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“Ante o cruzeiro jaz o mestre”: resultados preliminares da escavação do panteão...

A conquista cristã medieval do território hoje português não foi possível sem o contributo das Ordens Militares.A Ordem de Santiago, instalada em Alcácer do Sal, contribuiu para estabilizar a fronteira sul com os muçul-manos. A escavação da Capela do Tesouro do Santuário do Senhor dos Mártires (Séc. XIII-XVI) revelou umcontexto funerário selecionado. Apresentam-se as considerações preliminares sobre essa interv...

More than they could chew: activity‐induced dental modifications in a portugues...

Non-masticatory dental lesions (e.g., notching, interproximal grooving, polished surfaces, lingual tilting, and dental trauma) may help evaluate the impact that dietary, individual, or social-cultural habits had on ancient populations. Thus, this study aims to describe and discuss possible causes for dental wear and trauma recorded in 1206 commingled teeth recovered from a medieval-modern ossuary in Miranda do ...

Mycobacterium leprae diversity and population dynamics in medieval Europe from ...

Background: Hansen’s disease (leprosy), widespread in medieval Europe, is today mainly prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions with around 200,000 new cases reported annually. Despite its long history and appearance in historical records, its origins and past dissemination patterns are still widely unknown. Applying ancient DNA approaches to its major causative agent, Mycobacterium leprae, can significant...

Mycobacterium leprae diversity and population dynamics in medieval Europe from ...

Background: Hansen’s disease (leprosy), widespread in medieval Europe, is today mainly prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions with around 200,000 new cases reported annually. Despite its long history and appearance in historical records, its origins and past dissemination patterns are still widely unknown. Applying ancient DNA approaches to its major causative agent, Mycobacterium leprae, can significant...

How zoo-housed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) target gestural communication with...

Gestural communication among nonhuman primates evolved as a response to their complex social environment. In this scope, males and females, adults and nonadults employ different gestures, probably due to their distinct social roles. In this study, a within and between age group analysis of the gestures produced in different contexts was carried out. For this purpose, a community of 16 captive chimpanzees (Pan t...

Enamel hypoplasia in African enslaved individuals from Valle da Gafaria, Lagos,...

Dental enamel hypoplasia, a defect of enamel formation, has been widely used for the investigation of growth disruptions in past populations, as it provides a permanent record of disturbances occurring during an individual's development. With the aim of recording changes in health status during development of the African enslaved individuals recovered from Valle da Gafaria, Lagos, Portugal (15th–17th centuries)...

Variação anatómica: análise de caracteres nãométricos do esqueleto pós-craniano...

Em 2009, foram descobertos, em Lagos (Portugal), os esqueletos de 158 indivíduos inumados numa lixeira dos séculos XV–XVII. As condições de descarte dos indivíduos, o seu perfil biológico, as modificações intencionais dos seus dentes e o contexto histórico de Lagos suportam a hipótese de se ter tratado de escravos africanos. No presente estudo, pretendeuse avaliar a frequência de caracteres nãométricos nos esqu...

Association of 5-HTTLPR genotypes with antisocial behavior in response to child...

Ovarian teratoma: A case from 15th–18th century Lisbon, Portugal

This paper discusses the differential diagnosis of an unusual calcified mass found in the pelvic cavity of 45+-year-old female excavated from 15th-18th century Lisbon (Portugal). The mass is relatively large, irregularly shaped, and exhibits a concave base with malformed teeth embedded within its inner surface. Considering its macroscopic and radiological characteristics, several conditions were considered in t...

Osteological analysis of a skeleton with intentional dental modifications, exhu...

This paper presents the osteological analysis of a young adult exhumed from the cemetery associated to Igreja do Carmo, Lisbon, Portugal, during the second archaeological intervention in 2010/2011. Although the cemetery had been used between the beginning of the 15th century and 1755 A.D., the archaeological context of the burial allows us to gauge its dating between the 17th and the 18th centuries. The skeleto...