Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma
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Đurić, MarijaJanović, Aleksa
Milovanović, Petar
Đukić, Ksenija
Milenković, Petar
Drašković, Marko
Roksandić, Mirjana
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Although pattern of health in adults has been frequently assessed in past human populations, health status of adolescents as a distinct life stage has usually been overlooked. Inconsistency in number and meaning of recognised age categories in anthropological literature, as well as chronological age ranges used to define them, further complicate the interpretation of adolescent health. In this study, we analysed signs of pathological conditions on skeletal remains of 81 adolescents from a medieval site of Stara Torina (northern Serbia). Diagnostic palaeopathological procedures comprised gross examination, digital radiography, and histological analysis.
Skeletal signs of anaemia such as cribra orbitalia and other porotic phenomena as well as signs of non-specific bone infection were observed frequently, while evidence of bone trauma was recorded in a very low percentage of individuals. In addition, we recorded two conditions relatively rarely observed in palaeopathological contexts: ...a case of skull and vertebral asymmetry indicative of congenital muscular torticollis, and a case of a fibrous cortical defect on distal femur. Comparison with available information from other medieval adolescent samples from Serbia demonstrated that while mortality was relatively constant throughout the sample, Stara Torina showed a much higher occurrence of bone disease. Characteristics of observed skeletal conditions, supported by available historical reports, suggest that the health of medieval adolescents in the examined population was most significantly affected by infectious processes.
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HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 2010, 61, 2, 130-149Издавач:
- Elsevier
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Ministry of Science of The Republic of Serbia, grant number: 145012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003
ISSN: 0018-442X
PubMed: 20189564
WoS: 000277032300004
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Stomatološki fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Đurić, Marija AU - Janović, Aleksa AU - Milovanović, Petar AU - Đukić, Ksenija AU - Milenković, Petar AU - Drašković, Marko AU - Roksandić, Mirjana PY - 2010 UR - https://smile.stomf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3303 AB - Although pattern of health in adults has been frequently assessed in past human populations, health status of adolescents as a distinct life stage has usually been overlooked. Inconsistency in number and meaning of recognised age categories in anthropological literature, as well as chronological age ranges used to define them, further complicate the interpretation of adolescent health. In this study, we analysed signs of pathological conditions on skeletal remains of 81 adolescents from a medieval site of Stara Torina (northern Serbia). Diagnostic palaeopathological procedures comprised gross examination, digital radiography, and histological analysis. Skeletal signs of anaemia such as cribra orbitalia and other porotic phenomena as well as signs of non-specific bone infection were observed frequently, while evidence of bone trauma was recorded in a very low percentage of individuals. In addition, we recorded two conditions relatively rarely observed in palaeopathological contexts: a case of skull and vertebral asymmetry indicative of congenital muscular torticollis, and a case of a fibrous cortical defect on distal femur. Comparison with available information from other medieval adolescent samples from Serbia demonstrated that while mortality was relatively constant throughout the sample, Stara Torina showed a much higher occurrence of bone disease. Characteristics of observed skeletal conditions, supported by available historical reports, suggest that the health of medieval adolescents in the examined population was most significantly affected by infectious processes. PB - Elsevier T2 - HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology T1 - Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma VL - 61 IS - 2 SP - 130 EP - 149 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003 ER -
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Đurić, M., Janović, A., Milovanović, P., Đukić, K., Milenković, P., Drašković, M.,& Roksandić, M.. (2010). Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma. in HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology Elsevier., 61(2), 130-149. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003
Đurić M, Janović A, Milovanović P, Đukić K, Milenković P, Drašković M, Roksandić M. Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma. in HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology. 2010;61(2):130-149. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003 .
Đurić, Marija, Janović, Aleksa, Milovanović, Petar, Đukić, Ksenija, Milenković, Petar, Drašković, Marko, Roksandić, Mirjana, "Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma" in HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 61, no. 2 (2010):130-149, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003 . .