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SUMMARY:Diagnosing diseases of childhood: a bioarchaeological and palaeopa
 thological perspective - Carolyn Rando (University College London)
DTSTART:20180214T163000Z
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CONTACT:Michael Rivera
DESCRIPTION:While often overlooked\, children play an important role in re
 constructing human behaviour in the past. Analysing sub-adult skeletal mat
 erial (and considering the context in which they come from) can provide vi
 tal information about: growth rates\, developmental trajectory\, populatio
 n/demographic transitions\, the place of children in society and personhoo
 d\, and also can shed light on the general ‘health’ or disease load of
  a given population. \n\nDiagnosing disease in children is notoriously dif
 ficult\, as many conditions do not show up in the skeleton\, or have very 
 similar skeletal manifestations. Furthermore\, there is much mis-informati
 on about what observed changes actually mean\, and precisely how far we ca
 n take our interpretations. This talk will explore these ideas\, providing
  suggestions for how we should move forward\; a number of relevant cases s
 tudies from post-medieval Chichester\, England\, will also be discussed.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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