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Internat J Osteoarchaeol 13 (6)
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Title:
Internat J Osteoarchaeol 13 (6)
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
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13 (6)
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Journal
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Editor:
Simon Hillson
G J R Maat
Shelley Saunders
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Year of Publication:
2003
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/106573062
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Created Date:
04 May 2007
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Abstract
A medieval example of a sagittal cleft or `butterfly' vertebra
T Anderson
352 - 357
A mature adult medieval male with a rare congenital anomaly, a sagittal-cleft or `butterfly' vertebra, is presented. Clinical cases are frequently associated with axial as well as soft-tissue defects. The present case, based only on skeletal evidence, appears to be an isolated finding. The aetiology of the clefting is outlined and palaeopathological evidence for the condition is included.
A high status burial from Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, England: differential diagnosis of a chest deformity
S Groves
Charlotte A Roberts
C Johnstone
Richard A Hall
Keith M Dobney
358 - 368
Excavations beneath the crossing at Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire revealed a burial radiocarbon dated to the late-fifteenth century AD. The burial was that of a young adult female; the location of the grave suggests a person of relatively high status. The very well preserved skeleton revealed abnormal changes to the bones of the thoracic cavity including anterior bowing of the sternum, flattening of the spinous processes of thoracic vertebrae three to nine against the processes below each one, and changes to the ribs that suggested anterior displacement of the rib cage. The skeletal changes are described and differential diagnoses presented. Treatment to an underlying chest deformity, pectus carinatum, is thought to be the underlying cause of the skeletal changes; the study may lend direct insight into the concepts of body image in the medieval period.
The person-years construct: ageing and the prevalence of health related phenom...
B Glencross
L Sawchuk
369 - 374
The authors argue that age has the ability to confound prevalence data, yet the effects of length of exposure and age-structure on such prevalence data are seldom directly measured in osteological studies. The paper describes a simple method that addresses both issues through the use of person-years, and treatment of data in the case of rare events as Poisson counts. The use of person-years is advocated as a denominator when comparing skeletal data that involves the cumulative insults of ageing (e.g. fractures, dental caries, and other chronic diseases such as osteoarthritis).