G J R Maat
Biographic Data
| ID | 92137 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G J R Maat |
| GIVEN NAMES | G J R |
| FAMILY NAME | Maat |
| SIGNATURE | MAAT G J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Archival, paleopathological and aDNA-based techniques in leprosy research and the case of Father Petrus Donders at the Leprosarium ‘Batavia’, Suriname
OBJECTIVE: We assessed whether Petrus Donders (died 1887), a Dutch priest who for 27 years cared for people with leprosy in the leprosarium Batavia, Suriname, had evidence of Mycobacterium (M.) leprae infection. A positive finding of M. leprae ancient (a)DNA would contribute to the origin of leprosy in Suriname. MATERIALS: Skeletal remains of Father Petrus Donders; two additional skeletons excavated from the Batavia cemetery were used as controls…
Dry bone histology of bone tumours
This article focuses on the application of dry bone histology in the diagnosis of a series of different bone tumours. It provides a short introduction on bone tumour classification and how tumours may affect the skeleton. To illustrate the value of dry bone histology in the diagnostic process we studied the 'fresh' and 'dry' bone histology of a series of well-documented, recent clinical cases of various benign and malignant bone tumours. We show …
Assessing Post-traumatic Time Interval in Human Dry Bone
The post-traumatic status of antemortem fractures in human dry bone remains is currently defined as being either 'healing' or 'healed'. However, detailed 'dating' of the related post-traumatic time interval would be desirable, since it would aid in assessing individual medical status and care at the time of death. Within forensic pathology practice, fresh tissue healing phases are routinely used as an intrinsic parameter for the length of the pos…
A review of the embryological development and associated developmental abnormalities of the sternum in the light of a rare palaeopathological case of sternal clefting
Manual for the Preparation and Staining of Embedded Natural Dry Bone Tissue Sections for Microscopy
In the last decade, the use of light microscopy has been firmly established for the investigation of exhumated human bone tissue. As a rule, these remains cannot be decalcified; thus, they are most commonly prepared for microscopic analysis as ground thin sections. These ground sections are of great value in diagnosing disease, in estimating age or in assessing taphonomic alteration. As bone is sometimes fragile and can be damaged by the grinding…
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Scurvy as a factor in the loss of the 1845 Franklin expedition to the Arctic
In 1845, an expedition, commanded by Sir John Franklin, set out to discover the Northwest Passage. The ships entered the Canadian Arctic, and from September 1846 were beset in ice off King William Island. A note left by the expedition in May 1847 reported all was well, but by April 1848, 24 of the 129 men had died. The ice-locked ships were deserted in April 1848, but the 105 survivors were so weakened that all perished before they could reach sa…
Staining ground sections of natural dry bone tissue for microscopy
The histological staining of bone tissue is of great value in identifying structural changes in human bone tissue when examined microscopically, and is therefore routinely used by clinical pathologists. However, for archaeological and other types of undecalcified dry bone tissue, histochemical staining is currently not widely used. The purpose of this paper is to describe a new method developed for the staining of undecalcified archaeological bon…
Dental health of 19th century migrant mineworkers from Kimberley, South Africa
Dental health may deteriorate in populations exposed to economic growth as a result of easier access to refined carbohydrates and sugars. Such changes affected migrant labourers working in Kimberley, South Africa, during the late 19th century. A rescue excavation salvaged several skeletons from pauper's graves dating from this period, and the purpose of the study was to assess their dental health to determine whether it concurs with historical st…
Ossified haematomas and infectious bone changes on the anterior tibia
Examination of the histological structure of bone not only helps investigators to estimate age at death but can also aid in the diagnosis of palaeopathological lesions. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether histological features as described in the literature can confirm the macroscopic diagnoses of ossified subperiosteal haematomas associated with healed scurvy and syphilitic bone changes observed on the anterior tibiae of individuals f…
Adult scurvy in skeletal remains of late 19th century mineworkers in Kimberley, South Africa
Throughout history, scurvy has been a well-known disease which develops due to restricted resources of fresh fruit and vegetables. The condition results from an extended limited intake of vitamin C. Although skeletal lesions associated with infantile scurvy have been well described by many authors, very little literature is available on adult scurvy and the resulting skeletal lesions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the skeletal rema…
Two millennia of male stature development and population health and wealth in the Low Countries
This paper offers a review of shifts in average male stature and their relationship with health and wealth in the Low Countries from AD 50 to 1997. Twenty-one population samples were studied to cover the full time span. To make data compatible, so-called ‘virtual statures’ were used, i.e. the statures which adult males were supposed to have had at the end of their growth period, before they started shrinking by ageing. Original data were extracte…
Scurvy in adults and youngsters
Prior to the Dutch maritime expansion of the 17th and 18th centuries, scurvy was known in the Low Countries as an endemic disease. From the end of the 16th century the disease started to draw much more attention due to increasing long sea journeys of sailors. Already in the Dutch medical literature of the 16th century, a strong relation was expressed between the prolonged taking of foodstuffs of poor quality and the risk of contracting scurvy. Al…
Human Skeletons from Menteşe Höyük near Yenışehır
Microscopy electron scanning of fossilized sickle-cells
In a microscopica electronic scanning follow-up study on human skeletons from the Hellenistic Period in the Arab-Persian Gulf, fossilized sickle-cells were found in the bone marrow of one of the excavated skeletons. The ultrastructure of these cells was compared to that of fossilized normal red blood cells of other skeletons from the same site, and to similar pseudo-pathological structures. The finding of fossilized evidence of sickle-cell anemia…
Fossilized human blood cells from a Hellenistic settlement
The su of human soft tissue over long periods of time after death by mummification is common knowledge. Egyptian and pre-Columbian mummies from America are the best-known examples of this process. The survival of human blood cells, the most fragile of all soft tissue, over a period of about 2200 years by a process of fossilization is a phenomenon which had not been observed previously. Fossilized blood cells were found during the paleopathologica…
Practising methods of age determination. Comments on methods combining multiple age indicators
For some time, trends in age determination of skeletons have tended to shift from methods using single age indicators to methods combining multiple age indicators. Evidently the latter are expected to offer more balanced age assessments. If one decides to apply a method using multiple age indicators, a choice can be made between two «current» methods, both based on non-metrical age indicators: the socalled Complex Method of Acsádi and Nemeskéri, …
The caries-attrition competition
Contradictory reports on the interreation of caries and attrition concerning their destructive activity at the occlusal surface of teeth required more investigation. Some suggested that the abrasive action of attrition worked against the progress of decay. Others proposed that attrition facilitated the development of caries in dentine exposed due to the dental wear. A comparison of the condition of teeth in western societies from an intermediate …
The caries-attrition competition
Contradictory reports on the interreation of caries and attrition concerning their destructive activity at the occlusal surface of teeth required more investigation. Some suggested that the abrasive action of attrition worked against the progress of decay. Others proposed that attrition facilitated the development of caries in dentine exposed due to the dental wear. A comparison of the condition of teeth in western societies from an intermediate …
Two millennia of male stature development and population health and wealth in the Low Countries
This paper offers a review of shifts in average male stature and their relationship with health and wealth in the Low Countries from AD 50 to 1997. Twenty-one population samples were studied to cover the full time span. To make data compatible, so-called ‘virtual statures’ were used, i.e. the statures which adult males were supposed to have had at the end of their growth period, before they started shrinking by ageing. Original data were extracte…
Scurvy as a factor in the loss of the 1845 Franklin expedition to the Arctic
In 1845, an expedition, commanded by Sir John Franklin, set out to discover the Northwest Passage. The ships entered the Canadian Arctic, and from September 1846 were beset in ice off King William Island. A note left by the expedition in May 1847 reported all was well, but by April 1848, 24 of the 129 men had died. The ice-locked ships were deserted in April 1848, but the 105 survivors were so weakened that all perished before they could reach sa…
Adult scurvy in skeletal remains of late 19th century mineworkers in Kimberley, South Africa
Throughout history, scurvy has been a well-known disease which develops due to restricted resources of fresh fruit and vegetables. The condition results from an extended limited intake of vitamin C. Although skeletal lesions associated with infantile scurvy have been well described by many authors, very little literature is available on adult scurvy and the resulting skeletal lesions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the skeletal rema…
Manual for the Preparation and Staining of Embedded Natural Dry Bone Tissue Sections for Microscopy
In the last decade, the use of light microscopy has been firmly established for the investigation of exhumated human bone tissue. As a rule, these remains cannot be decalcified; thus, they are most commonly prepared for microscopic analysis as ground thin sections. These ground sections are of great value in diagnosing disease, in estimating age or in assessing taphonomic alteration. As bone is sometimes fragile and can be damaged by the grinding…
Staining ground sections of natural dry bone tissue for microscopy
The histological staining of bone tissue is of great value in identifying structural changes in human bone tissue when examined microscopically, and is therefore routinely used by clinical pathologists. However, for archaeological and other types of undecalcified dry bone tissue, histochemical staining is currently not widely used. The purpose of this paper is to describe a new method developed for the staining of undecalcified archaeological bon…
Ossified haematomas and infectious bone changes on the anterior tibia
Examination of the histological structure of bone not only helps investigators to estimate age at death but can also aid in the diagnosis of palaeopathological lesions. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether histological features as described in the literature can confirm the macroscopic diagnoses of ossified subperiosteal haematomas associated with healed scurvy and syphilitic bone changes observed on the anterior tibiae of individuals f…
Microscopy electron scanning of fossilized sickle-cells
In a microscopica electronic scanning follow-up study on human skeletons from the Hellenistic Period in the Arab-Persian Gulf, fossilized sickle-cells were found in the bone marrow of one of the excavated skeletons. The ultrastructure of these cells was compared to that of fossilized normal red blood cells of other skeletons from the same site, and to similar pseudo-pathological structures. The finding of fossilized evidence of sickle-cell anemia…
Assessing Post-traumatic Time Interval in Human Dry Bone
The post-traumatic status of antemortem fractures in human dry bone remains is currently defined as being either 'healing' or 'healed'. However, detailed 'dating' of the related post-traumatic time interval would be desirable, since it would aid in assessing individual medical status and care at the time of death. Within forensic pathology practice, fresh tissue healing phases are routinely used as an intrinsic parameter for the length of the pos…
Fossilized human blood cells from a Hellenistic settlement
The su of human soft tissue over long periods of time after death by mummification is common knowledge. Egyptian and pre-Columbian mummies from America are the best-known examples of this process. The survival of human blood cells, the most fragile of all soft tissue, over a period of about 2200 years by a process of fossilization is a phenomenon which had not been observed previously. Fossilized blood cells were found during the paleopathologica…
Dental health of 19th century migrant mineworkers from Kimberley, South Africa
Dental health may deteriorate in populations exposed to economic growth as a result of easier access to refined carbohydrates and sugars. Such changes affected migrant labourers working in Kimberley, South Africa, during the late 19th century. A rescue excavation salvaged several skeletons from pauper's graves dating from this period, and the purpose of the study was to assess their dental health to determine whether it concurs with historical st…
Practising methods of age determination. Comments on methods combining multiple age indicators
For some time, trends in age determination of skeletons have tended to shift from methods using single age indicators to methods combining multiple age indicators. Evidently the latter are expected to offer more balanced age assessments. If one decides to apply a method using multiple age indicators, a choice can be made between two «current» methods, both based on non-metrical age indicators: the socalled Complex Method of Acsádi and Nemeskéri, …
Practising methods of age determination. Comments on methods combining multiple age indicators
For some time, trends in age determination of skeletons have tended to shift from methods using single age indicators to methods combining multiple age indicators. Evidently the latter are expected to offer more balanced age assessments. If one decides to apply a method using multiple age indicators, a choice can be made between two «current» methods, both based on non-metrical age indicators: the socalled Complex Method of Acsádi and Nemeskéri, …
The caries-attrition competition
Contradictory reports on the interreation of caries and attrition concerning their destructive activity at the occlusal surface of teeth required more investigation. Some suggested that the abrasive action of attrition worked against the progress of decay. Others proposed that attrition facilitated the development of caries in dentine exposed due to the dental wear. A comparison of the condition of teeth in western societies from an intermediate …
Microscopy electron scanning of fossilized sickle-cells
In a microscopica electronic scanning follow-up study on human skeletons from the Hellenistic Period in the Arab-Persian Gulf, fossilized sickle-cells were found in the bone marrow of one of the excavated skeletons. The ultrastructure of these cells was compared to that of fossilized normal red blood cells of other skeletons from the same site, and to similar pseudo-pathological structures. The finding of fossilized evidence of sickle-cell anemia…
Fossilized human blood cells from a Hellenistic settlement
The su of human soft tissue over long periods of time after death by mummification is common knowledge. Egyptian and pre-Columbian mummies from America are the best-known examples of this process. The survival of human blood cells, the most fragile of all soft tissue, over a period of about 2200 years by a process of fossilization is a phenomenon which had not been observed previously. Fossilized blood cells were found during the paleopathologica…
Human Skeletons from Menteşe Höyük near Yenışehır
Scurvy in adults and youngsters
Prior to the Dutch maritime expansion of the 17th and 18th centuries, scurvy was known in the Low Countries as an endemic disease. From the end of the 16th century the disease started to draw much more attention due to increasing long sea journeys of sailors. Already in the Dutch medical literature of the 16th century, a strong relation was expressed between the prolonged taking of foodstuffs of poor quality and the risk of contracting scurvy. Al…
Two millennia of male stature development and population health and wealth in the Low Countries
This paper offers a review of shifts in average male stature and their relationship with health and wealth in the Low Countries from AD 50 to 1997. Twenty-one population samples were studied to cover the full time span. To make data compatible, so-called ‘virtual statures’ were used, i.e. the statures which adult males were supposed to have had at the end of their growth period, before they started shrinking by ageing. Original data were extracte…
Ossified haematomas and infectious bone changes on the anterior tibia
Examination of the histological structure of bone not only helps investigators to estimate age at death but can also aid in the diagnosis of palaeopathological lesions. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether histological features as described in the literature can confirm the macroscopic diagnoses of ossified subperiosteal haematomas associated with healed scurvy and syphilitic bone changes observed on the anterior tibiae of individuals f…
Adult scurvy in skeletal remains of late 19th century mineworkers in Kimberley, South Africa
Throughout history, scurvy has been a well-known disease which develops due to restricted resources of fresh fruit and vegetables. The condition results from an extended limited intake of vitamin C. Although skeletal lesions associated with infantile scurvy have been well described by many authors, very little literature is available on adult scurvy and the resulting skeletal lesions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the skeletal rema…
Dental health of 19th century migrant mineworkers from Kimberley, South Africa
Dental health may deteriorate in populations exposed to economic growth as a result of easier access to refined carbohydrates and sugars. Such changes affected migrant labourers working in Kimberley, South Africa, during the late 19th century. A rescue excavation salvaged several skeletons from pauper's graves dating from this period, and the purpose of the study was to assess their dental health to determine whether it concurs with historical st…
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Scurvy as a factor in the loss of the 1845 Franklin expedition to the Arctic
In 1845, an expedition, commanded by Sir John Franklin, set out to discover the Northwest Passage. The ships entered the Canadian Arctic, and from September 1846 were beset in ice off King William Island. A note left by the expedition in May 1847 reported all was well, but by April 1848, 24 of the 129 men had died. The ice-locked ships were deserted in April 1848, but the 105 survivors were so weakened that all perished before they could reach sa…
Staining ground sections of natural dry bone tissue for microscopy
The histological staining of bone tissue is of great value in identifying structural changes in human bone tissue when examined microscopically, and is therefore routinely used by clinical pathologists. However, for archaeological and other types of undecalcified dry bone tissue, histochemical staining is currently not widely used. The purpose of this paper is to describe a new method developed for the staining of undecalcified archaeological bon…
A review of the embryological development and associated developmental abnormalities of the sternum in the light of a rare palaeopathological case of sternal clefting
Manual for the Preparation and Staining of Embedded Natural Dry Bone Tissue Sections for Microscopy
In the last decade, the use of light microscopy has been firmly established for the investigation of exhumated human bone tissue. As a rule, these remains cannot be decalcified; thus, they are most commonly prepared for microscopic analysis as ground thin sections. These ground sections are of great value in diagnosing disease, in estimating age or in assessing taphonomic alteration. As bone is sometimes fragile and can be damaged by the grinding…
Assessing Post-traumatic Time Interval in Human Dry Bone
The post-traumatic status of antemortem fractures in human dry bone remains is currently defined as being either 'healing' or 'healed'. However, detailed 'dating' of the related post-traumatic time interval would be desirable, since it would aid in assessing individual medical status and care at the time of death. Within forensic pathology practice, fresh tissue healing phases are routinely used as an intrinsic parameter for the length of the pos…
Dry bone histology of bone tumours
This article focuses on the application of dry bone histology in the diagnosis of a series of different bone tumours. It provides a short introduction on bone tumour classification and how tumours may affect the skeleton. To illustrate the value of dry bone histology in the diagnostic process we studied the 'fresh' and 'dry' bone histology of a series of well-documented, recent clinical cases of various benign and malignant bone tumours. We show …
Archival, paleopathological and aDNA-based techniques in leprosy research and the case of Father Petrus Donders at the Leprosarium ‘Batavia’, Suriname
OBJECTIVE: We assessed whether Petrus Donders (died 1887), a Dutch priest who for 27 years cared for people with leprosy in the leprosarium Batavia, Suriname, had evidence of Mycobacterium (M.) leprae infection. A positive finding of M. leprae ancient (a)DNA would contribute to the origin of leprosy in Suriname. MATERIALS: Skeletal remains of Father Petrus Donders; two additional skeletons excavated from the Batavia cemetery were used as controls…
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