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Flinders University
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Publisher: Wiley
Date: 24-02-2015
DOI: 10.1002/AJPA.22718
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-09-2014
DOI: 10.1002/ARCO.5019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2003
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2003
Publisher: Zenodo
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.35526
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-2009
DOI: 10.1007/BF03376761
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 06-04-2022
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0265878
Abstract: The British colony of South Australia, established in 1836, offered a fresh start to migrants hoping for a better life. A cohort of settlers buried in a section of St Mary’s Anglican Church Cemetery (1847–1927) allocated for government funded burials was investigated to determine their health, with a focus on skeletal manifestations associated with metabolic deficiencies. Findings of St Mary’s s le were compared with those published for contemporary skeletal s les from two British cemeteries, St Martin’s, Birmingham, and St Peter’s, Wolverh ton, to explore similarities and differences. To investigate the changing economic background of the St Mary’s cohort, which may have influenced the location of their burial within the cemetery, the number and demographic profile of government funded burials and those in privately funded leased plots were compared. The study s le consisted of the skeletal remains of 65 in iduals (20 adults, 45 subadults) from St Mary’s Cemetery ‘free ground’ section. The bones and teeth of in iduals in this cohort showed evidence of pathological manifestations, including areas of abnormal porosity in bone cortices in 9 adults and 12 subadults and flaring of metaphyses (one subadult) and costochondral junctions of the ribs (one subadult). Porous lesions of orbital roof bones (Types 3 to 4) were seen on three subadults. Macroscopic examination of teeth identified enamel hypoplastic defects and micro-CT scans showed areas of interglobular dentine. Comparison of St Mary’s findings with the British s les revealed that prevalences of manifestations associated with vitamin C deficiency were higher at St Mary’s and manifestations associated with vitamin D deficiency were lower respectively. The location of burial pattern at St Mary’s Cemetery, from the mid-1840s to1860s, showed differences in the economic status of migrants. This pattern changed from the 1870s, which reflected improvements in the local economy and the economic recovery of the colony.
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2000
DOI: 10.1071/BT98024
Abstract: Cortical bone s les were collected from marsupial and eutherian herbivores at five field sites along a 1275-km south–north transect from temperate coastal to arid interior South Australia in order to address variability in stable carbon isotope composition. Collection sites were located along the eastern border of the state. Mean annual rainfall along the transect ranges from 700–800 mm at coastal Mount Gambier to 150–175 mm at Cordillo Downs in the north-east corner of the state. Bone collagen carbon isotope values become more positive towards the arid north in relation to increasing quantities of C4 grasses. Thus, stable carbon isotope analysis of bone specimens provides a method to address dietary selection and dietary variability in Australian herbivores. In addition, isotopic analyses of archaeological and palaeontological bones and teeth can be used to address changes in Quaternary climate and vegetation distributions in Australia.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-08-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2006
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-05-2020
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-1991
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.PUHE.2022.08.016
Abstract: This article examines the politico-scientific mechanism, which leads nations to declare an epidemic or a pandemic finished, irrespective of the actual epidemiological situation at a given time. A historical comparison is made with the famous behavior of Emperor Justinian I (482-565 CE) during the plague pandemic named after him (part of the first plague pandemic). Finally, a reference to the importance of the multidisciplinary study of the history of medicine and the intersection between pandemics and wars is made.
Publisher: Moravske Zemsk Muzeum (Monrovian Museum)
Date: 2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-1994
DOI: 10.1007/BF02231415
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-08-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2000
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 1995
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2021
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-02-2017
DOI: 10.1002/ARCO.5126
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2003
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-05-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-1997
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 20-04-2021
DOI: 10.1101/2021.04.18.21255521
Abstract: Nineteenth century medical understanding of human metabolism was limited, therefore, the incidence of metabolic deficiencies was not fully recorded. In addition, the transition from agricultural based mode of life to the industrial one significantly changed the pattern of these metabolic deficiencies. They were further altered by colonisation of distant continents. Palaeopathological study of skeletal remains from the early industrialised colonial era allowed light to be shed on the metabolic stresses produced by this new mode of life. Aims of this study were to investigate manifestations of disease in skeletal remains from 65 (20 adults, 45 sub-adults) migrant settlers buried in the “free ground” of St Mary’s Anglican Church Cemetery (1847 to 1927). An area allocated for burials paid for by the South Australian Government. Skeletal manifestations were determined and interpreted in terms of their multiple aetiologies. Findings were compared with those published for two 19 th century British s les. Skeletal manifestations, commonly related to metabolic deficiencies, were observed. Areas of abnormal porosity of bone cortices were seen in 9 adults and 12 sub-adults, flaring of metaphyses was seen in one sub-adult, flaring of costochondral junctions of the ribs was seen in one sub-adult. Porous lesions of orbital roof bones (Types 3 to 5) were seen on three sub-adults. Micro-CT scans of tooth s les located interglobular dentine in three in iduals. Comparison of St Mary’s findings with St Martins, Birmingham, and St Peter’s, Wolverh ton, UK, showed more in iduals from St Mary’s had areas of abnormal porosity of bone cortices possibly related to vitamin C deficiency. However, St Mary’s s le displayed fewer changes attributable to vitamin D deficiency as expected in a country with greater UV irradiation. This indicates that, although the early industrialisation produced metabolic stresses, change of the environment through colonisation of new continents altered the distribution of metabolic deficiencies.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2017
DOI: 10.1016/J.FORSCIINT.2017.08.018
Abstract: Archival research into episodes of frontier violence in the Kimberley region of Western Australia indicate that the bodies of Aboriginal victims of massacres were frequently incinerated following the event. This paper presents the results of a scientific investigation of a reported massacre at Sturt Creek where burnt bone fragments were identified in two adjacent sites and documents the archaeological signatures associated with the sites. The methodology used to undertake the project brought together three systems of knowledge: the oral testimonies of the descent group originating from a sole adult survivor of the massacre archival, historical and scientific research. An archaeological survey defined the two distinct sites containing hundreds of fragile bone fragments a third site was found to be highly disturbed. Scientific investigations included macroscopic and microscopic examination of selected bone fragments by an anatomical pathologist and a zooarchaeologist and X-ray diffraction analysis of sixteen bone fragments. The anatomical pathologist and zooarchaeologist undertook macroscopic and microscopic examinations of selected bone s les to identify morphological evidence for human origin. It was concluded that three bone fragments examined may have been human, and two of the fragments may have been from the vault of a skull. It was concluded that the likelihood of them being human would be strengthened if it was found that the three s les had been subjected to high temperatures. X-ray diffraction analysis of 16 bone fragments provided this evidence. All fragments showed sharp hydroxylapatite peaks (crystallite sizes 9882nm and 597nm respectively) and all had been subjected to extreme temperatures of either 600°C for more than 80h, 650°C for more than 20h, 700°C for more than 4h or 800°C for more than 1h. XRD analyses were also done on bone s les collected from three cooking hearths at three different archaeological sites. It was found that two of the three s les had been exposed to substantially lower temperatures for a short time period. It was concluded that there was strong pathological and archaeological evidence that the bone fragments were human in origin, but that the evidence was not conclusive. This research also identified archaeological signatures for the identification of massacre sites in similar Australian environments and circumstances.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-1986
DOI: 10.1007/BF00889212
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.1002/OA.938
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2019
DOI: 10.1016/J.JFLM.2019.01.004
Abstract: A deep learning artificial neural network was adapted to the task of sex determination of skeletal remains. The neural network was trained on images of 900 skulls virtually reconstructed from hospital CT scans. When tested on previously unseen images of skulls, the artificial neural network showed 95% accuracy at sex determination. Artificial intelligence methods require no significant expertise to implement once trained, are rapid to use, and have the potential to eliminate human bias from sex estimation of skeletal remains.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-1985
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2006
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-10-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-1988
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 1998
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJPP.2022.04.002
Abstract: To examine pathological evidence present in a s le of 19th -century settlers to South Australia in the context of an early industrial society. Skeletal remains of 20 adults and 45 nonadults from the government funded burial site (free ground) of St Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery, gravestones of privately funded burials and local parish records. Investigation of pathological manifestations of skeletal remains, church records and historic literature. Comparison with similar s les from Britain and from New South Wales. Joint disease seen in 35% of adults. Porosity in bone cortices indicative of vitamin C deficiency seen in 32% of the total s le and porous lesions in the orbit (cribra orbitalia) in 7% of nonadults. Traumatic fractures identified in two adult males. Gastrointestinal conditions were the leading cause of death for nonadults, most adults died of pulmonary conditions. Life expectancy of people buried at the expense of the government was 23.8-42.6 years, those in private burials 57.1 years. Health of migrant settlers from the St Mary's free ground did not differ much from that of a similar population in Britain nor of settlers in New South Wales. Thus, it is characteristic for lower socioeconomic groups in early industrialised societies. St Mary's s le is a rarity due scarcity of similar Australian skeletal s les. Small s le size and lack of similar s les for comparison. Comprehensive investigation of dentitions in St Mary's s le and studies of more skeletal s les of early settlers in other Australian locations.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-1989
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