Essays about: "Human Osteology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Human Osteology.

  1. 1. The Bioarchaeology of Impairment and Disability in Medieval Helsingborg - A Population Analysis of the Skeletal Material from the Convent of S:t Nicolai

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

    Author : Henrik Wendt; [2023]
    Keywords : Bioarchaeology of Disability; Disability Studies; Osteology; Bioarchaeology; Trauma; Medieval Helsingborg; S:t Nicolai; Middle Ages; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Disability is an aspect that forms a significant part of the human condition. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimated 1 billion people worldwide live with a disability. That accounts for roughly 15 % of the entire human population, and therefore it has been sometimes referred to as the world's largest minority. READ MORE

  3. 2. Investigating health in medieval Uppsala : An osteological analysis of skulls from the anatomical collection of Museum Gustavianum

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Varvara Papamargariti; [2019]
    Keywords : human osteology; health; cranial pathologies; dental disease; Middle Ages; medieval; Uppsala;

    Abstract : Denna studie behandlar hälsan i det medeltida Uppsala genom osteologiska analyser på 32 skallar från Gustavianums anatomiska samling. Skallarna i fråga är del av en större grupp med mänskliga benrester som hittades vid Östra Ågatan år 1909. READ MORE

  4. 3. Does Size Matter? An osteological analysis of the relation between tooth size and dental caries from S:t Clemens cemetery in Lund.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

    Author : Felicia Törnberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Human osteology; Dental Caries; Tooth Size; Focal Infection Theory; Evolutionary Theory; S:t Clemens; Medieval Lund. ; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to investigate the relation between tooth size and dental caries in a medieval material from S:t Clemens cemetery in Lund. Dental caries is one of the most common infectious disease in humankind, both in prehistoric and modern populations. Evidence of caries gives the opportunity to study health and diet in populations. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hounds of Hel: an osteological investigation of dog skeletons in Vendel Period–Viking Age inhumations at Valsgärde cemetery, Sweden.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Christopher Nichols; [2018]
    Keywords : dog; zooarchaeology; osteology; funerary archaeology; boat burial; Scandinavia; Vendel Period; Viking Age;

    Abstract : The cemetery of Valsgärde, Sweden contains 92 human graves dating from the 3rdc. BCE to the 11thc. CE, the majority and most elaborate of which date to the Vendel and Viking Ages (approximately 500-1100 CE). This total consists of 15 unburnt boat graves, 15 inhumation and chamber graves, and 62 cremations. READ MORE

  6. 5. Leprosy in Medieval Helsingborg: An Osteological Analysis of the St Clement Cemetery

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

    Author : Maria Petersen; [2018]
    Keywords : Osteology; Human Osteology; St Clement; Helsingborg; Medieval; Leprosy; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of leprosy at the medieval cemetery if the St Clement church in Helsingborg. The material was excavated during 1958-1962 by Margareta Weidhagen-Hallerdt, however the results from the excavation was not published until 2010. READ MORE