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Editorial
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Entheseal changes of the Achilles tendon in the Samnitic population of Opi, Val Fondillo (VII-VI century BCE; Abruzzo, central Italy): a preliminary study.
Jacopo Cilli, Arianna Di Felice, Luigi Capasso, Ruggero D’Anastasio
• Entheseal changes provide an understanding of aging of the musculoskeletal system of ancient population.
• Female show enthesopathies due to normal age-related development.
• Male’s enthesopathies are much more influenced by external factors.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Preliminary study of the point cloud obtained with a low cost structured light scanner of third lower human molars
Matteo Orsi, Nicol Rossetti, Roberto Taglioretti, Silvia Zito, Alessandra Mazzucchi
• To initiate a technical protocol by testing the limits of the EinScan-SP V1 scanner using human teeth to evaluate the scanner's performance.
• To introduce the IUD (an environment where only points exist) to illustrate the difference between digital and physical worlds.
• To present the software osteo_labdig, aimed to perform point cloud processing for osteological data trough the libraries Open3D and Numpy.
• To present a new digital index based on OBB and called NOOBB (Normalized Osteological Oriented Bounding Box).
CASE REPORT: PALEOPATHOLOGY
Virtual autopsy investigation of gallstones in an 18th century Sicilian mummy
Luca Ventura, Valentina Pensiero, Guido Romeo, Alessandro Causarano, Claudio Caruso, Maria Grazia Palmerini, Mirko Traversari
• Gallstones have been infrequently described in human remains
• Virtual autopsy through CT scanning 3D reconstruction is the golden standard to identify gallstones
• Chemical composition of gallstones may be determined by Hounsfield scale measurements
• The vast majority of ancient gallstones are cholesterol-based, related to high social classes
SHORT COMMUNICATION: BIOARCHAEOLOGY
Bioarchaeology of affluence: Gold plate dentures as conspicuous consumption in the 19th century US South
Shawn M. Phillips, PhD
• The first examples of archaeologically recovered gold plate dentures are presented.
• Gold plate dentures reflect affluency and conspicuous consumption.
• This study demonstrates the mouth as a nexus of identity, status, affluence and functionality.
Published: 09-08-2024
Editorial
Original Article: Physical Anthropology
Entheseal changes of the Achilles tendon in the Samnitic population of Opi, Val Fondillo (VII-VI century BCE; Abruzzo, central Italy): a preliminary study
Abstract 78 | PDF Downloads 55Page e2024008
Preliminary study of the point cloud obtained with a low cost structured light scanner of third lower human molars
Abstract 120 | PDF Downloads 62Page e2024009
Case Report: Paleopathology
Virtual autopsy investigation of gallstones in an 18th century Sicilian mummy
Abstract 57 | PDF Downloads 55Page e2024010
Short Report: Museum
Bioarchaeology of affluence: Gold plate dentures as conspicuous consumption in the 19th century US South
Abstract 256 | PDF Downloads 70Page e2024007