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The Digital Atlas of Ancient Rare Diseases (DAARD) and its relevance for current research (2024)
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Gresky, J., Frotscher, M., Dorn, J., Scheelen-Nováček, K., Ahlbrecht, Y., Jakob, T., Schönbuchner, T., Canalejo, J., Ducke, B., & Petiti, E. (2024). The Digital Atlas of Ancient Rare Diseases (DAARD) and its relevance for current research. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 19(1), Article 277. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-024-03280-0

Background: The history of rare diseases is largely unknown. Research on this topic has focused on individual cases of prominent (historical) individuals and artistic (e.g., iconographic) representations. Medical collections include large numbers of... Read More about The Digital Atlas of Ancient Rare Diseases (DAARD) and its relevance for current research.

Vitamin D status in post-medieval Northern England: Insights from dental histology and enamel peptide analysis at Coach Lane, North Shields (AD 1711–1857) (2024)
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Snoddy, A. M. E., Shaw, H., Newman, S., Miszkiewicz, J. J., Stewart, N. A., Jakob, T., …Gowland, R. (2024). Vitamin D status in post-medieval Northern England: Insights from dental histology and enamel peptide analysis at Coach Lane, North Shields (AD 1711–1857). PLoS ONE, 19(1), Article e0296203. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296203

Objectives: The post-medieval period in Europe saw a dramatic increase in metabolic bone disease related to vitamin D deficiency (VDD). Recent paleopathological work has utilized interglobular dentin (IGD) as a proxy for poor vitamin D status during... Read More about Vitamin D status in post-medieval Northern England: Insights from dental histology and enamel peptide analysis at Coach Lane, North Shields (AD 1711–1857).

The impaired nomad: A bioarchaeological study on an Early Iron Age case of knee ankylosis from the Jiaerkenjiaga Cemetery, Northwestern China (2022)
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Zhang, W., Wang, A., Zou, Z., Jakob, T., Chen, P., Alifujiang, N., Zhang, Q., & Wang, Q. (2022). The impaired nomad: A bioarchaeological study on an Early Iron Age case of knee ankylosis from the Jiaerkenjiaga Cemetery, Northwestern China. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 32(2), 493-508. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3083

Abnormality of the knee joint due to diseases or injury would disable the patient's affected leg, lead to difficulty in locomotion and daily life, and in turn makes the patient demand special care from his/her family and community. In this study, we... Read More about The impaired nomad: A bioarchaeological study on an Early Iron Age case of knee ankylosis from the Jiaerkenjiaga Cemetery, Northwestern China.

At the world’s edge: reconstructing diet and geographic origins in medieval Iceland using isotope and trace element analyses (2019)
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Walser, J. W. I., Kristjánsdóttir, S., Gröcke, D. R., Gowland, R., Jakob, T., Nowell, G., …Montgomery, J. (2020). At the world’s edge: reconstructing diet and geographic origins in medieval Iceland using isotope and trace element analyses. American journal of physical anthropology, 171(1), 142-163. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23973

Objectives. A multi-isotope study was conducted on individuals buried at Skriðuklaustur monastery (AD 1493–1554) to investigate their geographic origins and dietary composition. Comparative material from individuals excavated from Skeljastaðir, an in... Read More about At the world’s edge: reconstructing diet and geographic origins in medieval Iceland using isotope and trace element analyses.

Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Evidence of Prostatic Stones at Al Khiday Cemetery, Central Sudan (2017)
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Usai, D., Maritan, L., Dal Sasso, G., Artioli, G., Salvatori, S., Jakob, T., & Salviato, T. (2017). Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Evidence of Prostatic Stones at Al Khiday Cemetery, Central Sudan. PLoS ONE, 12(1), Article e0169524. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169524

The recovery of three stone-like ovoid objects within the burial of a pre-Mesolithic (Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene) individual at Al Khiday cemetery (Central Sudan) raises the question of the nature and origin of these objects. The position in whi... Read More about Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Evidence of Prostatic Stones at Al Khiday Cemetery, Central Sudan.

‘Til Poison Phosphorous Brought them Death’: A potentially occupationally-related disease in a post-medieval skeleton from north-east England (2016)
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Roberts, C., Caffell, A., Filipek-Ogden, K., Gowland, R., & Jakob, T. (2016). ‘Til Poison Phosphorous Brought them Death’: A potentially occupationally-related disease in a post-medieval skeleton from north-east England. International Journal of Paleopathology, 13, 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2015.12.001

This paper describes the pathological changes observed on the skeleton of a c.12–14 year old person buried in a north-east England Quaker cemetery dated to AD 1711–1857. Bone formation (woven and lamellar) and destruction are present mainly on the ma... Read More about ‘Til Poison Phosphorous Brought them Death’: A potentially occupationally-related disease in a post-medieval skeleton from north-east England.

The Al Khiday Cemetery in Central Sudan and its “Classic/Late Meroitic” Period Graves. (2014)
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Usai, D., Salvatori, S., Jakob, T., & David, R. (2014). The Al Khiday Cemetery in Central Sudan and its “Classic/Late Meroitic” Period Graves. Journal of African archaeology (Internet), 12(2), 183-204. https://doi.org/10.3213/2191-5784-10254

The first millennium BC in Sudan sees the birth of the Kushite (Napatan and then Meroitic) Kingdom. Royal cities, cemeteries and centres of religious power have attracted archaeologists and historians while peripheral areas have only rarely seen any... Read More about The Al Khiday Cemetery in Central Sudan and its “Classic/Late Meroitic” Period Graves..

Dental Calculus Reveals Unique Insights into Food Items, Cooking and Plant Processing in Prehistoric Central Sudan (2014)
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Buckley, S., Usai, D., Jakob, T., Radini, A., & Hardy, K. (2014). Dental Calculus Reveals Unique Insights into Food Items, Cooking and Plant Processing in Prehistoric Central Sudan. PLoS ONE, 9(7), Article e100808. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100808

Accessing information on plant consumption before the adoption of agriculture is challenging. However, there is growing evidence for use of locally available wild plants from an increasing number of pre-agrarian sites, suggesting broad ecological kno... Read More about Dental Calculus Reveals Unique Insights into Food Items, Cooking and Plant Processing in Prehistoric Central Sudan.

Nutrition-related health problems in a wealthy 17–18th century German community in Jelgava, Latvia. (2013)
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Pētersone-Gordina, E., Gerhards, G., & Jakob, T. (2013). Nutrition-related health problems in a wealthy 17–18th century German community in Jelgava, Latvia. International Journal of Paleopathology, 3(1), 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2013.01.002

The aim of this research is to assess the presence of stress in a high status German population from Jelgava, Latvia. The skeletal material used in this study came from a recently excavated church cemetery, with most of the burials dating to the 17–1... Read More about Nutrition-related health problems in a wealthy 17–18th century German community in Jelgava, Latvia..

Palaeopathology in Britain: a critical analysis of publications with the aim of exploring recent trends (1997-2006) (2009)
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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).