A., Montgomery, J., & Gerhards, G. (2018). Dental disease and dietary isotopes of individuals from St Gertrude Church cemetery, Riga, Latvia. PLoS ONE, 13(1), Article e0191757. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191757This research explores oral health indicators and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data to explore diet, and differences in diet, between people buried in the four different contexts of the St Gertrude Church cemetery (15th– 17th centuries AD): the... Read More about Dental disease and dietary isotopes of individuals from St Gertrude Church cemetery, Riga, Latvia.
Health and well-being: the contribution of the study of human remains to understanding the late medieval period in Britain (2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., Redfern, R., & Bekvalac, J. (2018). Health and well-being: the contribution of the study of human remains to understanding the late medieval period in Britain. In C. Gerrard, & A. Gutiérrez (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain (819-836). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198744719.013.53This chapter outlines the contributions bioarchaeology has made to understanding health and well-being in the late medieval period in Britain. Some of the history of the study of medieval bodies is followed by a commentary on the evidence base used t... Read More about Health and well-being: the contribution of the study of human remains to understanding the late medieval period in Britain.
Interpersonal violence among the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages inhabitants living on the Central Plateau of Iran: A voice from Tepe Hissar (2018)
Journal Article
Afshar, Z., Roberts, C., & Millard, A. (2018). Interpersonal violence among the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages inhabitants living on the Central Plateau of Iran: A voice from Tepe Hissar. Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 75(1), 49-66. https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2018/0723The site of Tepe Hissar (Iran) experienced widespread cultural and economic changes during the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages (5th to the 2nd millennium B.C.). The discovery of evidence of burning, including charred human remains, the destruction of bu... Read More about Interpersonal violence among the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages inhabitants living on the Central Plateau of Iran: A voice from Tepe Hissar.
Guidance on recording palaeopathology (abnormal variation) (2018)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2018). Guidance on recording palaeopathology (abnormal variation). In P. Mitchell, & M. Brickley (Eds.), Updated guidelines to the standards for recording human remains (44-47). (2nd.). CIfA and BABAO
A bioarchaeology of care (2017)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2017). A bioarchaeology of care. In C. Nolte, B. Frohne, U. Halle, & S. Kerth (Eds.), Pre-Modern Dis/ability History. A Handbook (107-109). Affalterbach Didymos-Verlag
Keith Manchester (2017)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2017). Keith Manchester. In S. Blau, & D. Ubelaker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. (2nd). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_164-2
Tomb 3 at La Pijotilla (Solana de los Barros, Badajoz, Spain): A Bioarchaeological Study of a Copper Age Collective Burial (2017)
Book Chapter
Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, M., Roberts, C., García Sanjuán, L., & Hurtado Pérez, V. (2017). Tomb 3 at La Pijotilla (Solana de los Barros, Badajoz, Spain): A Bioarchaeological Study of a Copper Age Collective Burial. In T. Tomé, M. Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, A. Silva, C. Cunha, & R. Boaventura (Eds.), Current Approaches to Collective Burials in the Late European Prehistory (1-10). Archaeopress Archaeology
Navigating approaches to impairment, "disability" and care in the past: the need for reflection (2017)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2017). Navigating approaches to impairment, "disability" and care in the past: the need for reflection. In L. Powell, W. Southwell-Wright, & R. Gowland (Eds.), Care in the past. Archaeological and interdisciplinary persectives (xi-xviii). Oxbow
Developing and implementing 'big picture' approaches in bioarchaeology: opportunities and challenges (2017)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2017). Developing and implementing 'big picture' approaches in bioarchaeology: opportunities and challenges. In J. Bradbury, & C. Scarre (Eds.), Engaging with the dead. Exploring changigng human beliefs about death, mortality and the human body (117-128). Oxbow
Palaeopathology: The Study of Ancient Disease in Archaeological Human and Nonhuman Remains (2017)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2017). Palaeopathology: The Study of Ancient Disease in Archaeological Human and Nonhuman Remains. In C. Smith, S. Blau, & D. Ubelaker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. (2nd ed.). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_145-2
A 6500-year-old Middle Neolithic child from Pollera Cave (Liguria, Italy) with probable multifocal osteoarticular tuberculosis (2017)
Journal Article
Sparacello, V. S., Roberts, C. A., Kerudin, A., & Müller, R. (2017). A 6500-year-old Middle Neolithic child from Pollera Cave (Liguria, Italy) with probable multifocal osteoarticular tuberculosis. International Journal of Paleopathology, 17, 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2017.01.004Clear skeletal evidence of prehistoric tuberculosis (TB) is rare, especially in children. We describe and differentially diagnose the pathological changes displayed by a five-year-old child, Pollera 21 (PO21) dated to the Middle Neolithic of Liguria... Read More about A 6500-year-old Middle Neolithic child from Pollera Cave (Liguria, Italy) with probable multifocal osteoarticular tuberculosis.
Keeping up with the kids: mobility patterns of young individuals from the St. Mary Magdalen Leprosy Hospital (Winchester) (2016)
Journal Article
Filipek-Ogden, K. L., Roberts, C., Montgomery, J., Evans, J., Gowland, R., & Tucker, K. (2016). Keeping up with the kids: mobility patterns of young individuals from the St. Mary Magdalen Leprosy Hospital (Winchester). American journal of physical anthropology, 159(s62), https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22955Leprosy is one of the few specific infectious diseases that can be studied in bioarchaeology due to its characteristic debilitating and disfiguring skeletal changes. Leprosy has been, and continues to be, one of the most socially stigmatising disease... Read More about Keeping up with the kids: mobility patterns of young individuals from the St. Mary Magdalen Leprosy Hospital (Winchester).