All Outputs (224)

Palaeopathology in Britain: a critical analysis of publications with the aim of exploring recent trends (1997-2006) (2009)
Journal Article
Park, V., Roberts, C., & Jakob, T. (2009). Palaeopathology in Britain: a critical analysis of publications with the aim of exploring recent trends (1997-2006). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 19, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.1068

This study collects data from three major journals and analyses them in order to assess the recent (1997-2006) nature of the study of palaeopathology within Britain. It considers the types of study published (case, population or method), whether find... Read More about Palaeopathology in Britain: a critical analysis of publications with the aim of exploring recent trends (1997-2006).

Juggling the evidence: the purported 'acrobat' from Tell Brak (2008)
Journal Article
Jurmain, R., & Roberts, C. (2008). Juggling the evidence: the purported 'acrobat' from Tell Brak. Antiquity, 82(318),

We are responding to the submission by Oates et al., 'Equids and an "acrobat": closure rituals at Tell Brak' (http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/ant/082/ant0820390.htm). The paper describes the interpretation of a partially preserved skeleton with bone chang... Read More about Juggling the evidence: the purported 'acrobat' from Tell Brak.

Using ancient DNA analysis in palaeopathology: a critical analysis of published papers with recommendations for future work (2008)
Journal Article
Roberts, C., & Ingham, S. (2008). Using ancient DNA analysis in palaeopathology: a critical analysis of published papers with recommendations for future work. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 18(6), 600-613. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.966

Despite an observable increase in the number of studies using ancient DNA analysis to diagnose disease in human remains, there remain issues to be addressed about the quality of the resulting publications. This paper describes the qualitative analysi... Read More about Using ancient DNA analysis in palaeopathology: a critical analysis of published papers with recommendations for future work.

Understanding health: past and present (2008)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2008). Understanding health: past and present. In C. Panter-Brick, & A. Fuentes (Eds.), Health, risk and adversity (13-25). Berghahn Journals

The bioarchaeology of tuberculosis. A global view on a reemerging disease (2008)
Book
Roberts, C., & Buikstra, J. (2008). The bioarchaeology of tuberculosis. A global view on a reemerging disease. (Paperback ed.). University Press of Florida

Book Review of: St Peter’s, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire. A Parish Church and its community. Volume 2. The human remains. By Tony Waldron, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007 (2008)
Journal Article
Roberts, C. (2008). Book Review of: St Peter’s, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire. A Parish Church and its community. Volume 2. The human remains. By Tony Waldron, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007. Medieval Archaeology, 52, 428-430. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581708x335549

Book review of ‘Backbone of history. Health and nutrition in the Western Hemisphere’ edited by JC Rose and RH Steckel, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005 (2008)
Journal Article
Roberts, C. (2008). Book review of ‘Backbone of history. Health and nutrition in the Western Hemisphere’ edited by JC Rose and RH Steckel, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Social History of Medicine, 19(2), 345-346. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkl014

Book review of 'Counting the Dead. The epidemiology of skeletal populations' by T. Waldron, Chichester : John Wiley, 1994 (2008)
Journal Article
Roberts, C. (2008). Book review of 'Counting the Dead. The epidemiology of skeletal populations' by T. Waldron, Chichester : John Wiley, 1994. Journal of Human Evolution, 29(2), 194-197

Book review of 'The churchyard : Wharram, a study of settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds' by S. Mays, C. Harding, C. Heighway, York University Archaeological Publications : York, 2007 (2008)
Journal Article
Roberts, C. (2008). Book review of 'The churchyard : Wharram, a study of settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds' by S. Mays, C. Harding, C. Heighway, York University Archaeological Publications : York, 2007. Journal of Archaeological Science, 2083-2084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2008.01.004

The history of tuberculosis from earliest times to the development of drugs (2008)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Buikstra, J. (2008). The history of tuberculosis from earliest times to the development of drugs. In P. Davies, P. Barnes, & S. Gordon (Eds.), Clinical tuberculosis (3-19). (4th). Hodder Arnold

Health, healing and disease (2008)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2008). Health, healing and disease. In D. Pearsall (Ed.), Encylopedia of archaeology (1417-1426). Academic Press

The impact of economic intensification and social complexity on human health in Britain from 6000 BP (Neolithic) and the introduction of farming to the mid-nineteenth century AD (2007)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Cox, M. (2007). The impact of economic intensification and social complexity on human health in Britain from 6000 BP (Neolithic) and the introduction of farming to the mid-nineteenth century AD. In M. Cohen, & G. Crane-Kramer (Eds.), Ancient health : skeletal indicators of agricultural and economic intensification (149-163). University Press of Florida

Medical science and archaeology (2007)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2007). Medical science and archaeology. In B. Fagan (Ed.), Discovery! unearthing the new treasures of archaeology (234-237). Thames & Hudson

Preface (2007)
Journal Article
Roberts, C., Powell, M., & Buikstra, J. (2007). Preface. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 17(4), 327-336. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.904

A bioarchaeological study of maxillary sinusitis (2007)
Journal Article
Roberts, C. (2007). A bioarchaeological study of maxillary sinusitis. American journal of physical anthropology, 133(2), 792-807. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20601

Maxillary sinusitis was studied as an indicator of poor air quality. Seven skeletal samples were examined from North America, England, and Nubia, and selected to represent different geographic locations, environments, and subsistence economies. Frequ... Read More about A bioarchaeological study of maxillary sinusitis.

The evidence for tuberculosis in the Eastern Mediterranean:past and current research and future prospects (2007)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Buikstra, J. (2007). The evidence for tuberculosis in the Eastern Mediterranean:past and current research and future prospects. In M. Faerman, L. Horwitz, T. Kahana, & U. Zilberman (Eds.), Faces from the past : diachronic patterns in the biology of human populations from the Eastern Mediterranean (213-227). Archaeopress

A celebration of Patricia Smith’s distinguished career, the papers presented in this Festschrift focus on a region and research topics that have fascinated and challenged her since her student days. The broad intellectual and geographic range covered... Read More about The evidence for tuberculosis in the Eastern Mediterranean:past and current research and future prospects.

The Human Population: Health and Disease (2006)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Cox, M. (2006). The Human Population: Health and Disease. In M. Todd (Ed.), A companion to Roman Britain (242-272). Blackwell

Today, as always, our physical and mental health is probably the factor that concerns us most and affects how we conduct our lives. Even when we are well, we can never anticipate illness and know that our illness can be treated quickly and effectivel... Read More about The Human Population: Health and Disease.

A view from afar. Bioarchaeology in Britain (2006)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2006). A view from afar. Bioarchaeology in Britain. In J. Buikstra, & L. Beck (Eds.), Bioarchaeology : the contextual analysis of human remains (417-439). Academic Press

Fractures in late Medieval skeletal populations from Serbia (2006)
Journal Article
Djuric, M., Roberts, C., Rakocevic, Z., Djonic, D., & Lesic, A. (2006). Fractures in late Medieval skeletal populations from Serbia. American journal of physical anthropology, 130(2), 167-178. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20270

Bone fractures were analyzed from skeletal remains of 861 adult individuals from six cemeteries dating to the Late Medieval period in Serbia. Results of the study were compared to other cemetery populations (635 individual skeletons) of the same date... Read More about Fractures in late Medieval skeletal populations from Serbia.

Anatomy of a serial killer: differential diagnosis of tuberculosis based on rib lesions of adult individuals from the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection,Portugal (2006)
Journal Article
Santos, A., & Roberts, C. (2006). Anatomy of a serial killer: differential diagnosis of tuberculosis based on rib lesions of adult individuals from the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection,Portugal. American journal of physical anthropology, 130(1), 38-49. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20160

The role of new bone formation on visceral surfaces of ribs in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in past human populations has been explored by many researchers, using both skeletal remains with known causes of death and archaeological samples. This... Read More about Anatomy of a serial killer: differential diagnosis of tuberculosis based on rib lesions of adult individuals from the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection,Portugal.