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A Longobard osteobiography. A multi-proxy life history of an elderly woman from Castel Trosino (Italy)
- Source :
- Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, 2023, 35
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2023.
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Abstract
- The Longobard cemetery of Castel Trosino (Central Italy, c. 6th-8th CE) was excavated at the end of the 19th century, with more than two hundred burials recovered. Currently only 19 crania and a few mandibles are preserved. Among these crania, a case of trepanation is documented on an elderly woman (c. 50 y.o.): the medical treatment, or the condition that led to it, likely influenced her life history. A multidisciplinary investigation of the only available skeletal remains (cranial and denta...
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
Archeology
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory
Anthropology
[SDV.BBM.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry [q-bio.BM]
[SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00378984 and 17775469
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, 2023, 35
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....26845e0b9cf02fd5a0575561bd8bbe2e