Uwe Kierdorf
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 75035 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Uwe Kierdorf |
| NOMBRES | Uwe |
| APELLIDO | Kierdorf |
| FIRMA | KIERDORF U |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Hildesheim |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0531-2460 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1993 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Microstructural findings on prenatally formed dental enamel support the assumption of an Iron age twin burial from Germany
Analysis of enamel defects in a cave bear maxillary molar, with remarks on incremental markings in bear enamel
The paper discusses the formation of an enamel defect in the crown of a cave bear ( Ursus spelaeus sensu lato) left maxillary second molar (M 2 ), based on macroscopic and microscopic analysis. The tooth belongs to a cranium recovered from the Cerovac caves in Croatia that exhibits a partially healed, depressed lesion in the left squama frontalis and a further lesion in the left maxilla associated with loss of the M 1 . Microscopic inspection dem…
Is the promontory a promising site to diagnose otitis media in paleopathology? A search for evidence
Pronounced hyperostosis frontalis interna and co‐occurring lesions in the skull base suggestive of a pituitary tumor in a woman from medieval Germany
Hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) is an osseous overgrowth characterized by symmetrical, irregular bone apposition on the internal table of the frontal bone, which preferentially occurs in females. In 1719, Morgagni described the condition as one sign of a triad comprising HFI, hirsutism, and obesity (Morgagni's syndrome). The etiopathogenesis of HFI is largely unresolved, but the condition is frequently associated with metabolic, endocrine, a…
Abnormal bone loss in the external auditory canal of two adult humans from the medieval period of Germany-An attempt at differential diagnosis
Abnormal loss of bone in the external auditory canal (EAC) constitutes an underreported condition in paleopathology. Thus far, all reported cases were diagnosed as the result of an external ear canal cholesteatoma (EACC). Here, we report two cases from the medieval period in Germany that show enlarged EACs with perforations of the anterior and posterior EAC walls. The cases were studied macroscopically, with a digital stereo microscope and by con…
Assessment of physiological disturbances during pre‐ and early postnatal development based on microscopic analysis of human deciduous teeth from the Late Epipaleolithic site of Shubayqa 1 (Jordan)
OBJECTIVES: To study pre- and early postnatal tooth formation and to analyze the effects of physiological disturbances on enamel and dentin formation in deciduous teeth of infants from the Late Epipaleolithic (Natufian) site Shubayqa 1. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten deciduous teeth from six infants (ages at death between 21 and 239 days) were analyzed by light and scanning electron microscopy. RESULTS: Marked prism cross-striations and an abnormal w…
The eruption of the Laacher See volcano (~13,000 years BP) and possible fluoride poisoning amongst contemporaneous wildlife and human foragers-Outline of a hypothesis and the way to test it
At about 13,000 calendar years before present (BP) the Laacher See volcano, located in present-day western Germany, erupted catastrophically. It has been argued that this eruption and its attendant ash fallout played a causal role in the demographic and cultural change documented archaeologically amongst contemporaneous human hunter-gatherer populations in northern Europe. The population displacement and subsequent changes in material culture are…
Histomorphological study on hypocellularity in mastoid processes from archaeological human skeletons
Secondary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a male from the Early Medieval settlement of Lauchheim, Germany
An Osteometric Study on the Variation in Orientation of the Lesser Trochanter in an Early Medieval Human Skeletal Assemblage and Comparison with an Individual from the Late Upper Palaeolithic
Anatomical textbooks describe the lesser trochanter in contemporary humans as being oriented posteromedially. In contrast, orientation of the lesser trochanter towards posterior was observed in some human femora from the Upper Palaeolithic, including the femur of a young adult individual from Germany (Irlich 1), radiocarbon dated to 12 500–11 200 bp (calibrated AMS age). The present study analysed the orientation of the lesser trochanter in femor…
Resorptive depressions on a horn core of Late Pleistocene (MIS 3) Bison priscus (Bovidae, Mammalia) from northeastern Germany
Odontometric sex estimation in humans using measurements on permanent canines. A comparison of an early Neolithic and an early medieval assemblage from Germany
This study analyzed whether cervical canine dimensions measured at the enamel-cement junction can provide a basis for sex estimation in human skeletal remains and whether discriminant functions developed for one assemblage can be successfully applied also to others. Cervical canine dimensions were recorded for an Early Neolithic (Linear Pottery Culture) and an early medieval skeletal assemblage from Germany. Only individuals in whom sex estimatio…
Flint arrowhead embedded in a human humerus from the Bronze Age site in the Tollense valley, Germany – A high-resolution micro-CT study to distinguish antemortem from perimortem projectile trauma to b…
Cementoblastoma in a red deer (Cervus elaphus) from the Late Pleistocene of Rochedane, France
Missing perikymata”—fact or fiction? A study on chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes verus ) canines
Recently, a lower than expected number of perikymata between repetitive furrow‐type hypoplastic defects has been reported in chimpanzee canines from the Fongoli site, Senegal (Skinner and Pruetz: Am J Phys Anthropol 149 (2012) 468–482). Based on an observation in a localized enamel fracture surface of a canine of a chimpanzee from the Taï Forest (Ivory Coast), these authors inferred that a nonemergence of striae of Retzius could be the cause for …
Diagnosis of stapedial footplate fixation in archaeological human remains
Healed fracture of the tibia in a bison (Bison menneri ) from the late Early Pleistocene site of Untermassfeld (Thuringia, Germany)
Developmental defects and postmortem changes in archaeological pig teeth from Fais Island, Micronesia
Differential diagnosis of mastoid hypocellularity in human skeletal remains
Mastoid hypocellularity is frequently used as an indicator of chronic otits media in paleopathological investigations. The condition can be caused by a poor development of air cells during infancy and early childhood (primary hypocellularity) or by obliteration of air cells with bone during later life (secondary hypocellularity). We performed a macroscopic, radiographic, and microscopic study of pneumatization patterns in 151 mastoid processes of…
Insights from the inside
We studied the abnormalities in enamel microstructure associated with enamel hypoplasia in human teeth from the early medieval (5th–7th century AD) cemetery of Barbing, Germany, using light and scanning electron microscopy. The main aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that by analyzing the microstructure of fully formed enamel it is possible to reconstruct the reaction pattern of secretory ameloblasts to stress events leading to enamel hy…
Problems and pitfalls in the diagnosis of linear enamel hypoplasia in cheek teeth of cattle
A further example of long-bone damage due to chewing by deer
A central diaphyseal fragment of a red deer metacarpus of recent origin is described, showing signs of bone chewing by deer, the most prominent being fork formation at either end of the specimen. Compared with a red deer metacarpus from the same region described previously, the present one was in a much more advanced stage of bone destruction as a result of osteophagia. Additionally, alterations resulting from gnawing by small rodents and from ro…
Fork formation and other signs of osteophagia on a long bone swallowed by a red deer stag (Cervus elaphus)
A right anterior cannon bone (os metacarpale 3 + 4) of a red deer that was found in the reticulum of a 7-year-old red deer stag is described. The bone, which had accidentally been swallowed by the stag, showed clear signs of bone chewing (osteophagia), the most prominent being the formation of a fork at its distal end. Knowledge of the possible bone changes brought about by ruminant osteophagia may prevent the erroneous interpretation of skeletal…
Insights from the inside
We studied the abnormalities in enamel microstructure associated with enamel hypoplasia in human teeth from the early medieval (5th–7th century AD) cemetery of Barbing, Germany, using light and scanning electron microscopy. The main aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that by analyzing the microstructure of fully formed enamel it is possible to reconstruct the reaction pattern of secretory ameloblasts to stress events leading to enamel hy…
Developmental defects and postmortem changes in archaeological pig teeth from Fais Island, Micronesia
Missing perikymata”—fact or fiction? A study on chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes verus ) canines
Recently, a lower than expected number of perikymata between repetitive furrow‐type hypoplastic defects has been reported in chimpanzee canines from the Fongoli site, Senegal (Skinner and Pruetz: Am J Phys Anthropol 149 (2012) 468–482). Based on an observation in a localized enamel fracture surface of a canine of a chimpanzee from the Taï Forest (Ivory Coast), these authors inferred that a nonemergence of striae of Retzius could be the cause for …
Assessment of physiological disturbances during pre‐ and early postnatal development based on microscopic analysis of human deciduous teeth from the Late Epipaleolithic site of Shubayqa 1 (Jordan)
OBJECTIVES: To study pre- and early postnatal tooth formation and to analyze the effects of physiological disturbances on enamel and dentin formation in deciduous teeth of infants from the Late Epipaleolithic (Natufian) site Shubayqa 1. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten deciduous teeth from six infants (ages at death between 21 and 239 days) were analyzed by light and scanning electron microscopy. RESULTS: Marked prism cross-striations and an abnormal w…
Problems and pitfalls in the diagnosis of linear enamel hypoplasia in cheek teeth of cattle
Odontometric sex estimation in humans using measurements on permanent canines. A comparison of an early Neolithic and an early medieval assemblage from Germany
This study analyzed whether cervical canine dimensions measured at the enamel-cement junction can provide a basis for sex estimation in human skeletal remains and whether discriminant functions developed for one assemblage can be successfully applied also to others. Cervical canine dimensions were recorded for an Early Neolithic (Linear Pottery Culture) and an early medieval skeletal assemblage from Germany. Only individuals in whom sex estimatio…
A further example of long-bone damage due to chewing by deer
A central diaphyseal fragment of a red deer metacarpus of recent origin is described, showing signs of bone chewing by deer, the most prominent being fork formation at either end of the specimen. Compared with a red deer metacarpus from the same region described previously, the present one was in a much more advanced stage of bone destruction as a result of osteophagia. Additionally, alterations resulting from gnawing by small rodents and from ro…
The eruption of the Laacher See volcano (~13,000 years BP) and possible fluoride poisoning amongst contemporaneous wildlife and human foragers-Outline of a hypothesis and the way to test it
At about 13,000 calendar years before present (BP) the Laacher See volcano, located in present-day western Germany, erupted catastrophically. It has been argued that this eruption and its attendant ash fallout played a causal role in the demographic and cultural change documented archaeologically amongst contemporaneous human hunter-gatherer populations in northern Europe. The population displacement and subsequent changes in material culture are…
Resorptive depressions on a horn core of Late Pleistocene (MIS 3) Bison priscus (Bovidae, Mammalia) from northeastern Germany
Differential diagnosis of mastoid hypocellularity in human skeletal remains
Mastoid hypocellularity is frequently used as an indicator of chronic otits media in paleopathological investigations. The condition can be caused by a poor development of air cells during infancy and early childhood (primary hypocellularity) or by obliteration of air cells with bone during later life (secondary hypocellularity). We performed a macroscopic, radiographic, and microscopic study of pneumatization patterns in 151 mastoid processes of…
Fork formation and other signs of osteophagia on a long bone swallowed by a red deer stag (Cervus elaphus)
A right anterior cannon bone (os metacarpale 3 + 4) of a red deer that was found in the reticulum of a 7-year-old red deer stag is described. The bone, which had accidentally been swallowed by the stag, showed clear signs of bone chewing (osteophagia), the most prominent being the formation of a fork at its distal end. Knowledge of the possible bone changes brought about by ruminant osteophagia may prevent the erroneous interpretation of skeletal…
Fork formation and other signs of osteophagia on a long bone swallowed by a red deer stag (Cervus elaphus)
A right anterior cannon bone (os metacarpale 3 + 4) of a red deer that was found in the reticulum of a 7-year-old red deer stag is described. The bone, which had accidentally been swallowed by the stag, showed clear signs of bone chewing (osteophagia), the most prominent being the formation of a fork at its distal end. Knowledge of the possible bone changes brought about by ruminant osteophagia may prevent the erroneous interpretation of skeletal…
A further example of long-bone damage due to chewing by deer
A central diaphyseal fragment of a red deer metacarpus of recent origin is described, showing signs of bone chewing by deer, the most prominent being fork formation at either end of the specimen. Compared with a red deer metacarpus from the same region described previously, the present one was in a much more advanced stage of bone destruction as a result of osteophagia. Additionally, alterations resulting from gnawing by small rodents and from ro…
Problems and pitfalls in the diagnosis of linear enamel hypoplasia in cheek teeth of cattle
Insights from the inside
We studied the abnormalities in enamel microstructure associated with enamel hypoplasia in human teeth from the early medieval (5th–7th century AD) cemetery of Barbing, Germany, using light and scanning electron microscopy. The main aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that by analyzing the microstructure of fully formed enamel it is possible to reconstruct the reaction pattern of secretory ameloblasts to stress events leading to enamel hy…
Developmental defects and postmortem changes in archaeological pig teeth from Fais Island, Micronesia
Differential diagnosis of mastoid hypocellularity in human skeletal remains
Mastoid hypocellularity is frequently used as an indicator of chronic otits media in paleopathological investigations. The condition can be caused by a poor development of air cells during infancy and early childhood (primary hypocellularity) or by obliteration of air cells with bone during later life (secondary hypocellularity). We performed a macroscopic, radiographic, and microscopic study of pneumatization patterns in 151 mastoid processes of…
Healed fracture of the tibia in a bison (Bison menneri ) from the late Early Pleistocene site of Untermassfeld (Thuringia, Germany)
Diagnosis of stapedial footplate fixation in archaeological human remains
Flint arrowhead embedded in a human humerus from the Bronze Age site in the Tollense valley, Germany – A high-resolution micro-CT study to distinguish antemortem from perimortem projectile trauma to b…
Cementoblastoma in a red deer (Cervus elaphus) from the Late Pleistocene of Rochedane, France
Missing perikymata”—fact or fiction? A study on chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes verus ) canines
Recently, a lower than expected number of perikymata between repetitive furrow‐type hypoplastic defects has been reported in chimpanzee canines from the Fongoli site, Senegal (Skinner and Pruetz: Am J Phys Anthropol 149 (2012) 468–482). Based on an observation in a localized enamel fracture surface of a canine of a chimpanzee from the Taï Forest (Ivory Coast), these authors inferred that a nonemergence of striae of Retzius could be the cause for …
Resorptive depressions on a horn core of Late Pleistocene (MIS 3) Bison priscus (Bovidae, Mammalia) from northeastern Germany
Odontometric sex estimation in humans using measurements on permanent canines. A comparison of an early Neolithic and an early medieval assemblage from Germany
This study analyzed whether cervical canine dimensions measured at the enamel-cement junction can provide a basis for sex estimation in human skeletal remains and whether discriminant functions developed for one assemblage can be successfully applied also to others. Cervical canine dimensions were recorded for an Early Neolithic (Linear Pottery Culture) and an early medieval skeletal assemblage from Germany. Only individuals in whom sex estimatio…
An Osteometric Study on the Variation in Orientation of the Lesser Trochanter in an Early Medieval Human Skeletal Assemblage and Comparison with an Individual from the Late Upper Palaeolithic
Anatomical textbooks describe the lesser trochanter in contemporary humans as being oriented posteromedially. In contrast, orientation of the lesser trochanter towards posterior was observed in some human femora from the Upper Palaeolithic, including the femur of a young adult individual from Germany (Irlich 1), radiocarbon dated to 12 500–11 200 bp (calibrated AMS age). The present study analysed the orientation of the lesser trochanter in femor…
Secondary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a male from the Early Medieval settlement of Lauchheim, Germany
Histomorphological study on hypocellularity in mastoid processes from archaeological human skeletons
The eruption of the Laacher See volcano (~13,000 years BP) and possible fluoride poisoning amongst contemporaneous wildlife and human foragers-Outline of a hypothesis and the way to test it
At about 13,000 calendar years before present (BP) the Laacher See volcano, located in present-day western Germany, erupted catastrophically. It has been argued that this eruption and its attendant ash fallout played a causal role in the demographic and cultural change documented archaeologically amongst contemporaneous human hunter-gatherer populations in northern Europe. The population displacement and subsequent changes in material culture are…
Assessment of physiological disturbances during pre‐ and early postnatal development based on microscopic analysis of human deciduous teeth from the Late Epipaleolithic site of Shubayqa 1 (Jordan)
OBJECTIVES: To study pre- and early postnatal tooth formation and to analyze the effects of physiological disturbances on enamel and dentin formation in deciduous teeth of infants from the Late Epipaleolithic (Natufian) site Shubayqa 1. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten deciduous teeth from six infants (ages at death between 21 and 239 days) were analyzed by light and scanning electron microscopy. RESULTS: Marked prism cross-striations and an abnormal w…
Abnormal bone loss in the external auditory canal of two adult humans from the medieval period of Germany-An attempt at differential diagnosis
Abnormal loss of bone in the external auditory canal (EAC) constitutes an underreported condition in paleopathology. Thus far, all reported cases were diagnosed as the result of an external ear canal cholesteatoma (EACC). Here, we report two cases from the medieval period in Germany that show enlarged EACs with perforations of the anterior and posterior EAC walls. The cases were studied macroscopically, with a digital stereo microscope and by con…
Is the promontory a promising site to diagnose otitis media in paleopathology? A search for evidence
Pronounced hyperostosis frontalis interna and co‐occurring lesions in the skull base suggestive of a pituitary tumor in a woman from medieval Germany
Hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) is an osseous overgrowth characterized by symmetrical, irregular bone apposition on the internal table of the frontal bone, which preferentially occurs in females. In 1719, Morgagni described the condition as one sign of a triad comprising HFI, hirsutism, and obesity (Morgagni's syndrome). The etiopathogenesis of HFI is largely unresolved, but the condition is frequently associated with metabolic, endocrine, a…
Analysis of enamel defects in a cave bear maxillary molar, with remarks on incremental markings in bear enamel
The paper discusses the formation of an enamel defect in the crown of a cave bear ( Ursus spelaeus sensu lato) left maxillary second molar (M 2 ), based on macroscopic and microscopic analysis. The tooth belongs to a cranium recovered from the Cerovac caves in Croatia that exhibits a partially healed, depressed lesion in the left squama frontalis and a further lesion in the left maxilla associated with loss of the M 1 . Microscopic inspection dem…
Microstructural findings on prenatally formed dental enamel support the assumption of an Iron age twin burial from Germany
Anatomy (17 obras) · Medicine (16 obras) · Biology (14 obras) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (12 obras) · Pathology (8 obras) · Dentistry (7 obras) · Archaeology (6 obras) · Bone and Dental Protein Studies (6 obras) · Ecology (6 obras) · Geography (6 obras)