Outputs (6)

Modeling Health during Societal Collapse: Can Recent History Help Our Understanding of Post-Roman Gaul? (2020)
Journal Article
Quade, L., & Gowland, R. (2020). Modeling Health during Societal Collapse: Can Recent History Help Our Understanding of Post-Roman Gaul?. Bioarchaeology international, 4(3-4), 172-190

Societal collapse results in structural breakdowns and instability, which can affect life expectancy and population health. Previous bioarchaeological studies have, however, sometimes struggled to identify correlations between sociopolitical changes... Read More about Modeling Health during Societal Collapse: Can Recent History Help Our Understanding of Post-Roman Gaul?.

What Doesn’t Kill You: Early Life Health and Nutrition in Early Anglo-Saxon East Anglia (2020)
Book Chapter
Kendall, E. J., Millard, A., Beaumont, J., Gowland, R., Gorton, M., & Gledhill, A. (2020). What Doesn’t Kill You: Early Life Health and Nutrition in Early Anglo-Saxon East Anglia. In R. Gowland, & S. Halcrow (Eds.), The Mother-Infant Nexus in Anthropology: Small Beginnings, Significant Outcomes (103-123). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27393-4_6

Desperately seeking stress: A pilot study of cortisol in archaeological tooth structures (2020)
Journal Article
Quade, L., Chazot, P., & Gowland, R. (2021). Desperately seeking stress: A pilot study of cortisol in archaeological tooth structures. American journal of physical anthropology, 174(3), 532-541. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24157

Objectives: Cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone produced through activation of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. It is known as the “stress hormone” for its primary role in the body's stress response and has been the focus of much modern clin... Read More about Desperately seeking stress: A pilot study of cortisol in archaeological tooth structures.

Knock-knees: Identifying genu valgum and understanding its relationship to vitamin D deficiency in 18th to 19th century northern England (2020)
Journal Article
Tschinkel, K., & Gowland, R. (2020). Knock-knees: Identifying genu valgum and understanding its relationship to vitamin D deficiency in 18th to 19th century northern England. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 30(6), 891-902. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2919

Genu valgum is a condition in which a person's knees angle inwards and touch one another creating a ‘knock‐kneed’ appearance during life and potentially causing pain and walking difficulties. The most common cause of genu valgum is medial torsion of... Read More about Knock-knees: Identifying genu valgum and understanding its relationship to vitamin D deficiency in 18th to 19th century northern England.

Theoretical approaches to bioarchaeology: The view from across the pond (2020)
Book Chapter
Gowland, R., & Kacki, S. (2020). Theoretical approaches to bioarchaeology: The view from across the pond. In C. M. Cheverko, J. R. Prince-Buitenhuys, & M. Hubbe (Eds.), Theoretical Approaches in Bioarchaeology. Taylor and Francis

This chapter explores the development and integration of social theory in bioarchaeology from the perspective of the UK and France, and in relation to North America. It examines the constraining influence of traditional academic structures, which hav... Read More about Theoretical approaches to bioarchaeology: The view from across the pond.

Hidden dangers? Investigating the impact of volcanic eruptions and skeletal fluorosis in medieval Iceland (2020)
Journal Article
Walser, J. W., Gowland, R. L., Desnica, N., & Kristjánsdóttir, S. (2020). Hidden dangers? Investigating the impact of volcanic eruptions and skeletal fluorosis in medieval Iceland. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 12(3), Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01026-0

Volcanic emissions are known to be a serious source of pollution to humans and animals. This study aimed to examine the possible health burden of fluoride (F) exposure from volcanic eruptions in the past. Osteological analyses were performed on 186 s... Read More about Hidden dangers? Investigating the impact of volcanic eruptions and skeletal fluorosis in medieval Iceland.