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Neurotoxins during the Renaissance. Bioarcheology of Ferrante II of Aragon (1469–1496) and Isabella of Aragon (1470–1524)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We show that statistical modeling of analytical results is useful in providing insights into metabolism and disease in bioarcheology. Our results also imply that during the Renaissance in Europe widespread pollution of the biosphere with heavy metals such as mercury and lead affected the Italian nobility at that time. The activity of biologic clocks which control metabolism and autonomic nervous system (ANS) function can be gleaned from the analysis of hair. This provides a means of assessing the health of individuals who lived some six centuries before the present and allows the reconstruction of disease from archived tissues such as hair.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Archeology
Ecology
Neurotoxins
Modeling
The Renaissance
Heavy metals
Environmental pollution
hair
Neurotoxins, hair, biologic rhythms, Mercury, Lead, Renaissance
Mercury
Ancient history
Biology
Tipping points
03 medical and health sciences
Renaissance
030104 developmental biology
Nobility
Hair hydrogen isotopes
Lead
Autonomic nervous system
biologic rhythms
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2b4a5b2e647326ae307802022f4bedaf