Charlotte Roberts' Outputs (226)

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.

Histological identification of syphilis in pre-Columbian England (2006)
Journal Article
Von Hunnius, T., Roberts, C., Saunders, S., & Boylston, A. (2006). Histological identification of syphilis in pre-Columbian England. American journal of physical anthropology, 129(4), 559-566. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20335

Microscopic analyses served to complement the macroscopic identification of venereal syphilis in two of four pre-Columbian skeletons from the site Hull Magistrates Court in England. Diagnosis was based on parameters presented by Schultz ([[1994]] Ori... Read More about Histological identification of syphilis in pre-Columbian England.

Archaeology of disease (2005)
Book
Roberts, C., & Manchester, K. (2005). Archaeology of disease. (3rd ed.). Sutton Publishing

Book review of C. Greenblatt and M. Spigelman (eds): Emerging pathogens. Archaeology, ecology and evolution of infectious disease, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003 (2005)
Journal Article
Roberts, C. (2005). Book review of C. Greenblatt and M. Spigelman (eds): Emerging pathogens. Archaeology, ecology and evolution of infectious disease, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003. American Journal of Archaeology, 109(3), 572-573. https://doi.org/10.3764/aja.109.3.567

Health and disease in Greece: past, present and future (2005)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., Lagia, A., Triantaphyllou, S., Bourbou, C., & Tsaliki, A. (2005). Health and disease in Greece: past, present and future. In H. King (Ed.), Health in antiquity (32-58). Routledge

Continuity or colonization in Anglo-Saxon England? Isotope evidence for mobility, subsistence practice, and status at West Heslerton (2005)
Journal Article
Montgomery, J., Evans, J., Powlesland, D., & Roberts, C. (2005). Continuity or colonization in Anglo-Saxon England? Isotope evidence for mobility, subsistence practice, and status at West Heslerton. American journal of physical anthropology, 126(2), 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20111

The adventus Saxonum is a crucial event in English protohistory. Scholars from a range of disciplines dispute the scale and demographic profile of the purported colonizing population. The 5th-7th century burial ground at West Heslerton, North Yorkshi... Read More about Continuity or colonization in Anglo-Saxon England? Isotope evidence for mobility, subsistence practice, and status at West Heslerton.

Isotopic evidence for migration in Medieval England: the potential for tracking the introduction of disease (2005)
Journal Article
Millard, A., Roberts, C., & Hughes, S. (2005). Isotopic evidence for migration in Medieval England: the potential for tracking the introduction of disease. Social biology and human affairs, 70(1), 9-13

Health in Romano-British urban communities: reflections from the cemeteries (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Redfern, R., & Roberts, C. (2001, September). Health in Romano-British urban communities: reflections from the cemeteries. Presented at 22nd Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, Birmingham, England

General medicine (2004)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2004). General medicine. In B. Fagan (Ed.), The seventy great inventions of the ancient world (225-260). Thames & Hudson

A foot deformity from a Romano-British cemetery at Gloucester, England and the current evidence for Talipes in palaeopathology (2004)
Journal Article
Roberts, C., Knusel, C., & Race, L. (2004). A foot deformity from a Romano-British cemetery at Gloucester, England and the current evidence for Talipes in palaeopathology. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 14(5), 389-403. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.723

A male skeleton from the Romano-British site at Kingsholm, Gloucester, is described with abnormalities in the humerus, femur, tibia, fibula and foot. Computed tomography of the femora to enable cross-sectional analysis suggested altered normal gait t... Read More about A foot deformity from a Romano-British cemetery at Gloucester, England and the current evidence for Talipes in palaeopathology.

Kempston: The Roman inhumations (2004)
Book Chapter
Boylston, A., & Roberts, C. (2004). Kempston: The Roman inhumations. In M. Dawson (Ed.), Archaeology in the Bedford region (322-350). Archaeopress

Kempston: The cremations (3801-3805) (2004)
Book Chapter
Boghi, F., & Roberts, C. (2004). Kempston: The cremations (3801-3805). In M. Dawson (Ed.), Archaeology in the Bedford region (315-321). Archaeopress

Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: a report from Britain (2004)
Journal Article
Budd, P., Millard, A., Chenery, C., Lucy, S., & Roberts, C. (2004). Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: a report from Britain. Antiquity, 78(299), 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009298x

Stable isotopes present in local ground water get into people's teeth before they are 12 years old, and act as a signature to the area where they grew up (and drank the water). In a review of recent work in Britain the authors show the huge potential... Read More about Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: a report from Britain.

Guidance on recording palaeopathology (2004)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C., & Connell, B. (2004). Guidance on recording palaeopathology. In M. Brickley, & J. McKinley (Eds.), Guidelines to the standards for recording human remains (34-39). British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology and Institute of Field Archaeologists

Bees in my bonnet:reflections on biological anthropology in the UK (2003)
Journal Article
Roberts, C. (2003). Bees in my bonnet:reflections on biological anthropology in the UK. Archaeological review from Cambridge, 16(2), 96-116

A high status burial from Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, England: differential diagnosis of a chest deformity (2003)
Journal Article
Groves, S., Roberts, C., Johnstone, C., Hall, R., & Dobney, K. (2003). A high status burial from Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, England: differential diagnosis of a chest deformity. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 13(6), 358-368. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.696

Excavations beneath the crossing at Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire recently revealed a burial radiocarbon dated to the late 15th century AD. The burial was that of a young adult female; the location of the grave suggests a person of relatively hi... Read More about A high status burial from Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, England: differential diagnosis of a chest deformity.

Bayes' theorem in palaeopathological diagnosis (2003)
Journal Article
Byers, S., & Roberts, C. (2003). Bayes' theorem in palaeopathological diagnosis. American journal of physical anthropology, 121(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.10164

The utility of Bayes' theorem in paleopathological diagnoses is explored. Since this theorem has been used heavily by modern clinical medicine, its usefulness in that field is described first. Next, the mechanics of the theorem are discussed, along w... Read More about Bayes' theorem in palaeopathological diagnosis.