The frequency and macromorphological classification of abnormal blood vessel impressions and periosteal appositions of the dura mater in an early modern osteological collection from Poland

IF 1.3 3区 地球科学 Q3 PALEONTOLOGY International Journal of Paleopathology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ijpp.2023.04.001
Joanna Wysocka, Agata Cieślik
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Abstract

Objective

The macromorphological characteristics and frequency of endocranial abnormal blood vessel impressions (ABVI) and periosteal appositions of dura mater (PADM), and their association with sex, age-at-death and scurvy-like lesions were studied. The possible etiologies of these lesions were discussed.

Materials

A total of 144 adult skulls excavated from an early modern (16th-19th c. CE) cemetery at the Czysty Square in Wrocław (Poland) were examined, most of which were intact.

Methods

The endocranial surface was inspected with an endoscope for the presence, location, and severity of ABVI and PADM. Frequencies of ABVI and PADM were grouped by sex and age-at-death.

Results

A little more than a half (53.5 %) of the examined skulls were affected by ABVI and/or PADM. PADM were more frequent in females. However, both alteration types occurred with similar frequencies across all age-at-death categories.

Conclusions

The high frequency of ABVI and PADM suggests that meningeal infections and/or hemorrhage among inhabitants of early modern Wrocław, especially in females, were common.

Significance

The paper emphasizes the need for using an endoscope in standard anthropological analysis of intact skulls, as it allows for a nondestructive inspection of the endocranial surface.

Limitations

The endoscope did not allow for an accurate examination of the middle cranial fossa.

Suggestions for further research

Comparative studies with other historical populations are necessary to better understand the possible etiologies of macromorphological and demographic characteristics of ABVI and PADM.

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波兰早期现代骨标本中异常血管印痕和硬脑膜骨膜侧位的频率和大形态学分类
目的探讨颅内异常血管印像(ABVI)和硬脑膜骨膜侧位(PADM)的宏观形态学特征、发生频率及其与性别、死亡年龄和坏血病样病变的关系。讨论了这些病变的可能病因。研究人员检查了在Wrocław(波兰)Czysty广场的一个早期现代(公元16 -19世纪)墓地中出土的144具成人头骨,其中大部分完好无损。方法采用内窥镜检查颅内表面ABVI和PADM的存在、位置和严重程度。ABVI和PADM的频率按性别和死亡年龄分组。结果超过一半(53.5%)的颅骨受ABVI和/或PADM的影响。PADM在女性中更为常见。然而,这两种变化类型在所有死亡年龄类别中发生的频率相似。结论ABVI和PADM的高频率表明,早期现代Wrocław居民中,特别是女性,脑膜感染和/或出血是常见的。本文强调了在完整头骨的标准人类学分析中使用内窥镜的必要性,因为它允许对颅内表面进行无损检查。局限性内窥镜不能准确检查中颅窝。进一步研究建议:为了更好地了解ABVI和PADM的宏观形态学和人口统计学特征,有必要与其他历史人群进行比较研究。
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期刊介绍: Paleopathology is the study and application of methods and techniques for investigating diseases and related conditions from skeletal and soft tissue remains. The International Journal of Paleopathology (IJPP) will publish original and significant articles on human and animal (including hominids) disease, based upon the study of physical remains, including osseous, dental, and preserved soft tissues at a range of methodological levels, from direct observation to molecular, chemical, histological and radiographic analysis. Discussion of ways in which these methods can be applied to the reconstruction of health, disease and life histories in the past is central to the discipline, so the journal would also encourage papers covering interpretive and theoretical issues, and those that place the study of disease at the centre of a bioarchaeological or biocultural approach. Papers dealing with historical evidence relating to disease in the past (rather than history of medicine) will also be published. The journal will also accept significant studies that applied previously developed techniques to new materials, setting the research in the context of current debates on past human and animal health.
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