Contents 



1 Donald J. Ortner and Arthur C. 

 Aufderheide; Introduction 



THEORY 



5 Donald J. Ortnf.r: Theoretical and methodological 

 issues in paleopathology 



12 Susan Pfeiffer: Is paleopathology a relevant 

 predictor of contemporary health patterns? 



18 Don R. Brothwell: On zoonoses and their 

 relevance to paleopathology 



23 Keith Manchester: Tuberculosis and leprosy: 

 Evidence for interaction of disease 



36 Patty Stuart-Macadam: Porotic hyperostosis: 

 Changing interpretations 



40 Ann Stirland: Diagnosis of occupationally related 

 paleopathology: Can it be done? 



METHODS 



5 1 Noreen Tuross: Recovery of bone and serum 



proteins from human skeletal tissue: IgG, osteonectin, 

 and albumin 



55 Debra L. Martin: Bone histology and 



paleopathology: Methodological considerations 



60 William W. Hauswirth, Cynthia D. Dickel, 

 Glen H. Doran, Philip J. Laipis and David N. 

 Dickel: 8000-year-old brain tissue from the 

 Windover site: Anatomical, cellular, and molecular 

 analysis 



73 Antonio Ascenzi, A. Bellelli, M. Brunori, G. 

 CiTRo, R. Ippoi iTi, E. Lendaro and R. Zito: 

 ■ Diagnosis of thalassemia in ancient bones: Problems 

 and prospects in pathology 



76 U.E.C. Confalonieri, L.F. Ferreira, A.J.G. 

 Araujo, M. Chame, and B.M. Ribeiro 

 FiLHO: Trends and perspectives in 

 paleoparasitological research 



79 Arthur C. Aufderheide and Mary L. 

 Aufderheide: Taphonomy of spontaneous 

 ("natural") mummification with applications to the 

 mummies of Venzone, Italy 



87 C.-A. Baud and Christiane Kramar: Soft tissue 

 calcifications in paleopathology 



90 Peter K. Lewin: Technological innovations and 

 discoveries in the investigation of ancient preserved 

 man 



92 LuBOS Vyhnanek and Milan Stloukal: Harris' 

 lines in adults: An open problem 



95 Oscar Urteaga-Ballon: Medical ceramic 



representation of nasal leishmaniasis and surgical 

 amputation in ancient Peruvian civilization 



POPULATION STUDIES 



105 Douglas W. Owsley: Temporal variation in 



femoral cortical thickness of North American Plains 

 Indians 



1 1 1 Marc A. Kelley: Ethnohistorical accounts as a 



method of assessing health, disease, and population 

 decline among Native Americans 



1 19 Jerome C. Rose and Philip Hartnady: 



Interpretation of infectious skeletal lesions from a 

 historic Afro-American cemetery 



128 Takao Suzuki: Paleopathological study on 

 infectious diseases in Japan 



140 PiA Bennike: Epidemiological aspects of 



paleopathology in Denmark: Past, present, and 

 future studies 



145 Juan R. Munizaga: Human skeletal pathology in 

 pre-Columbian populations of northern Chile 



151 Miroslav Prokopec and Graeme L. Pretty: 

 Observations on health, genetics, and culture from 

 analysis of skeletal remains from Roonka, South 

 Australia 



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