Mahmoud Y El‐najjar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4800745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahmoud Y El‐najjar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mahmoud Y |
| FAMILY NAME | El‐najjar |
| SIGNATURE | EL NAJJAR M Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Case Western Reserve University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 185 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The Wadi Faynan Project: The South Cemetery Excavation, Jordan 1996: a Preliminary Report
The excavation of a large cemetery site known as the South Cemetery, close to the large settlement of Khirbat Faynan, was undertaken as a joint project between the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History, and the Department of Anthropology, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University as part of the Wadi Faynan Project. In response to the continued looting of the site, six weeks of excavation were carried out. Thes…
Cases of tuberculosis at 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan
This study reports on three strongly suggestive cases of tuberculosis from the Neolithic village of 'Ain Ghazal in Jordan. These cases may, in the Old World, represent the earliest possible evidence of this disease, dating back to 9,250 BP before and /or during the period of animal and plant domestication. Our hypothesis is that the reported cases showing the presence of tuberculosis suggest that the 'Ain Ghazal inhabitants may have come in conta…
Autopsies on two native American mummies
An interdisciplinary team performed autopsies on an adult male and an infant male mummy from the American Southwest. Cause of death has not been determined for the infant. The presence of an unhealed skull fracture associated with an apparent hematoma in the adult male is suggestive of trauma as the cause of death in the adult. Evidence of disease is minimal. Analysis of powder thought to be dried blood from the thoracic cavity of the adult sugge…
Natural variation and differential diagnosis of skeletal changes in tuberculosis
Twenty‐six documented cases (17 blacks, 9 whites) of skeletal tuberculosis from the Hamann‐Todd Osteological Collection, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, were analyzed for lesion variability and patterns of multiple site involvement. In addition, several documented cases of pathologic conditions (osteomyelitis, vertebral fractures, and malignant bone tumors) that resemble skeletal tuberculosis were photographed and described for use in differ…
Human treponematosis and tuberculosis: Evidence from the New World
The purpose of this study has been first, to critically review the evidence for the presence of human treponematosis and tuberculosis in the skeletal remains of prehistoric natives in the New World, and second, to report on nine new cases dated to before contact and suggesting the presence of these two disease conditions. A review of the medical history and findings by human paleopathologists leaves little doubt that both diseases originated in t…
Prevalence and possible etiology of dental enamel hypoplasia
Two hundred black and white adult human skeletons and 200 living black and white children from the greater Cleveland area were examined for evidence of enamel hypoplasia. Enamel hypoplasia, present in varying expressions (pits, lines and grooves), was found to be more prevalent in both skeletal samples, than in the living groups. In the majority of cases, sex differences between white and black males and females through time and space are highly …
Southwestern physical anthropology: Do the cultural and biological parameters correspond
Skeletal series representing 15 prehistoric and historic Southwestern American Indian groups were examined to estimate the degree of biological distance on the basis of craniometric data, to re‐examine Carl Seltzer's ('44) hypothesis of biological continuity in the Southwest Plateau region, and to see whether the biological parameters correspond to the cultural taxonomies and chronological subdivisions of the Southwestern prehistorians. Within an…
The distribution of human skeletal material in the continental United States
The effect of artificial cranial deformation on the incidence of wormian bones in the lambdoidal suture
One hundred and twenty adult and 80 human fetal skulls were examined to find the relationship (if any) between the presence of wormian bones in the lambdoidal suture and artificial deformation of the skull. Wormian bones occur in deformed and undeformed skulls with no significant differences. Wormian bones detected in fetal skulls preclude cultural deformation as an important factor in the formation of these bones. It is hypothesized that a genet…
The etiology of porotic hyperostosis among the prehistoric and historic Anasazi Indians of Southwestern United States
Porotic hyperostosis was studied in 539 crania from maizegrowing prehistoric and historic groups who occupied two dissimilar ecological zones of the Plateau country of Arizona and New Mexico—canyon bottoms and sage plain. Defined as abnormal localized sieve‐like structural changes involving the hematopoietic areas of the cranium, it was found in 185 (34.3%) of these skulls. More frequent in children than in adults, it shows significant frequency …
An Unusual Classic Period Burial from Las Colinas, Salt River Valley, Central Arizona
In April 1961, a contractor's excavation turned up the burial of a partially cremated male near mound 4 of the Classic period Las Colinas site in the Salt River Valley, central Arizona. Grave goods included an incised bone wand, a stone pipe, a small 3/4-grooved axe, and unworked Glycymeris sea shells
The etiology of porotic hyperostosis among the prehistoric and historic Anasazi Indians of Southwestern United States
Porotic hyperostosis was studied in 539 crania from maizegrowing prehistoric and historic groups who occupied two dissimilar ecological zones of the Plateau country of Arizona and New Mexico—canyon bottoms and sage plain. Defined as abnormal localized sieve‐like structural changes involving the hematopoietic areas of the cranium, it was found in 185 (34.3%) of these skulls. More frequent in children than in adults, it shows significant frequency …
Prevalence and possible etiology of dental enamel hypoplasia
Two hundred black and white adult human skeletons and 200 living black and white children from the greater Cleveland area were examined for evidence of enamel hypoplasia. Enamel hypoplasia, present in varying expressions (pits, lines and grooves), was found to be more prevalent in both skeletal samples, than in the living groups. In the majority of cases, sex differences between white and black males and females through time and space are highly …
The effect of artificial cranial deformation on the incidence of wormian bones in the lambdoidal suture
One hundred and twenty adult and 80 human fetal skulls were examined to find the relationship (if any) between the presence of wormian bones in the lambdoidal suture and artificial deformation of the skull. Wormian bones occur in deformed and undeformed skulls with no significant differences. Wormian bones detected in fetal skulls preclude cultural deformation as an important factor in the formation of these bones. It is hypothesized that a genet…
Natural variation and differential diagnosis of skeletal changes in tuberculosis
Twenty‐six documented cases (17 blacks, 9 whites) of skeletal tuberculosis from the Hamann‐Todd Osteological Collection, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, were analyzed for lesion variability and patterns of multiple site involvement. In addition, several documented cases of pathologic conditions (osteomyelitis, vertebral fractures, and malignant bone tumors) that resemble skeletal tuberculosis were photographed and described for use in differ…
Human treponematosis and tuberculosis: Evidence from the New World
The purpose of this study has been first, to critically review the evidence for the presence of human treponematosis and tuberculosis in the skeletal remains of prehistoric natives in the New World, and second, to report on nine new cases dated to before contact and suggesting the presence of these two disease conditions. A review of the medical history and findings by human paleopathologists leaves little doubt that both diseases originated in t…
Southwestern physical anthropology: Do the cultural and biological parameters correspond
Skeletal series representing 15 prehistoric and historic Southwestern American Indian groups were examined to estimate the degree of biological distance on the basis of craniometric data, to re‐examine Carl Seltzer's ('44) hypothesis of biological continuity in the Southwest Plateau region, and to see whether the biological parameters correspond to the cultural taxonomies and chronological subdivisions of the Southwestern prehistorians. Within an…
Cases of tuberculosis at 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan
This study reports on three strongly suggestive cases of tuberculosis from the Neolithic village of 'Ain Ghazal in Jordan. These cases may, in the Old World, represent the earliest possible evidence of this disease, dating back to 9,250 BP before and /or during the period of animal and plant domestication. Our hypothesis is that the reported cases showing the presence of tuberculosis suggest that the 'Ain Ghazal inhabitants may have come in conta…
Autopsies on two native American mummies
An interdisciplinary team performed autopsies on an adult male and an infant male mummy from the American Southwest. Cause of death has not been determined for the infant. The presence of an unhealed skull fracture associated with an apparent hematoma in the adult male is suggestive of trauma as the cause of death in the adult. Evidence of disease is minimal. Analysis of powder thought to be dried blood from the thoracic cavity of the adult sugge…
The distribution of human skeletal material in the continental United States
An Unusual Classic Period Burial from Las Colinas, Salt River Valley, Central Arizona
In April 1961, a contractor's excavation turned up the burial of a partially cremated male near mound 4 of the Classic period Las Colinas site in the Salt River Valley, central Arizona. Grave goods included an incised bone wand, a stone pipe, a small 3/4-grooved axe, and unworked Glycymeris sea shells
An Unusual Classic Period Burial from Las Colinas, Salt River Valley, Central Arizona
In April 1961, a contractor's excavation turned up the burial of a partially cremated male near mound 4 of the Classic period Las Colinas site in the Salt River Valley, central Arizona. Grave goods included an incised bone wand, a stone pipe, a small 3/4-grooved axe, and unworked Glycymeris sea shells
The etiology of porotic hyperostosis among the prehistoric and historic Anasazi Indians of Southwestern United States
Porotic hyperostosis was studied in 539 crania from maizegrowing prehistoric and historic groups who occupied two dissimilar ecological zones of the Plateau country of Arizona and New Mexico—canyon bottoms and sage plain. Defined as abnormal localized sieve‐like structural changes involving the hematopoietic areas of the cranium, it was found in 185 (34.3%) of these skulls. More frequent in children than in adults, it shows significant frequency …
The distribution of human skeletal material in the continental United States
The effect of artificial cranial deformation on the incidence of wormian bones in the lambdoidal suture
One hundred and twenty adult and 80 human fetal skulls were examined to find the relationship (if any) between the presence of wormian bones in the lambdoidal suture and artificial deformation of the skull. Wormian bones occur in deformed and undeformed skulls with no significant differences. Wormian bones detected in fetal skulls preclude cultural deformation as an important factor in the formation of these bones. It is hypothesized that a genet…
Prevalence and possible etiology of dental enamel hypoplasia
Two hundred black and white adult human skeletons and 200 living black and white children from the greater Cleveland area were examined for evidence of enamel hypoplasia. Enamel hypoplasia, present in varying expressions (pits, lines and grooves), was found to be more prevalent in both skeletal samples, than in the living groups. In the majority of cases, sex differences between white and black males and females through time and space are highly …
Southwestern physical anthropology: Do the cultural and biological parameters correspond
Skeletal series representing 15 prehistoric and historic Southwestern American Indian groups were examined to estimate the degree of biological distance on the basis of craniometric data, to re‐examine Carl Seltzer's ('44) hypothesis of biological continuity in the Southwest Plateau region, and to see whether the biological parameters correspond to the cultural taxonomies and chronological subdivisions of the Southwestern prehistorians. Within an…
Human treponematosis and tuberculosis: Evidence from the New World
The purpose of this study has been first, to critically review the evidence for the presence of human treponematosis and tuberculosis in the skeletal remains of prehistoric natives in the New World, and second, to report on nine new cases dated to before contact and suggesting the presence of these two disease conditions. A review of the medical history and findings by human paleopathologists leaves little doubt that both diseases originated in t…
Autopsies on two native American mummies
An interdisciplinary team performed autopsies on an adult male and an infant male mummy from the American Southwest. Cause of death has not been determined for the infant. The presence of an unhealed skull fracture associated with an apparent hematoma in the adult male is suggestive of trauma as the cause of death in the adult. Evidence of disease is minimal. Analysis of powder thought to be dried blood from the thoracic cavity of the adult sugge…
Natural variation and differential diagnosis of skeletal changes in tuberculosis
Twenty‐six documented cases (17 blacks, 9 whites) of skeletal tuberculosis from the Hamann‐Todd Osteological Collection, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, were analyzed for lesion variability and patterns of multiple site involvement. In addition, several documented cases of pathologic conditions (osteomyelitis, vertebral fractures, and malignant bone tumors) that resemble skeletal tuberculosis were photographed and described for use in differ…
Cases of tuberculosis at 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan
This study reports on three strongly suggestive cases of tuberculosis from the Neolithic village of 'Ain Ghazal in Jordan. These cases may, in the Old World, represent the earliest possible evidence of this disease, dating back to 9,250 BP before and /or during the period of animal and plant domestication. Our hypothesis is that the reported cases showing the presence of tuberculosis suggest that the 'Ain Ghazal inhabitants may have come in conta…
The Wadi Faynan Project: The South Cemetery Excavation, Jordan 1996: a Preliminary Report
The excavation of a large cemetery site known as the South Cemetery, close to the large settlement of Khirbat Faynan, was undertaken as a joint project between the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History, and the Department of Anthropology, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University as part of the Wadi Faynan Project. In response to the continued looting of the site, six weeks of excavation were carried out. Thes…
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Biology (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Pathology (5 works) · Anatomy (4 works) · Anatomy (4 works) · Paleopathology and ancient diseases (3 works) · Prehistory (3 works)