Analysis and Interpretation of Trauma in Skeletal Remains

Lovell, Nancy C.; Grauer, Anne L.

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“…Bioarchaeologists, Lovell & Grauer (2019, p. 335), defined it broadly as any “injury to living tissue that is caused by a force or mechanism extrinsic to the body, whether incidental or intentional.” Trauma that leaves skeletal evidence can therefore take a variety of forms, including: fractures and interruptions to bone continuity, dislocations and displacements, subchondral surface defects on joints (e.g., osteochondritis dissecans), and soft tissue injuries, such as those that result in nerve or blood vessel disruption. Some argue that artificially caused abnormal contours of bone (e.g., cranial modification) should also be classified as trauma (Judd & Redfern, 2012; Lovell & Grauer, 2019). Even some surgical or therapeutic interventions, such as trephination, may be classified as trauma because the process of trephining necessarily interrupts bone continuity.…”

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“…The thickness and geometry of each bone type is tailored to resist the strains that it regularly encounters in an individual's typical mechanical environment (Martin et al, 2015; Wescott, 2013). In the event that a bone is not able to prevent failure, it will fracture in specific ways, depending on the mechanism magnitude, and type of force applied (Egol et al, 2010; Galloway et al, 2014; Lovell & Grauer, 2019; McGee et al, 2004; Wescott, 2013).…”

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“…In the event that a bone is not able to prevent failure, it will fracture in specific ways, depending on the mechanism magnitude, and type of force applied (Egol et al, 2010;Galloway et al, 2014;Lovell & Grauer, 2019;McGee et al, 2004;Wescott, 2013).…”

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The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

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2022

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

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Analyses of human skeletal shape and geometry are used to investigate questions related to habitual activities and physical lifeways, as well as biological distance and relatedness. Recently, these methods have been applied to research concerning human evolutionary predisposition for disease, as well as functional experiences of pathological conditions. The use of these methods to address palaeopathological questions are relatively new, but related questions and approaches are gaining momentum. This manuscript provides an in‐depth review of the current state of this palaeopathological research by undertaking a meta‐analysis of anthropological literature. From the results of the meta‐analysis, we observe an increase in the use of quantitative shape analyses in palaeopathology, and identify four key themes in this literature: (1) description and diagnosis, (2) shapes that increase pathological risk, (3) shape change that arises from pathology, and (4) shape used for social insight. As this area of study develops, we recommend adaptations to measurement and data collection; comparative examinations of remains at the individual, population, and species levels; and, when possible, representation of all human variation through the inclusion of pathological individuals in geometric analyses. Palaeopathologists are ideally suited to investigate the relationship between bone shape and health, which may prove essential to the continued understanding of disease in both past and contemporary contexts.

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The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

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“…Arkush and Tung (2013), for example, present an extensive compilation of expected skeletal correlates for certain forms of violent behaviors. Other recent reviews of bone fracture and causation appear in Wedel and Galloway (2014) and Lovell and Grauer (2019). An abundance of bioarchaeological treatments of violence includes Anderson et al (2018), Domett et al (2011), Harrod and Martin (2014), Klaus and Toyne (2016); Knüsel and Smith (2014): Martin and Frayer (1997), Martin and Anderson (2014), Martin et al (2012), Redfern (2016), Redfern and Fibiger (2019) and Walker (2001).…”

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Twenty‐first century bioarchaeology: Taking stock and moving forward

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DeWitte

Baker

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American Journal of Biological Anthropology

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This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled “Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward,” which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6–8, 2020. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (ASU), and the Center for Bioarchaeological Research (CBR, ASU), the Workshop's overall goal was to explore reasons why research proposals submitted by bioarchaeologists, both graduate students and established scholars, fared disproportionately poorly within recent NSF Anthropology Program competitions and to offer advice for increasing success. Therefore, this Workshop comprised 43 international scholars and four advanced graduate students with a history of successful grant acquisition, primarily from the United States. Ultimately, we focused on two related aims: (1) best practices for improving research designs and training and (2) evaluating topics of contemporary significance that reverberate through history and beyond as promising trajectories for bioarchaeological research. Among the former were contextual grounding, research question/hypothesis generation, statistical procedures appropriate for small samples and mixed qualitative/quantitative data, the salience of Bayesian methods, and training program content. Topical foci included ethics, social inequality, identity (including intersectionality), climate change, migration, violence, epidemic disease, adaptability/plasticity, the osteological paradox, and the developmental origins of health and disease. Given the profound changes required globally to address decolonization in the 21st century, this concern also entered many formal and informal discussions.

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Non‐traumatic myositis ossificans circumscripta in the anterior abdominal wall of a seven‐year‐old Ugandan child: A case report

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Sereke

Mboizi

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Myositis ossificans circumscripta (MOC) is a benign and self-limiting heterotopic ossification in the subcutaneous fat, tendons, muscles, and nerves. It is commonly due to trauma and is frequently encountered in the arm, shoulder, thigh, and hand which are prone to trauma. Non-traumatic MOC arising from the abdominal muscles is extremely rare. We report a case of 7-year-old male child with a three-year history of progressive painless abdominal swelling in the left hypochondria region with no history of associated trauma. CT scan of the abdomen showed a well-defined hyperdense mass in the left external oblique muscle. Histological diagnosis confirmed myositis ossificans of the external oblique muscle. The mass was removed surgically with no immediate or late complications. K E Y W O R D Sabdomen, computed tomography scan, myositis ossificans circumscripta How to cite this article: Isse HM, Sereke SG, Vincent M, Zeridah M. Non-traumatic myositis ossificans circumscripta in the anterior abdominal wall of a seven-year-old Ugandan child: A case report.

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Analysis and Interpretation of Trauma in Skeletal Remains

Cited by 15 publications

References 184 publications

The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

Twenty‐first century bioarchaeology: Taking stock and moving forward

Non‐traumatic myositis ossificans circumscripta in the anterior abdominal wall of a seven‐year‐old Ugandan child: A case report

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