On the antiquity of leprosy in western Micronesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4675790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diane L Trembly (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 377-384 |
| Publication date | 1995-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/oa.1390050408 |
| OpenAlex | W2042348616 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
The presence of leprosy in China is documented to 190 BC, and possibly earlier.; It is believed to have spread from China to Japan. Its presence in Oceania has heretofore been documented only since the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries AD, and has been attributed to migration of people from China into the Pacific subsequent to western contact and trans-Pacific trade.In the osteological analysis of 700 skeletons from pre-Spanish archaeological contexts on the islands of Guam and Saipan in western Micronesia, at least six cases of leprosy have been discovered. Radiocarbon dating places two of these in the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries AD, one in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries, and one in the seventh to eleventh centuries. This clearly indicates that the introduction of leprosy pre-dates western contact and suggests possible contact with, or immigration from, China or Japan
Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · China · Eleventh · Fifteenth · Geography · Immigration · Leprosy · Osteology · Paleopathology · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Sex and Geographic Differences in Health of the Early Inhabitants of the Mariana Islands
Tuberculosis and leprosy in perspective
Skeletal biology of Apurguan
Subadult stress, morbidity, and longevity in Latte Period populations on Guam, Mariana Islands
Osteoarchaeological evidence for leprosy from western Central Asia
Skeletal pathology in a prehistoric Pacific Island sample
Probable early presence of leprosy in Europe in a Celtic skeleton of the 4th-3rd century BC (Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna, Italy)
Septic bone changes in leprosy
Nonmetric cranial variation and the populational affinities of the Pacific peoples
Unusual pathological condition in the lower extremities of a skeleton from ancient Israel
Leprosy or madura foot? The ambiguous nature of infectious disease in paleopathology
Unusual pathological condition in the lower extremities of a skeleton from ancient Israel
Dental and cranial affinities among populations of East Asia and the pacific
A new world of infectious disease
Oceanic Tooth-Size Variation as a Reflection of Biological and Cultural Mixing [and Comments and Reply]
Paleopathology of the Ptolemaic inhabitants of Dakhleh Oasis (Egypt)
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2016 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |