F Curate
Biographic Data
| ID | 45243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | F Curate |
| GIVEN NAMES | F |
| FAMILY NAME | Curate |
| SIGNATURE | CURATE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Coimbra |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0480-209X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Echoes of Privilege
The mummified remains of a middle‐aged adult male were discovered in the Church of Saint Joseph of the Carpenters in Lisbon, Portugal. Likely dating to the 18th century, the body was naturally mummified, richly clothed, and buried within a church—an honor typically reserved for elite individuals. Radiographic analysis revealed classic signs of Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH), a condition marked by flowing ossification along thorac…
Insights into the anatomical expressions of anencephaly in three infants from 17th to 19th- century Lisbon, Portugal
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to analyse and compare the cranial morphological variations in three individuals, each exhibiting different severity levels of malformations. MATERIALS: Three nearly complete and well-preserved skeletons of infants from the São Domingos children's necropolis in Lisbon, Portugal, dating from the 17th to early 19th centuries. METHODS: Macroscopic and metric assessments were performed aimed at creating a detailed descripti…
Developmental Anomalies of the Foot Bones
Foot coalitions and bipartitions are developmental anatomical variants of the bones of the foot that can be of clinical relevance. The aim of the present study is to document the frequency of tarsal and metatarsal coalitions and bipartitions according to biological sex, age at death, co‐occurrence, and laterality in the Identified Skeletal Collection of Coimbra (CEIC). The study sample consisted of 486 individuals (226 females and 260 males), wit…
A skeletal dysplasia leading to a perinatal death in 17th–19th century Lisbon, Portugal
Congenital skeletal disorders are a heterogeneous group of anomalies that become evident during gestation. They are expressed in the shape and growth of the bones during development because of a defective genetic background. With the follow‐up of pregnant women and the advances in prenatal ultrasonographic examination and molecular genetic tests, nowadays, congenital skeletal disorders are identified at an early gestational age. If they are consi…
Inflammatory arthropathies
Arthropathies are common in past populations and can be categorized into two groups: those with predominant bone production (e.g., osteoarthritis) and those with significant bone loss (e.g., erosive arthropathies). The former is frequent in the archaeological record, whereas the latter are uncommon. We present a Post‐Medieval male individual, recovered in the Convent of the Holy Spirit (Loures, Portugal), with multiple articular and entheseal bon…
Marida in the middle ages
A case of early childhood caries from a Medieval site in Southern Portugal
Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic infectious disease during childhood both in historical and contemporary times, but research focused on the oral health of non-adults from the past is still scant. As such, this study proposes a multidisciplinary approach to the differential diagnosis of severe dental lesions in a medieval non-adult skeleton. The skeleton of a three-year-old child recovered in the medieval necropolis of Cacela Velha (Por…
Nódulos de Schmorl em indivíduos da Colecção de Esqueletos Identificados Século XXI (CEI/XXI) da Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
Os nódulos de Schmorl (NS) são identificados por uma depressão na superfície do corpo vertebral e afetam, com maior frequência, a região inferior da coluna torácica e lombar, sendo comum em populações atuais e do passado. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo cardinal a estimativa da prevalência de NS numa amostra 128 indivíduos adultos (81 do sexo feminino e 47 do masculino) pertencentes à Colecção de Esqueletos Identificados Século XXI (Departa…
The rarest among the rare? Acrometastases and disability in the past and beyond
Metastatic bone disease significantly impacts cancer-related morbidity and mortality nowadays. Herein, we present an adult individual, probably a female, with multiple osteolytic lesions, of variable sizes, distributed predominantly in the axial skeleton but also affecting elements of the appendicular region. This individual also exhibits atypical manifestations of metastatic bone disease, in the form of acrometastases-metastases in the extremiti…
African Presence in Portugal
The first reference to the presence of sub-Saharan Africans in Portugal was made in 1444 CE when several enslaved individuals entered the country through Lagos, Portugal. From that moment onward the amount of people and things arriving to the country originating in sub-Saharan Africa increased. Burials, ivories, and pottery provide evidence of the cultural contacts between Europeans and Africans in Portugal. This article analyzes the available in…
Rib fractures in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection
There is a high prevalence of rib fractures in human remains from archeological contexts, but these are seldom the focus in paleopathological studies pertaining skeletal trauma. This study aims to document rib fracture patterns in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra. Specific aims of this study included the estimation of rib fracture prevalence in 252 individuals, from both sexes (females…
The use and abuse of cinnabar in Late Neolithic and Copper Age Iberia
In this study, total mercury (THg) was analyzed in archaeological human bone from 23 sites dating to between the Middle Neolithic and the Antiquity. A total of 370 individuals from individual or collective burials was sampled, mostly using cortical bone from the humerus. These individuals were recovered from over 50 different funerary structures ranging from tholoi, pits, caves, and hypogea. Although cinnabar (HgS) is a likely cause of mercury po…
The association of osteochemometrics and bone mineral density in humans
OBJECTIVES: Even though much is known about bone mineral and matrix composition, studies about their relationship with several bone properties and its alterations related to bone diseases such as osteoporosis are practically non-existent in humans. Thus, the development of methods to understand the effects of bone properties at a microscopic level is paramount. This research aimed to evaluate whether Fourier transform infrared-attenuated total re…
CalcTalus
The estimation of biological sex is a primary source of information regarding unidentified skeletal individuals in bioarcheological and forensic contexts. This study aims to propose new metric standards for the estimation of sex using variables of the calcaneus and talus. An ancillary goal encompasses the creation of a web-based decision support system for the assessment of sex. Six measurements from the talus and nine from the calcaneus were col…
Interpreting injury recidivism in a rural post-medieval male individual from Bucelas, Portugal
Injury recidivism studies assess the lived experience of individuals who endure multiple traumatic incidents, conveying a nuanced contextualization of individual suffering within a reticulate of social and cultural processes. During a recent archaeological excavation, a skeleton of a middle-aged male dating to the 17th-18th centuries AD was excavated in the churchyard of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Bucelas (Portugal). This individual exhibit…
Estudo bioarqueológico do Túmulo Megalítico de Santa Rita (Algarve, Portugal)
O presente trabalho apresenta novos contributos para a compreensão dos aspectos biológicos e culturais da população que ergueu e utilizou o Túmulo Megalítico de Santa Rita, localizado no município de Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal. Os ossos estudados são provenientes da câmara funerária, que foi utilizada como espaço funerário secundário e coletivo durante o Calcolítico, entre o final do IV milênio a.n.e. (antes da nossa era) e o segundo qu…
Cortical bone loss in a sample of human skeletons from the Muge Shell middens
Fetal age at death estimation on dry bone
The paucity of identified skeletal collections that include fetuses entails the need to pursue unconventional approaches and resources in order to investigate fetal anatomical variation. Radiographic analyses are being considered as a good alternative to data obtained in osteological collections. In a previous work, we developed equations to estimate gestational age (GA) at death by measuring fetal long bones on x-rays. This study aims to test th…
Metacarpal cortical bone loss and osteoporotic fractures in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection
There has been considerable progress in recent years in our understanding of the patterns of cortical bone loss in the second metacarpal in archeological skeletal samples. Nevertheless, cortical data from reference skeletal collections are insufficient, and the possible connection of metacarpal cortical parameters with osteoporotic fractures has not been thoroughly addressed. As such, this article aims to identify and explain sex-specific and age…
Extracapsular fracture of the femur in an elderly male from the Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciada (Setúbal, Portugal)
Um possível caso de sífilis adquirida num esqueleto oriundo da Ermida do Espírito Santo (séculos XV–XIX, Almada, Portugal)
A Ermida do Espírito Santo, em Almada, foi provavelmente fundada durante os séculos XIV ou XV mas, após o Terramoto de 1755 — e até finais do século XVIII — serviu como sede da freguesia de Santa Maria do Castelo, período durante o qual foi amplamente utilizada como espaço sepulcral. No decurso da escavação arqueológica prévia ao início das obras de requalificação da Ermida foram recuperados os restos esqueléticos de 88 indivíduos. Neste trabalho…
Massa óssea cortical e fraturas de fragilidade na Coleção de Esqueletos Identificados do séc. XXI
A osteoporose é uma patologia metabólica óssea com maior incidência nas mulheres pós-menopáusicas e nas camadas mais idosas das populações atuais. Caracteriza-se pelo decréscimo da massa e da resistência ósseas, com aumento subsequente do risco de fratura. No presente trabalho, propõe-se, como objetivo principal, a compreensão dos padrões epidemiológicos da perda de massa óssea cortical numa amostra de indivíduos pertencente à Coleção de Esquelet…
Maternal mortality, marital status and bone mineral density in young women from the Coimbra identified skeletal collection
"single women"). Results revealed that mean BMD differences among groups are non-significant, suggesting that a strict reproductive interpretation of premature bone loss in young women from archaeological contexts is not sustained by empirical evidence. Bone mass in young women from archaeological sites should be interpreted as a complex trait stemming from the interplay between reproductive factors, genetics, nutrition, physical activity, and ag…
Pediatric chronic osteomyelitis in the outskirts of Al-Ushbuna (Carnide, Lisboa, Portugal)
Massa Óssea Cortical do Fémur numa Coleção Esquelética de Referência Portuguesa
Neste trabalho, pretende-se investigar a fragilidade óssea cortical no fémur com a idade (à morte) e a sua associação ao sexo e à densidade mineral óssea. Os parâmetros radiogramétricos do fémur e a densidade mineral óssea no fémur proximal foram avaliados numa amostra de indivíduos adultos (N=98) da Coleção de Esqueletos Identificados da Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal). A largura total da diáfise (LTD), o índice cortical do fémur (FEMCI) e a …
Hip fractures in the Portuguese archaeological record
Fractures are ubiquitous in the archaeological record but the majority of these are the consequence of a traumatic incident and do not reflect any loss of strength inherent to the bone. So-called \nfragility fractures, particularly hip fractures, are considered uncommon occurrences in skeletal populations from the past. Nevertheless, evidence of this type of fracture in the archaeological record is \nincreasing. A methodical search for possible h…
Cortical bone loss in a sample of human skeletons from the Muge Shell middens
The use and abuse of cinnabar in Late Neolithic and Copper Age Iberia
In this study, total mercury (THg) was analyzed in archaeological human bone from 23 sites dating to between the Middle Neolithic and the Antiquity. A total of 370 individuals from individual or collective burials was sampled, mostly using cortical bone from the humerus. These individuals were recovered from over 50 different funerary structures ranging from tholoi, pits, caves, and hypogea. Although cinnabar (HgS) is a likely cause of mercury po…
Vertebral Compression Fractures
Vertebral compression fractures are the most common osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. Notwithstanding, its clinical diagnosis remains ambiguous. In paleopathological studies, vertebral fractures and/or deformations are frequently disregarded. When observed, vertebral compression fractures are usually recorded without the support of quantifiable and comparable protocols. As such, Genant's semi-quantitative method for vertebral compre…
CalcTalus
The estimation of biological sex is a primary source of information regarding unidentified skeletal individuals in bioarcheological and forensic contexts. This study aims to propose new metric standards for the estimation of sex using variables of the calcaneus and talus. An ancillary goal encompasses the creation of a web-based decision support system for the assessment of sex. Six measurements from the talus and nine from the calcaneus were col…
Metacarpal cortical bone loss and osteoporotic fractures in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection
There has been considerable progress in recent years in our understanding of the patterns of cortical bone loss in the second metacarpal in archeological skeletal samples. Nevertheless, cortical data from reference skeletal collections are insufficient, and the possible connection of metacarpal cortical parameters with osteoporotic fractures has not been thoroughly addressed. As such, this article aims to identify and explain sex-specific and age…
A 14th-17th century osteoporotic hip fracture from the Santa Clara-a-Velha Convent in Coimbra (Portugal)
Osteoporosis is an evocative term for a metabolic disorder characterized by loss of bone mass and organization, which predisposes to fracture. The clinical consequences of osteoporosis lie in the problems associated with it, specifically hip, Colles and vertebral fractures. We present here an extracapsular fracture of the proximal femur in an aged female skeleton from the Santa Clara-a-Velha Monastery (14th-17th centuries) in Coimbra, Portugal. T…
Two possible cases of brucellosis from a Clarist monastery in Alcácer do Sal, southern Portugal
The Convent of Nossa Senhora de Aracoelli was a Clarist monastery located in Alcácer do Sal, southern Portugal, founded at the end of the 16th century and abandoned during the 19th century. This paper considers the presence of brucellosis in two lumbar vertebrae originating from an ossuary recovered at the Chapter House of the Convent. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Interpreting injury recidivism in a rural post-medieval male individual from Bucelas, Portugal
Injury recidivism studies assess the lived experience of individuals who endure multiple traumatic incidents, conveying a nuanced contextualization of individual suffering within a reticulate of social and cultural processes. During a recent archaeological excavation, a skeleton of a middle-aged male dating to the 17th-18th centuries AD was excavated in the churchyard of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Bucelas (Portugal). This individual exhibit…
Fetal age at death estimation on dry bone
The paucity of identified skeletal collections that include fetuses entails the need to pursue unconventional approaches and resources in order to investigate fetal anatomical variation. Radiographic analyses are being considered as a good alternative to data obtained in osteological collections. In a previous work, we developed equations to estimate gestational age (GA) at death by measuring fetal long bones on x-rays. This study aims to test th…
One for all and all for one
OBJECTIVES: Complete and accurate human skeletal inventory is seldom possible in archaeological and forensic cases involving severe fragmentation. In such cases, skeletal mass comparisons with published references may be used as an alternative to assess skeletal completeness but they are too general for a case-by-case routine analysis. The objective is to solve this issue by creating linear regression equations to estimate the total mass of a ske…
Osteoporosis and nutrition – a paleopathological insight
The association of osteoporosis and nutrition has long been documented, and nutrition is acknowledged as a major risk factor for bone loss, affecting bone health in distinct ways. Both biomedicine and anthropology (or, more precisely, paleopathology) have strived to fully understand the contribution of diet to bone health, especially the relationship between the physiological economy of calcium and bone maintenance. Taking this into consideration…
African Presence in Portugal
The first reference to the presence of sub-Saharan Africans in Portugal was made in 1444 CE when several enslaved individuals entered the country through Lagos, Portugal. From that moment onward the amount of people and things arriving to the country originating in sub-Saharan Africa increased. Burials, ivories, and pottery provide evidence of the cultural contacts between Europeans and Africans in Portugal. This article analyzes the available in…
Massa óssea cortical e fraturas de fragilidade na Coleção de Esqueletos Identificados do séc. XXI
A osteoporose é uma patologia metabólica óssea com maior incidência nas mulheres pós-menopáusicas e nas camadas mais idosas das populações atuais. Caracteriza-se pelo decréscimo da massa e da resistência ósseas, com aumento subsequente do risco de fratura. No presente trabalho, propõe-se, como objetivo principal, a compreensão dos padrões epidemiológicos da perda de massa óssea cortical numa amostra de indivíduos pertencente à Coleção de Esquelet…
Maternal mortality, marital status and bone mineral density in young women from the Coimbra identified skeletal collection
"single women"). Results revealed that mean BMD differences among groups are non-significant, suggesting that a strict reproductive interpretation of premature bone loss in young women from archaeological contexts is not sustained by empirical evidence. Bone mass in young women from archaeological sites should be interpreted as a complex trait stemming from the interplay between reproductive factors, genetics, nutrition, physical activity, and ag…
A brucelose em paleopatologia
Tendo como pano de fundo a perspectiva paleopatológica, cujo ethos teórico e prático pode clarificar aspectos importantes da evolução diacrónica de diversos processos patológicos crónicos que afectam o esqueleto, pretende-se reunir neste ensaio um conjunto de dados relativos à brucelose, provindos de diferentes áreas do conhecimento, tais como a antropologia biológica, a história da medicina, a arqueologia e a medicina clínica. Desse modo, os pro…
Recensão a Aguiar, J. 2006. Lapedo
Recensão a White, M.; Gribbin, J. 2004. Darwin
Dois exemplos medievais de violência interpessoal na Itália setentrional
No presente artigo descrevem‐se dois casos de violência interpessoal, cronologicamente enquadráveis no período medievo e provenientes da Itália setentrional. Ambos os indivíduos continham um fragmento da arma agressora ainda in situ. O estudo antropológico destes remanescentes esqueléticos permitiu a reconstrução da dinâmica da agressão e o estabelecimento da sua provável causa de morte.
Two possible cases of brucellosis from a Clarist monastery in Alcácer do Sal, southern Portugal
The Convent of Nossa Senhora de Aracoelli was a Clarist monastery located in Alcácer do Sal, southern Portugal, founded at the end of the 16th century and abandoned during the 19th century. This paper considers the presence of brucellosis in two lumbar vertebrae originating from an ossuary recovered at the Chapter House of the Convent. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
A case of Os odontoideum in the palaeopathological record
Os odontoideum is an uncommon abnormality of the second cervical vertebra, the aetiology of which is contentious. Whether congenital or acquired, the condition often results in atlantoaxial instability and subsequent compression of cervical cord or vertebrobasilar vessels. The bioarchaeological study of a medieval sample from the Christian necropolis of Cacela Velha (Algarve, southern Portugal) provided the opportunity to describe one of the firs…
Hip fractures in the Portuguese archaeological record
Fractures are ubiquitous in the archaeological record but the majority of these are the consequence of a traumatic incident and do not reflect any loss of strength inherent to the bone. So-called \nfragility fractures, particularly hip fractures, are considered uncommon occurrences in skeletal populations from the past. Nevertheless, evidence of this type of fracture in the archaeological record is \nincreasing. A methodical search for possible h…
A 14th-17th century osteoporotic hip fracture from the Santa Clara-a-Velha Convent in Coimbra (Portugal)
Osteoporosis is an evocative term for a metabolic disorder characterized by loss of bone mass and organization, which predisposes to fracture. The clinical consequences of osteoporosis lie in the problems associated with it, specifically hip, Colles and vertebral fractures. We present here an extracapsular fracture of the proximal femur in an aged female skeleton from the Santa Clara-a-Velha Monastery (14th-17th centuries) in Coimbra, Portugal. T…
Recensão a
[Rencensão a] Avelar, Teresa. 2010. A evolução culminou no Homem? Progresso, contingências, catástrofes e extraterrestres
[Recensão a] Piombino-Mascali, Dario. 2009. Il Maestro del Sonno Eterno
One for all and all for one
OBJECTIVES: Complete and accurate human skeletal inventory is seldom possible in archaeological and forensic cases involving severe fragmentation. In such cases, skeletal mass comparisons with published references may be used as an alternative to assess skeletal completeness but they are too general for a case-by-case routine analysis. The objective is to solve this issue by creating linear regression equations to estimate the total mass of a ske…
Osteoporosis and nutrition – a paleopathological insight
The association of osteoporosis and nutrition has long been documented, and nutrition is acknowledged as a major risk factor for bone loss, affecting bone health in distinct ways. Both biomedicine and anthropology (or, more precisely, paleopathology) have strived to fully understand the contribution of diet to bone health, especially the relationship between the physiological economy of calcium and bone maintenance. Taking this into consideration…
Vertebral Compression Fractures
Vertebral compression fractures are the most common osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. Notwithstanding, its clinical diagnosis remains ambiguous. In paleopathological studies, vertebral fractures and/or deformations are frequently disregarded. When observed, vertebral compression fractures are usually recorded without the support of quantifiable and comparable protocols. As such, Genant's semi-quantitative method for vertebral compre…
Pediatric chronic osteomyelitis in the outskirts of Al-Ushbuna (Carnide, Lisboa, Portugal)
Massa Óssea Cortical do Fémur numa Coleção Esquelética de Referência Portuguesa
Neste trabalho, pretende-se investigar a fragilidade óssea cortical no fémur com a idade (à morte) e a sua associação ao sexo e à densidade mineral óssea. Os parâmetros radiogramétricos do fémur e a densidade mineral óssea no fémur proximal foram avaliados numa amostra de indivíduos adultos (N=98) da Coleção de Esqueletos Identificados da Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal). A largura total da diáfise (LTD), o índice cortical do fémur (FEMCI) e a …
Extracapsular fracture of the femur in an elderly male from the Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciada (Setúbal, Portugal)
Um possível caso de sífilis adquirida num esqueleto oriundo da Ermida do Espírito Santo (séculos XV–XIX, Almada, Portugal)
A Ermida do Espírito Santo, em Almada, foi provavelmente fundada durante os séculos XIV ou XV mas, após o Terramoto de 1755 — e até finais do século XVIII — serviu como sede da freguesia de Santa Maria do Castelo, período durante o qual foi amplamente utilizada como espaço sepulcral. No decurso da escavação arqueológica prévia ao início das obras de requalificação da Ermida foram recuperados os restos esqueléticos de 88 indivíduos. Neste trabalho…
Massa óssea cortical e fraturas de fragilidade na Coleção de Esqueletos Identificados do séc. XXI
A osteoporose é uma patologia metabólica óssea com maior incidência nas mulheres pós-menopáusicas e nas camadas mais idosas das populações atuais. Caracteriza-se pelo decréscimo da massa e da resistência ósseas, com aumento subsequente do risco de fratura. No presente trabalho, propõe-se, como objetivo principal, a compreensão dos padrões epidemiológicos da perda de massa óssea cortical numa amostra de indivíduos pertencente à Coleção de Esquelet…
Maternal mortality, marital status and bone mineral density in young women from the Coimbra identified skeletal collection
"single women"). Results revealed that mean BMD differences among groups are non-significant, suggesting that a strict reproductive interpretation of premature bone loss in young women from archaeological contexts is not sustained by empirical evidence. Bone mass in young women from archaeological sites should be interpreted as a complex trait stemming from the interplay between reproductive factors, genetics, nutrition, physical activity, and ag…
Cortical bone loss in a sample of human skeletons from the Muge Shell middens
Fetal age at death estimation on dry bone
The paucity of identified skeletal collections that include fetuses entails the need to pursue unconventional approaches and resources in order to investigate fetal anatomical variation. Radiographic analyses are being considered as a good alternative to data obtained in osteological collections. In a previous work, we developed equations to estimate gestational age (GA) at death by measuring fetal long bones on x-rays. This study aims to test th…
Metacarpal cortical bone loss and osteoporotic fractures in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection
There has been considerable progress in recent years in our understanding of the patterns of cortical bone loss in the second metacarpal in archeological skeletal samples. Nevertheless, cortical data from reference skeletal collections are insufficient, and the possible connection of metacarpal cortical parameters with osteoporotic fractures has not been thoroughly addressed. As such, this article aims to identify and explain sex-specific and age…
The association of osteochemometrics and bone mineral density in humans
OBJECTIVES: Even though much is known about bone mineral and matrix composition, studies about their relationship with several bone properties and its alterations related to bone diseases such as osteoporosis are practically non-existent in humans. Thus, the development of methods to understand the effects of bone properties at a microscopic level is paramount. This research aimed to evaluate whether Fourier transform infrared-attenuated total re…
CalcTalus
The estimation of biological sex is a primary source of information regarding unidentified skeletal individuals in bioarcheological and forensic contexts. This study aims to propose new metric standards for the estimation of sex using variables of the calcaneus and talus. An ancillary goal encompasses the creation of a web-based decision support system for the assessment of sex. Six measurements from the talus and nine from the calcaneus were col…
Medicine (27 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (22 works) · Anatomy (12 works) · Surgery (12 works) · Art (10 works) · Bone health and osteoporosis research (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Osteoporosis (9 works) · Femur (8 works)