Palaeopathology

PALEOPATHOLOGY COURSE

November 6 to 27, 2023

17:00-20:00 H

1.- PSEUDOPATHOLOGY.

Anatomical variability.

Non-pathological alterations. Taphonomic alterations

Anthropogenic disturbances: Pseudopathology associated with mortuary practices.

Practical exercises on pathological and non-pathological parts.

2.- INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Periostitis and its diagnostic value.

Bacterial infections and their reflection in bone remains. Main bacterial diseases: Syphilis, Leprosy, Tuberculosis, Osteomyelitis, Brucellosis.

Infections caused by fungi.

Parasitic infections.

3.- CONGENITAL DISEASES.

Congenital diseases affecting the skull.

Congenital diseases affecting the axial vertebral skeleton.

Congenital diseases affecting the girdle and limbs.

4.- TRAUMATIC DISEASES I.

Differentiation between antemortem, perimortem and postmortem trauma. Examples and exercises on archaeological samples.

Types of fractures. Mechanisms of action and osteological signs of each of them.

Dislocations.

Trepanations

Intentional deformations.

5.- TRAUMATIC DISEASES II. VIOLENCE

Surgical amputations, mutilations. Decapitations.

Autopsy marks on archaeological material.

Blunt Force Trauma.

Sharp Force Trauma.

Gunfire Force Trauma.

6.- NEOPLASTIC DISEASES.

General principles of neoplastic diseases.

Cancer in antiquity.

Classification of neoplasms: Primary benign bone and cartilage tumours; Primary malignant bone tumours; Metastatic tumours.

7.- DEGENERATIVE DISEASES.

Degenerative diseases of the spine.

DISH / Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Rheumatoid arthritis. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Osteoarthritis secondary to trauma.

Drop.

8.- ENDOCRINE-METABOLIC DISEASES.

Rickets and Osteomalacia.

Scurvy.

Osteoporosis.

8.- MISCELLANEOUS.

Schmörl's nodules. Herniated discs.

Haematological diseases: Anaemias, Leukaemias.

Paget's disease. Leontiasis of bone.

Skeletal dysplasias.

Internal frontal hyperostosis.