Life not death: Epidemiology from skeletons

International Journal of Paleopathology
George R Milner, Jesper L Boldsen

Abstract

Analytically sophisticated paleoepidemiology is a relatively new development in the characterization of past life experiences. It is based on sound paleopathological observations, accurate age-at-death estimates, an explicit engagement with the nature of mortality samples, and analytical procedures that owe much to epidemiology. Of foremost importance is an emphasis on people, not skeletons. Transforming information gleaned from the dead, a biased sample of individuals who were once alive at each age, into a form that is informative about past life experiences has been a major challenge for bioarchaeologists, but recent work shows it can be done. The further development of paleoepidemiology includes essential contributions from paleopathology, archaeology or history (as appropriate), and epidemiology.

Citations

Mar 27, 2018·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·Clark Spencer Larsen
Jan 21, 2020·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·Brenda J BakerStevie Winingear
May 31, 2020·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·Kanya GoddeAmerica Sanchez
Sep 19, 2018·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·Britney KyleStefano Vassallo
Jun 28, 2019·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·George R Milner
Oct 28, 2020·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·Judith BeierKaterina Harvati
Jan 27, 2021·American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council·Gretchen E ZoellerJeremy J Wilson
Jan 22, 2019·International Journal of Paleopathology·Dorthe Dangvard PedersenJesper Lier Boldsen
Aug 22, 2021·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·Nicoletta ZeddaNatascia Rinaldo

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