Plague Cemetery of Alghero, Sardinia (1582-1583)

Preface ;



Chapter 1 Introduction ;


1.1 The Plague: historical and biological aspects ;


1.2 The history of Alghero from the origins to the plague of 1582-83 ;


1.3 The site of Lo Quarter ;


1.4 The cemetery (end of 13th-beginning of 17th centuries) ;


1.5 The collective burials of Alghero: the trenches ;


1.6 Aims of the study ;



Chapter 2 Materials and methods ;


2.1 Materials ;


2.2 Biological sex estimation ;


2.3 Age at death estimation ;


2.4 Taphonomy ;


2.5 Stature estimation ;


2.6 Non-metric traits ;


2.7 Dental pathologies ;


2.8 Stress indicators ;


2.9 Degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) ;


2.10 Entheseal changes ;


2.11 Pathologies ;


2.12 Statistical analysis ;



Chapter 3 Results and discussion ;


3.1 Demography ;


3.2 Taphonomic analysis ;


3.3 Stature ;


3.4 Non-metric traits ;


3.5 Dental pathologies ;


3.6 Stress indicators ;


3.7 Degenerative joint disease ;


3.8 Entheseal changes ;


3.9 Pathologies ;



Chapter 4 Conclusions and future perspectives ;


Appendix ;


1. Methods ;


2. Age and sex of the individuals ;


3. Taphonomy ;


4. Stature data ;



Chapter 5 The catalogue of the individuals of each trench ;



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• Metodologia e técnicas da arqueologia
• Arqueologia europeia medieval