Luigi Capasso
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 95289 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Luigi Capasso |
| PRENOMES | Luigi |
| SOBRENOME | Capasso |
| ASSINATURA | CAPASSO L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | National Archaeological Museum |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7120-9624 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
The mummy of Torricella Peligna, a case report
The restoration works of the Church of San Giacomo Apostolo in Torricella Peligna (Abruzzo, Italy) have brought to light a mummified body, in a good state of preservation. Studies on the body have dated the burial and highlighted the anthropological and pathological aspects. The mummy dates back to the seventeenth century and belongs to an adult male individual which probably held an administrative position within the Viceroyalty of Naples. The r…
A Possible Case of Coccidioides Infection in a Thirteenth-Century Bolivian Mummy
Coccidioidomycosis is an infectious fungal disease endemic in Bolivia's Gran Chaco region that is caused by inspiration of the spores of Coccidiodes species. It is a respiratory pathology that can spread to the skeleton and produce diffuse lytic lesions in different parts of the body. This disease has rarely been described in historic populations, and we present here a new case of coccidioidomycosis in a mummified human individual. It corresponds…
The study of the animal remains from the Neferhotep Complex (17th-20th Dynasty, Valley of the Nobles, Luxor, Egypt)
The Tombs of the Nobles are located in ancient Thebes (modern Luxor, Egypt) and are primarily the site of elite burials. One such is the monumental funerary complex of Neferhotep, which is characterised by several tombs arranged around a central court: TT49, TT187, TT362, TT363, and TT347, which have been already excavated, while TT348 is still closed. They are dated from the end of the XVIII Dynasty (fourteenth-thirteenth century BC) to the Rame…
Generalized dermatitis in the natural mummy of the Roman Catholic nun Marie-Léonie Martin (France, 1863–1941)
Possible notochordal chordoma in a fossil fish from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon
A unique “solidified” human brain from Asunción (XX century CE, Paraguay)
Anatomical variations of the foramen transversarium of cervical vertebrae from the ancient population of Herculaneum (79 CE; Naples, Italy)
Variations in the number, size and shape of the foramina transversaria of cervical vertebrae can affect the anatomical course of vital blood vessels and nerves, with the risk for pathological conditions, like vertebrobasilar insufficiency. This can result in compression of the vertebral artery during neck movements, which is characterised by headache, migraine, difficulties in swallowing, problems with speech and sight, balance disturbances and h…
Maxillary abnormality in the medieval Blessed friar Egidio from Laurenzana (Basilicata, southern Italy)
Blessed Egidio was a revered Catholic friar who lived in Basilicata (southern Italy) between the 15th and 16th centuries A.D. His natural mummy is preserved in the Mother Church of Laurenzana, the village where he lived. During the recent restoration and conservation of the relic, palaeopathological analysis was carried out. This revealed osteolytic lesions that affected the maxillary bones, as two injuries that were different in morphology and s…
Sex estimation by odontometrics of nonadult human remains from a contemporary Italian sample
OBJECTIVES: The objective was to develop an odontometric technique for sex estimation based on dental measurements from adult individuals, and to evaluate its applicability and reliability for diagnosis of sex of nonadult skeletal remains. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted on the permanent dentition of 132 individuals (70 males, 62 females) from the identified human skeletal collection of the Certosa Cemetery (Bologna, Italy) of the…
The human remains of the funerary complex of Neferhotep (XVIIIth–XXth Dynasty, Valley of the Nobles, Luxor, Egypt)
The Valley of the Nobles is a burial area that is located between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, together with which it constitutes the Theban Necropolis. The Valley of the Nobles houses the tombs of ancient aristocratic families, which include the monumental complex of the Neferhotep tomb, catalogued as TT49 (XVIIIth Dynasty). The funerary monument of Neferhotep also includes tombs TT187, TT347, TT348, TT362, and TT363, al…
Etruscan Teeth and Odontology
The results of a paleopathological examination of the teeth and supporting structures of a 4th through 2nd century BC Etruscan sample of 119 crania from central Italy reveals a relatively low incidence of caries (27.7%) and high frequencies of antemortem tooth loss (49.6%) and alveolar bone infection (27.7%). The mandibular anterior teeth of one individual were partially covered with a gold strip. The function of this strip may have been ornament…
Estimation of sex from the hyoid body in skeletal individuals from archeological sites
Embryotomy in the 19th Century of Central Italy
An enormous earthquake in L'Aquila in 2009 brought to light human bodies buried in the underground rooms of the medieval St. John the Evangelist church (Casentino, Central Italy). Among the remains, we discovered a human fetus, whose post‐cranial bones were wrapped in bandages and cranial bones were reallocated inside a sort of hood. Anthropometrical investigation revealed an age at death of 29 ± 2 weeks of pregnancy for the little mummy. Radiogr…
The possible correlation between dental enamel hypoplasia and a historic natural disaster in the Roman population of Herculaneum (79 AD ? central Italy)
Dental enamel hypoplasia is usually read as a sign of a systematic growth disturbance during childhood. Following the analysis of human teeth from Herculaneum (79 AD, Central Italy), the authors focused on linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) manifestations in order to delineate a possible correlation between their frequency and distribution and the earthquake that occurred in 62 AD, which is well documented in historical literature. The human remains …
Multiple traumatic dental injuries
Odontometric sex discrimination in the herculaneum sample (79 AD, Naples, Italy), with application to juveniles
Sex determination of subadult skeletal remains with satisfactory accuracy represents one of the most important limitations of archaeological research and forensic practice. Teeth are one of the most durable physical elements of an individual that remain after death, and constitute a potential source of information about the biological sex of that individual. This study was based on the skeletal remains of 117 individuals from the ancient city of …
Infectious diseases and eating habits at Herculaneum (1st century AD, southern Italy)
This paper shows that many food remains excavated from Herculaneum were microbiologically contaminated, and that the Romans probably had continuous exposure to gastrointestinal diseases. However, palaeopathological analysis of skeletal remains from Herculaneum shows a low prevalence of non-specific bone inflammation. Pomegranates and figs, consumed by the population, were mainly dried and invariably contaminated byStreptomyces, a bacterium that p…
Taphonomy of the fossil hominid bones from the Acheulean site of Castel di Guido near Rome, Italy
A Bronze Javelin Point in a Femur from the Necropolis of Pontecagnano. (Salerno, Southern Italy, IV Century BC)
We describe the right femur of an adult male from grave 4141 of the Pontecagnano Necropolis (Salerno, IV century BC).The cortical surface of the bone is raised around a bronze mass visible on the bone surface at the level of the lesser trochanter at the central area of the anterior surface of the femoral shaft.Around the mass there is new bone, which presents some microscopic evidence of inflammation.X-ray analysis reveals that the mass, which me…
A healed fracture in an Odobenus rosmarus baculum from the Holocene of Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska
Brucellosis at Herculaneum (79 AD)
Ursus spelaeus vanished because of dental stress
The palaeopathological study of a large skeletal collection of Ursus spelaeus from Italy indicates that the most frequent pathologies were diseases of the teeth and jaws and this indicates that the extinction of the large European bear, in large part, can be attributable to masticatory disadaptation. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
A healed fracture in anOdobenus rosmarus baculum from the Holocene of Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska
Brucellosis at Herculaneum (79AD)
The author describes vertebral lesions observed in the skeletons of 16 adults who fled to the ancient beach at Herculaneum during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, where they were buried alive. In all cases the lesions present as the osteolysis of the superior vertebral angle. Though it is true that this region is generally affected by osteolytic activity in all the haematogenous vertebral osteomyelitises, because of the particular arterial circula…
Cranial pathology of Ursus spelaeus Rosenmller & Heinroth from Chateau Pignon, Basque Territories (Spain)
A complex lesion, on a skull of a female cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) associated with perforations of the frontal sinus is described. Paleopathological analysis suggests that the lesion is attributable to complex cranial trauma, probably complicated by an infection which appears to have occurred following a fight, most likely with another bear or, possibly, a cave lion (Panthera leo spelaea); at least one of the perforations observed on the skull m…
Odontometric sex discrimination in the herculaneum sample (79 AD, Naples, Italy), with application to juveniles
Sex determination of subadult skeletal remains with satisfactory accuracy represents one of the most important limitations of archaeological research and forensic practice. Teeth are one of the most durable physical elements of an individual that remain after death, and constitute a potential source of information about the biological sex of that individual. This study was based on the skeletal remains of 117 individuals from the ancient city of …
Taphonomy of the fossil hominid bones from the Acheulean site of Castel di Guido near Rome, Italy
Infectious diseases and eating habits at Herculaneum (1st century AD, southern Italy)
This paper shows that many food remains excavated from Herculaneum were microbiologically contaminated, and that the Romans probably had continuous exposure to gastrointestinal diseases. However, palaeopathological analysis of skeletal remains from Herculaneum shows a low prevalence of non-specific bone inflammation. Pomegranates and figs, consumed by the population, were mainly dried and invariably contaminated byStreptomyces, a bacterium that p…
The human remains of the funerary complex of Neferhotep (XVIIIth–XXth Dynasty, Valley of the Nobles, Luxor, Egypt)
The Valley of the Nobles is a burial area that is located between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, together with which it constitutes the Theban Necropolis. The Valley of the Nobles houses the tombs of ancient aristocratic families, which include the monumental complex of the Neferhotep tomb, catalogued as TT49 (XVIIIth Dynasty). The funerary monument of Neferhotep also includes tombs TT187, TT347, TT348, TT362, and TT363, al…
Etruscan Teeth and Odontology
The results of a paleopathological examination of the teeth and supporting structures of a 4th through 2nd century BC Etruscan sample of 119 crania from central Italy reveals a relatively low incidence of caries (27.7%) and high frequencies of antemortem tooth loss (49.6%) and alveolar bone infection (27.7%). The mandibular anterior teeth of one individual were partially covered with a gold strip. The function of this strip may have been ornament…
The possible correlation between dental enamel hypoplasia and a historic natural disaster in the Roman population of Herculaneum (79 AD ? central Italy)
Dental enamel hypoplasia is usually read as a sign of a systematic growth disturbance during childhood. Following the analysis of human teeth from Herculaneum (79 AD, Central Italy), the authors focused on linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) manifestations in order to delineate a possible correlation between their frequency and distribution and the earthquake that occurred in 62 AD, which is well documented in historical literature. The human remains …
Synchrotron radiation microprobe analysis of human dental calculi from an archaeological site
The X‐ray microprobe at beamline X‐26 of the National Synchrotron Light Source (Brookhaven National Laboratory) has been used to determine minor and trace elements in small fragments of dental calculus. This material was removed from 11 individuals found in the Norman necropolis discovered recently under the church of San Lorenzo di Aversa (Caserta, southern Italy, ca. AD 900–1200). The aim of these experiments is to develop new methods for non‐d…
A Possible Case of Coccidioides Infection in a Thirteenth-Century Bolivian Mummy
Coccidioidomycosis is an infectious fungal disease endemic in Bolivia's Gran Chaco region that is caused by inspiration of the spores of Coccidiodes species. It is a respiratory pathology that can spread to the skeleton and produce diffuse lytic lesions in different parts of the body. This disease has rarely been described in historic populations, and we present here a new case of coccidioidomycosis in a mummified human individual. It corresponds…
Maxillary abnormality in the medieval Blessed friar Egidio from Laurenzana (Basilicata, southern Italy)
Blessed Egidio was a revered Catholic friar who lived in Basilicata (southern Italy) between the 15th and 16th centuries A.D. His natural mummy is preserved in the Mother Church of Laurenzana, the village where he lived. During the recent restoration and conservation of the relic, palaeopathological analysis was carried out. This revealed osteolytic lesions that affected the maxillary bones, as two injuries that were different in morphology and s…
Sex estimation by odontometrics of nonadult human remains from a contemporary Italian sample
OBJECTIVES: The objective was to develop an odontometric technique for sex estimation based on dental measurements from adult individuals, and to evaluate its applicability and reliability for diagnosis of sex of nonadult skeletal remains. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted on the permanent dentition of 132 individuals (70 males, 62 females) from the identified human skeletal collection of the Certosa Cemetery (Bologna, Italy) of the…
Probable persistence of the remains of a Rouget-Neumann sheath into the canalicular system of ancient human bone
Examining histological sections obtained from human bones from Iron Age archaeological excavations (about third to fifth century BC, Alfedena and Sulmona, central Italy), the authors show the presence of an amorphous, afibrillary substance inside the osseous canaliculus in decalcified sections. This substance has shown unusual chromaffinity to staining using the Schmorl method with thionine and phosphowolframic acid. It is probably formed by acid…
Probable persistence of the remains of a Rouget-Neumann sheath into the canalicular system of ancient human bone
Examining histological sections obtained from human bones from Iron Age archaeological excavations (about third to fifth century BC, Alfedena and Sulmona, central Italy), the authors show the presence of an amorphous, afibrillary substance inside the osseous canaliculus in decalcified sections. This substance has shown unusual chromaffinity to staining using the Schmorl method with thionine and phosphowolframic acid. It is probably formed by acid…
I resti umani dell’Hauslabjoch raccolti durante la campagna di scavo del 1992
Synchrotron radiation microprobe analysis of human dental calculi from an archaeological site
The X‐ray microprobe at beamline X‐26 of the National Synchrotron Light Source (Brookhaven National Laboratory) has been used to determine minor and trace elements in small fragments of dental calculus. This material was removed from 11 individuals found in the Norman necropolis discovered recently under the church of San Lorenzo di Aversa (Caserta, southern Italy, ca. AD 900–1200). The aim of these experiments is to develop new methods for non‐d…
The Antiquity of Osteosarcoma
Possible Therapy for Headaches in Ancient Times
The Antiquity of Osteosarcoma
Use of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay in the sex typing of DNA extracted from archaeological bone
We developed an original method that allows the simultaneous molecular amplification and analysis of human chromosome X- and Y-specific sequences from cortical compact bone using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The strategy is based on sequential amplification using external and internal primers. The targeted loci are SRY for chromosome Y and DXZ4 for chromosome X. Internal and external primer pairs for both loci were selected in order to al…
Osteoma
Osteoma is a poorly understood benign bone tumour, the truly neoplastic origin of which has been debated by several authors. Some scientists underline its relationship with hyperostosis. Other authors deny the existence of osteoma as an autonomous nosographic entity. Cranial osteoma, single or multiple, is frequently found in ancient human bones from archaeological excavations. To clarify the true nature of this pathologic osseous neoformation, t…
Cranial pathology of Ursus spelaeus Rosenmller & Heinroth from Chateau Pignon, Basque Territories (Spain)
A complex lesion, on a skull of a female cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) associated with perforations of the frontal sinus is described. Paleopathological analysis suggests that the lesion is attributable to complex cranial trauma, probably complicated by an infection which appears to have occurred following a fight, most likely with another bear or, possibly, a cave lion (Panthera leo spelaea); at least one of the perforations observed on the skull m…
Cranial Pathology Ofursus Spelaeus Rosenmüller & Heinroth From Chateau Pignon, Basque Territories (Spain)
A complex lesion, on a skull of a female cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) associated with perforations of the frontal sinus is described. Paleopathological analysis suggests that the lesion is attributable to complex cranial trauma, probably complicated by an infection which appears to have occurred following a fight, most likely with another bear or, possibly, a cave lion (Panthera leo spelaea); at least one of the perforations observed on the skull m…
A Bronze Javelin Point in a Femur from the Necropolis of Pontecagnano. (Salerno, Southern Italy, IV Century BC)
We describe the right femur of an adult male from grave 4141 of the Pontecagnano Necropolis (Salerno, IV century BC).The cortical surface of the bone is raised around a bronze mass visible on the bone surface at the level of the lesser trochanter at the central area of the anterior surface of the femoral shaft.Around the mass there is new bone, which presents some microscopic evidence of inflammation.X-ray analysis reveals that the mass, which me…
A healed fracture in an Odobenus rosmarus baculum from the Holocene of Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska
Brucellosis at Herculaneum (79 AD)
Ursus spelaeus vanished because of dental stress
The palaeopathological study of a large skeletal collection of Ursus spelaeus from Italy indicates that the most frequent pathologies were diseases of the teeth and jaws and this indicates that the extinction of the large European bear, in large part, can be attributable to masticatory disadaptation. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
A healed fracture in anOdobenus rosmarus baculum from the Holocene of Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska
Brucellosis at Herculaneum (79AD)
The author describes vertebral lesions observed in the skeletons of 16 adults who fled to the ancient beach at Herculaneum during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, where they were buried alive. In all cases the lesions present as the osteolysis of the superior vertebral angle. Though it is true that this region is generally affected by osteolytic activity in all the haematogenous vertebral osteomyelitises, because of the particular arterial circula…
Taphonomy of the fossil hominid bones from the Acheulean site of Castel di Guido near Rome, Italy
Infectious diseases and eating habits at Herculaneum (1st century AD, southern Italy)
This paper shows that many food remains excavated from Herculaneum were microbiologically contaminated, and that the Romans probably had continuous exposure to gastrointestinal diseases. However, palaeopathological analysis of skeletal remains from Herculaneum shows a low prevalence of non-specific bone inflammation. Pomegranates and figs, consumed by the population, were mainly dried and invariably contaminated byStreptomyces, a bacterium that p…
Multiple traumatic dental injuries
Odontometric sex discrimination in the herculaneum sample (79 AD, Naples, Italy), with application to juveniles
Sex determination of subadult skeletal remains with satisfactory accuracy represents one of the most important limitations of archaeological research and forensic practice. Teeth are one of the most durable physical elements of an individual that remain after death, and constitute a potential source of information about the biological sex of that individual. This study was based on the skeletal remains of 117 individuals from the ancient city of …
The possible correlation between dental enamel hypoplasia and a historic natural disaster in the Roman population of Herculaneum (79 AD ? central Italy)
Dental enamel hypoplasia is usually read as a sign of a systematic growth disturbance during childhood. Following the analysis of human teeth from Herculaneum (79 AD, Central Italy), the authors focused on linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) manifestations in order to delineate a possible correlation between their frequency and distribution and the earthquake that occurred in 62 AD, which is well documented in historical literature. The human remains …
Estimation of sex from the hyoid body in skeletal individuals from archeological sites
Embryotomy in the 19th Century of Central Italy
An enormous earthquake in L'Aquila in 2009 brought to light human bodies buried in the underground rooms of the medieval St. John the Evangelist church (Casentino, Central Italy). Among the remains, we discovered a human fetus, whose post‐cranial bones were wrapped in bandages and cranial bones were reallocated inside a sort of hood. Anthropometrical investigation revealed an age at death of 29 ± 2 weeks of pregnancy for the little mummy. Radiogr…
Etruscan Teeth and Odontology
The results of a paleopathological examination of the teeth and supporting structures of a 4th through 2nd century BC Etruscan sample of 119 crania from central Italy reveals a relatively low incidence of caries (27.7%) and high frequencies of antemortem tooth loss (49.6%) and alveolar bone infection (27.7%). The mandibular anterior teeth of one individual were partially covered with a gold strip. The function of this strip may have been ornament…
Anatomical variations of the foramen transversarium of cervical vertebrae from the ancient population of Herculaneum (79 CE; Naples, Italy)
Variations in the number, size and shape of the foramina transversaria of cervical vertebrae can affect the anatomical course of vital blood vessels and nerves, with the risk for pathological conditions, like vertebrobasilar insufficiency. This can result in compression of the vertebral artery during neck movements, which is characterised by headache, migraine, difficulties in swallowing, problems with speech and sight, balance disturbances and h…
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