Frequency of cribra orbitalia in the subadult medieval population from Gruczno, Poland

Piontek, Janusz; Kozłowski, Tomasz

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“…There was a similar fi nding by Beňuš et al (2010) on several Slavic samples, where there was an increase in cribra orbitalia among the 1-4 years age group and 5-9 years. In further studies from medieval Poland, high levels of cribra orbitalia was observed in those aged 0-7 (47%) and 7-15 years (50%) (Piontek and Kozlowski, 2002). The same happened in studies from Roman Italy (Facchini et al, 2004).…”

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A study of nonspecific skeletal health indicators in two nonadult populations from western Britain

Bernie

2016

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A navegação consulta e descarregamento dos títulos inseridos nas Bibliotecas Digitais UC Digitalis, UC Pombalina e UC Impactum, pressupõem a aceitação plena e sem reservas dos Termos e Condições de Uso destas Bibliotecas Digitais, disponíveis em https://digitalis.uc.pt/pt-pt/termos.Conforme exposto nos referidos Termos e Condições de Uso, o descarregamento de títulos de acesso restrito requer uma licença válida de autorização devendo o utilizador aceder ao(s) documento(s) a partir de um endereço de IP da instituição detentora da supramencionada licença.Ao utilizador é apenas permitido o descarregamento para uso pessoal, pelo que o emprego do(s) título(s) descarregado(s) para outro fim, designadamente comercial, carece de autorização do respetivo autor ou editor da obra.Na medida em que todas as obras da UC Digitalis se encontram protegidas pelo Código do Direito de Autor e Direitos Conexos e demais legislação aplicável, toda a cópia, parcial ou total, deste documento, nos casos em que é legalmente admitida, deverá conter ou fazer-se acompanhar por este aviso. A study of nonspecific skeletal health indicators in two nonadult populations from western Britain Autor(es):Manifold, Bernadette M. Abstract Skeletal health indicators are often employed to measure how past populations adapted to their physical environment. The skeletons of children provide a measure of population fitness, as the ability of a community to keep their younger inhabitants alive and in general good health attest their ability to adapt to their environment. In this study, skeletal remains of non-adults from foetal to 17 years of age (n=300) from two cemetery populations in western Britain, namely the early medieval site of Llandough in south Wales (n=204) and the multi-period site of St Oswald's Priory in Gloucester (n=96), were assessed. Non-specific indicators of physiological stress (cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperosResumen Indicadores de la salud del esqueleto se emplean a menudo para medir las poblaciones del pasado adaptadas a su entorno físico. Los esqueletos de los niños proporcionan una medida de la aptitud de la población, ya que la capacidad de una comunidad para mantener con vida a sus habitantes más jóvenes y en buen estado de salud general atestigua su capacidad para adaptarse a su entorno. En este estudio, se evaluaron los restos óseos de no adultos, de fetos a 17 años de edad (n = 300), de dos poblaciones de cementerios en el oeste de Gran Bretaña, a saber, el sitio de la época medieval temprana de Llandough en el sur de Gales (n = 204) y el sitio multiepoca de St Oswald's Priory en GloucesBernadette M. Manifold 54

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A study of nonspecific skeletal health indicators in two nonadult populations from western Britain

Bernie

2016

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“…What emerges most poignantly from this analysis, and others like it, is that any nuanced etiological understanding of anemia, past or present, must pay close attention to the physiological, environmental, social, cultural, political, and economic conditions in which people live their lives (Fairgrieve and Molto, 2000;Gleń -Haduch et al, 1997;Keenleyside, 1998;Keita and Boyce, 2001;Lovell, 1997;Papathanasiou et al, 2000;Pechenkina et al, 2002;Pietrusewsky et al, 1997;Piontek and Kozlowski, 2002;Salvadei et al, 2001;Š laus, 2000;Stodder, 1997;Walker, 1986). Since individual and collective experiences of health and disease vary along all of these axes, it is perhaps not surprising that the important biocultural axes of age, sex, and status explored here show complex relationships to the presence and etiology of anemia as measured by cribra orbitalia.…”

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Prevalence and etiology of acquired anemia in Medieval York, England

Sullivan

2005

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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This paper presents three distinct models for the development of acquired anemia: iron-deficiency anemia produced by the inadequate intake and/or absorption of iron, the anemia of chronic disease (ACD) caused by the body's natural iron-withholding defense against microbial invaders, and megaloblastic anemia caused by insufficient intake and/or absorption of vitamin B(12) or folic acid. These etiological models are used to interpret the distribution and etiology of anemia among adult individuals interred at the Medieval Gilbertine Priory of St. Andrew, Fishergate, York (n = 147). This bioarchaeological analysis uncovered not only a strong relationship between decreasing status and increasing prevalence of anemia for both men and women, but also identified clear sex-based differences at this site. Within the high-status group, blood and iron loss as a result of rampant parasitism likely produced an environment ripe for the development of iron-deficiency anemia, while the parasitic consumption of vitamin B(12) may have caused occasional cases of megaloblastic anemia. As status decreases, the interpretation of anemia becomes more complex, with megaloblastic anemia and ACD emerging as viable, potentially heavy contributors to the anemia experiences of low-status people at St. Andrew's. Apart from status effects, women (especially young women) are disproportionately affected by anemia when compared to men within their own status group and, on average, are also more likely to have experienced anemia than their male peers from other status groups. This suggests that high iron-demand reproductive functions helped to make iron-deficiency anemia a chronic condition in many women's lives irrespective of their status affiliation.

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“…Harris lines tend to occur in great numbers in medieval subadults, commonly exceeding 80% (Gronkiewicz et al 2001;Łubocka 2003;Havelková et al 2008;Piontek 2014), which was also true for our samples, in contrast to lower rates found in some other European studies (Lewis 2002). Cribra orbitalia in child remains commonly ranges from 40% to 60% (Šlaus 2000;Piontek and Kozłowski 2002;Bennike et al 2005;Kwiatkowska 2005;Djuric et al 2008;Velemínský et al 2009;Kozłowski 2012;Novak et al 2012;Piontek 2014), although the subadults from Cedynia showed an elevated rate of this condition, similar to a sample from Slovakia (Obertová and Thurzo 2004). The high cribra orbitalia frequencies in children are not surprising.…”

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Growth and health status of children and adolescents in medieval Central Europe

Krenz‐Niedbała

2017

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Subadult growth and health have been analyzed in three cemetery samples from medieval Poland, including two early-urban sites: Cedynia dated to the 10th-14th centuries AD, and Ostrów Lednicki dated to the 13th-15th centuries AD, and a rural site Słaboszewo dated to the 14th-17th centuries AD. The nutritional status was not expected to have substantially differed among the settlements, due to the culturally induced undiversified diet of children, and predominant share of medium-to-low status individuals. However, city life and village life were supposed to differ in factors correlated with the spread of infections, and as such it was expected to find significant differences in respiratory health among early-urban and rural dwellers.The prevalences of diet-dependent diseases, scurvy and rickets, were found to be statistically indistinguishable among the three studied populations, while higher frequency of skeletal signs of poor respiratory health was observed in early-urban Cedynia than rural Słaboszewo. Slightly lower prevalences of skeletal stress indicators were found for the rural than the early-urban site. Skeletal growth profiles and the dynamics of long bone growth were found to be remarkably similar for the early-urban samples (Cedynia and Ostrów Lednicki), with the rural subadults having the shortest diaphyseal lengths, and lower growth dynamics.It can be concluded that adverse factors associated with the urban settlement were more detrimental to respiratory health than those in the village. A variety of factors are potentially responsible for this pattern, including population density, building structure, quality of air and water, sanitation, and occupation. Perhaps, the key factor in response to environmental and socio-cultural constraints was the stability of living conditions in the village, which allowed the inhabitants to develop sufficient adaptive mechanisms. In contrast, the history of strongholds such as Cedynia was changeable due to political situation, military threats and migrations of people.

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Frequency of cribra orbitalia in the subadult medieval population from Gruczno, Poland

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A study of nonspecific skeletal health indicators in two nonadult populations from western Britain

A study of nonspecific skeletal health indicators in two nonadult populations from western Britain

Prevalence and etiology of acquired anemia in Medieval York, England

Growth and health status of children and adolescents in medieval Central Europe

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