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4656 results in Archaeological Theory and Methods

Page 35 of 233

  • 8 - Infectious Diseases

  • from Part II - Pathology
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 147-187

  • Summary

    The main part of this chapter is given over to a consideration of the four major bacterial diseases of bone: osteomyelitis, tuberculosis, syphilis and leprosy. A brief account is also given of some viral and parasitic diseases

  • 14 - Dental Disease

  • from Part II - Pathology
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 310-322

  • Summary

    Caries, ante-mortem tooth loss, dental calculus and periapical lesions form the bulk of this chapter. There are also short accounts of dental anomalies and dental tumours.

  • 10 - Trauma

  • from Part II - Pathology
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 208-234

  • Summary

    Fractures and dislocations form the bulk of this chapter, which also includes sections on accidental and intentional wounding, legalised trauma, amputation and the autopsy.

  • 6 - Joint Diseases 2

  • from Part II - Pathology
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 96-124

  • Summary

    This chapter describes the so-called erosive arthropathies and gives accounts of the main types likely to be encountered in the skeleton.

  • 4 - Diagnosis

  • from Part I - Introduction and Concepts
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 60-70

  • Summary

    The art of diagnosis is considered in this chapter in both its historical and modern contexts. It is suggested that palaeopathologists should use operational definitions to make diagnoses in human remains.

  • 12 - Disorders of Growth and Development

  • from Part II - Pathology
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 262-291

  • Summary

    Normal and abnormal growth is the subject matter of this chapter, which deals with dwarfism, gigantism, disorders of skull growth and various conditions in which a part of the whole of a limb may not develop.

  • 3 - Health and Disease

  • from Part I - Introduction and Concepts
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 47-59

  • Summary

    Several of the theories of health and disease are critically considered. It is suggested that health is a subjective value-laden phenomenon, whereas disease is objective and value-free.

  • 2 - Basic Assumptions

  • from Part I - Introduction and Concepts
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 23-46

  • Summary

    The basic concepts of palaeopathology are discussed, including the stability of the reaction of the skeleton to pathological insults and the expression of disease.

  • 13 - Special Pathology

  • from Part II - Pathology
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 292-309

  • Summary

    This chapter includes sections on neuropathology, soft-tissue lesions and heterotopic ossification. It also gives a short account of the anaemias

  • 11 - Neoplastic Diseases

  • from Part II - Pathology
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 235-261

  • Summary

    Here reference is made to benign and malignant primary tumours of bone and to the more important secondary malignant tumours that form the bulk of those seen in the skeleton.

  • 15 - Analysis

  • from Part III - Analysis
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 325-344

  • Summary

    The principal ways in which the frequency of disease can be calculated are given here, with emphasis on those appropriate for use in palaeoepidemiology. Ways of ensuring comparability between studies of disease frequency in archaeological assemblages are also considered.

  • 7 - Spinal Pathology

  • from Part II - Pathology
  • Tony Waldron, University College London
  • Book:
    Palaeopathology
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 125-146

  • Summary

    The more common forms of spinal disease are brought together in this chapter, including diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, kyphosis and scoliosis.

Vikings
  • Saebjorg Walaker Nordeide, Kevin J. Edwards
  • Published by:
    Amsterdam University Press
    Published online:
    20 November 2020
    Print publication:
    30 June 2019
  • The prevailing image of a Viking is frequently that of a fierce male, associated with military expansion and a distinctive material culture, and the Vikings have maintained a resonance in the popular imagination to the present day. This book presents a fresh overview of the Vikings from both conceptual and material perspectives. In an engaging survey, Sæbjørg Walaker Nordeide and Kevin J. Edwards analyse Viking religion, economic life, and material culture in and beyond the Scandic homelands.

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