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De bortglömda människorna - En studie av patologier i obrända människoskelett från Skånes bronsålder

Tornberg, Anna LU (2010) ARKK01 20101
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Abstract
The task of this essay is to study paleopathology in unburned bones from the Bronze Age of Scania, Sweden. Questions about the meaning of age, sex and health is raised, due to this task. Further, this study also aims to construct a catalog over the material. The study is based upon 5771 bone fragments and 789 teeth from 18 different archaeological sites. All the material is situated in Lunds Universitets Historiska Museum, Lund and Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm. Several different pathologies were diagnosed in the skeletal remains, such as trauma, osteoarthritis, malnutrition and dental diseases. A much too large quantity of the material was not suited for sex estimations, wherefore the results of the study of sex differences between... (More)
The task of this essay is to study paleopathology in unburned bones from the Bronze Age of Scania, Sweden. Questions about the meaning of age, sex and health is raised, due to this task. Further, this study also aims to construct a catalog over the material. The study is based upon 5771 bone fragments and 789 teeth from 18 different archaeological sites. All the material is situated in Lunds Universitets Historiska Museum, Lund and Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm. Several different pathologies were diagnosed in the skeletal remains, such as trauma, osteoarthritis, malnutrition and dental diseases. A much too large quantity of the material was not suited for sex estimations, wherefore the results of the study of sex differences between pathologies could only be considered tentative. The meaning of age was mostly seen in cases of vertebral osteoarthritis and dental caries. (Less)
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author
Tornberg, Anna LU
supervisor
organization
course
ARKK01 20101
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
paleopatologi, bronsålder, historisk osteologi, Skåne
language
Swedish
id
1609664
date added to LUP
2010-08-19 14:25:08
date last changed
2010-08-19 14:25:08
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  abstract     = {{The task of this essay is to study paleopathology in unburned bones from the Bronze Age of Scania, Sweden. Questions about the meaning of age, sex and health is raised, due to this task. Further, this study also aims to construct a catalog over the material. The study is based upon 5771 bone fragments and 789 teeth from 18 different archaeological sites. All the material is situated in Lunds Universitets Historiska Museum, Lund and Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm. Several different pathologies were diagnosed in the skeletal remains, such as trauma, osteoarthritis, malnutrition and dental diseases. A much too large quantity of the material was not suited for sex estimations, wherefore the results of the study of sex differences between pathologies could only be considered tentative. The meaning of age was mostly seen in cases of vertebral osteoarthritis and dental caries.}},
  author       = {{Tornberg, Anna}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{De bortglömda människorna - En studie av patologier i obrända människoskelett från Skånes bronsålder}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}