Human culture, biology, and health were shaped dramatically by the onset of agriculture ∼12,000
y BP This shift is hypothesized to have resulted in increased individual fitness and …

Rickets is caused by vitamin D deficiency as a result of limited exposure to sunlight and
inadequate diet. In the 19 th century, rickets was endemic in most northern European cities. In …

The funerary Bronze Age culture in the Belgian part of the Meuse valley is poorly understood
due to the challenging nature of cremation deposits that dominate the archaeological record…

… Author links open overlay panel Barbara Veselka a , Alie E. van der Merwe b , Menno LP …
D deficiency in rural populations from the Netherlands (Veselka et al., 2015) and research on …

Rationale Strontium isotope analysis can be applied to the calcined human otic capsule in
the petrous part (pars petrosa ossis temporalis; PP) to gain information on childhood mobility …

Objectives This study investigates vitamin D deficiency patterns in individuals from birth to
the beginning of adolescence. Microscopic computed tomography (micro‐CT) evaluation of …

The adoption of a new funerary ritual with all its social and cognitive meanings is of great
importance to understanding social transformations of past societies. The first known …

Objectives This study aims to increase the rate of correctly sexed calcined individuals from
archaeological and forensic contexts. This is achieved by evaluating sexual dimorphism of …

Objective This project aims to provide an objective approach to suggesting cases of
adolescent rickets using the presence of anterior sacral angulation and interglobular dentine. …

Objective : By applying a joint medico-historical and paleopathological perspective, this paper
aims to improve our understanding of factors influencing past vitamin D deficiency in ten …