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Transverse -Harris- Lines in a Skeletal Population from the 1711 Danish Plague Site

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ID3778245
AuthorsGabriela N Fiscella, Pia Bennike, Niels Lynnerup (0000-0002-7771-5376)
Year2008
Volume66
Issue2
Pages129-138
Publication date2008-07-11
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropologischer Anzeiger (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5548 • E-ISSN: 2363-7099
PublisherS ch we iz er ba rt (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1127/aa/66/2008/129
PMID18712153
OpenAlexW2425424656
LanguageEN
Citations received3

This study examines the occurrence and distribution of transverse lines in skeletal remains from the Copenhagen site, a plague cemetery dated 1711 AD. A relatively low frequency for evidence of line formation was observed in the individuals comprising the total sample and no transverse lines were present in the subadult category. This paper addresses the pattern of transverse line occurrence and cohort-specific distribution in a plague sample in light of the multiple factors influencing line formation and resorption and discusses the significance of transverse lines as measures of non-specific acute stress in archaeologically derived populations.

Archaeology · Biology · Danish · Geography · Geometry · Line (geometry) · Plague (disease) · Population · Sociology · Transverse plane · Anatomy · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

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Citations per year0.33
Citation span2017 - 2025 (9)
Highly citedNo

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