A Case of Gout from Imperial Rome (1st-2nd Century AD)

Bianchi, Simona Minozzi Federica

doi:10.4172/2155-9627.1000162

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“…The main causes of gout include hereditary or kidney disorders that disrupt uric acid excretion, the consumption of purine-rich foods, obesity, and/or the consumption of alcohol (Tausche et al, 2009). Given its inflammatory nature, gout is often found in association with osteoarthritis (Minozzi et al, 2013;Roddy, Zhang, & Doherty, 2007). The classic manifestation of gout is the destruction of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the first metatarsal.…”

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“Whare ye ennemy used to bury there dead”: A New Englander burial at the 18th century Fortress of Louisbourg in Atlantic Canada

Scott

Morgan

MacInnes

et al. 2018

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Known as one of the largest and most expansive French fortress sites in North America, Louisbourg had a short yet rich history of prosperity, warfare, and abandonment during the 18th century. Throughout its tumultuous 45‐year history, the community at Louisbourg was a mosaic of individuals including civilians, soldiers, fishermen, merchants, and privateers, originating from both North America and Europe. This diverse population no doubt contributed to Louisbourg's large and multifaceted cemetery composition. During recent excavations at Louisbourg's Rochefort Point, variable burial patterns have begun to emerge that contribute to our understanding of who these individuals were and how they fit within this 18th century community. This paper presents a case study analysis of Burial 21/2017, an adult male aged between 27 and 33 years who was buried in a coffin that bore biographical information that is consistent with previously documented English burials. When comparing this unique coffin adornment with temporally similar examples from Britain and other British colonies, it is clear that despite burial on French soil, this individual's identity as a New Englander was maintained through mortuary treatment. Evidence of healed fracture trauma to multiple skeletal elements, infection, and likely gout speaks to their lived experience as a soldier. This case study highlights the significance of burial context when extrapolating elements of identity from skeletal remains and the challenges of bioarchaeological research when working in regions with highly transient and mobile individuals.

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“Whare ye ennemy used to bury there dead”: A New Englander burial at the 18th century Fortress of Louisbourg in Atlantic Canada

Scott

Morgan

MacInnes

et al. 2018

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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“…5), which are typical gout lesions (comp. Roberts and Manchester 1995, Rothschild and Martin 2006, Waldrun 2009, Minozzi et al 2013. There are strong DA on the left foot"s 2 nd , 4 th and 5 th tarso-metatarsal joints and the 1 st distal interphalangeal joint.…”

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Intramural Burials from the Ancient Byzantine Settlement in Khirbet es-Samrā in Jordan

Nabulsi¹,

Schönrock-Nabulsi²,

Humbert³

et al. 2020

Int.J.Mod.Anthrop

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The church burials of Room-94 and Church-79 as well as the Tower 35-Tomb were excavated within the ancient Byzantine settlement in Khirbet es-Samrā, North Jordan. They were initially dated between the 7th and 9th centuries AD. The report provides the results of macroscopic analyses of the obtained human skeletal remains. These include demographic, anthropometric, epigenetic, and pathologic features. The available biological and archaeological evidence tend to suggest that the five adults and child buried in Room-94 tomb were related males, possibly of one local and highly positioned family that was associated with the adjacent Church 95. The six were successively buried in the “private” tomb in Room-94 of Church-95 and not in the “public” cemetery just outside the settlement. The two probable cases of brucellar lesions on the cervical vertebrae of two adults could be indicative of an animal breeding family and that dairy products were part of the local diet. The report also suggests a possible relatedness between Room-94 tomb burials and the 7th century AD senile female burial in Church-79, which was previously assumed to be a male church-functionary burial. Despite being marked by a cross-engraved stone and a probably lethal arrow injury, the available evidence lead to conclude that the male Tower burial, previously identified as of the 9th century AD, was in fact a medieval burial and that it is neither related to the ancient settlement nor to its ancient population. Also presented are some rarely reported biological features, e.g. the “en bloc” manifestation of the transverse foramen division on the cervical vertebrae C5 to C7. Keywords: Jordan - Byzantine Period - Church Burial – Anthropometry - Epigenetics- Paleopathology.

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Development and Validation of MPS-Based System for Human Appearance Prediction in Challenging Forensic Samples

Melchionda

Silvestrini

Robino

et al. 2022

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Forensic DNA phenotyping (FDP) provides the ability to predict the human external traits from unknown sample donors, directly from minute amounts of DNA found at the crime scene. We developed a MPS multiplex assay, with the aim of genotyping all 41 DNA markers included in the HIrisPlex-S system for simultaneous prediction of eye, hair and skin colours. Forensic samples such as blood, skeletal remains, touch DNA, saliva swab, artificially degraded samples together with individuals with known phenotypes and a set of 2800 M control DNA were sequenced on the Ion Torrent platform in order to evaluate the concordance testing results and the forensic suitability of the 41-plex MPS assay. The panel was evaluated by testing a different number of PCR cycles and the volume of reagents for library preparation. The study demonstrated that full and reliable profiles were obtained with 0.1–5 ng, even with high degraded DNA. The increment of the number of PCR cycles results in an improvement of correctly genotyping and phenotyping for samples with low amounts of degraded DNA but higher frequencies of artefacts were found. The high DNA degradation level did not influence the correct genotyping and phenotyping and the critical parameter affecting the result is the quantity of input DNA. Eye and hair colour was predicted in 92.60% of individuals and skin colour in 85.15% of individuals. The results suggest that this MPS assay is robust, highly sensitive and useful for human pigmentation prediction in the forensic genetic field.

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A Case of Gout from Imperial Rome (1st-2nd Century AD)

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“Whare ye ennemy used to bury there dead”: A New Englander burial at the 18th century Fortress of Louisbourg in Atlantic Canada

“Whare ye ennemy used to bury there dead”: A New Englander burial at the 18th century Fortress of Louisbourg in Atlantic Canada

Intramural Burials from the Ancient Byzantine Settlement in Khirbet es-Samrā in Jordan

Development and Validation of MPS-Based System for Human Appearance Prediction in Challenging Forensic Samples

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