Outputs (3)

Morphological Characteristics of Healthy and Osteoarthritic Joint Surfaces in Archaeological Skeletons (2013)
Journal Article
Plomp, K., Roberts, C., & Strand Viðarsdόttir, U. (2015). Morphological Characteristics of Healthy and Osteoarthritic Joint Surfaces in Archaeological Skeletons. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 25(4), 515-527. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2319

Osteoarthritis is a major health concern in living populations, as well as being one of the most common pathological lesions identified in the archaeological record. The aetiology of the disease remains unclear, with a multi-factorial influence of ph... Read More about Morphological Characteristics of Healthy and Osteoarthritic Joint Surfaces in Archaeological Skeletons.

Moving peoples, changing diets: Isotopic differences highlight migration and subsistence changes in the Upper Mun River Valley, Thailand (2013)
Journal Article
King, C., Bentley, R., Tayles, N., Strand Vidarsdottir, U., Nowell, G., & Macpherson, C. (2013). Moving peoples, changing diets: Isotopic differences highlight migration and subsistence changes in the Upper Mun River Valley, Thailand. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(4), 1681-1688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.013

The dramatic growth of dietary isotope studies in archaeological literature attests to the significant potential this technique has for shedding light on past societies. Human diet reflects complex, inter-linked factors such as status, cultural prefe... Read More about Moving peoples, changing diets: Isotopic differences highlight migration and subsistence changes in the Upper Mun River Valley, Thailand.

Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics (2013)
Journal Article
Ottoni, C., Girdland Flink, L., Evin, A., Geörgi, C., De Cupere, E., Van Neer, W., …Larson, G. (2013). Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 30(4), 824-832. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss261

Zooarcheological evidence suggests that pigs were domesticated in Southwest Asia ∼8,500 BC. They then spread across the Middle and Near East and westward into Europe alongside early agriculturalists. European pigs were either domesticated independent... Read More about Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics.