A5002683052- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Medical and Biological Sciences
- Bone Metabolism and Diseases
- Genital Health and Disease
- Medicine and Dermatology Studies History
- Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Bone health and treatments
- Hip disorders and treatments
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Medical Imaging and Analysis
- Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research
- Dental Radiography and Imaging
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
- Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
- Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits
- Medieval Architecture and Archaeology
University of Coimbra
2016-2025
Centre for Research in Anthropology
2016-2025
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar
2020-2024
University of Algarve
2016-2018
National Legal Medicine Institute
2012-2014
Abstract Age at death estimation in adult skeletons is hampered, among others, by the unremarkable correlation of bone estimators with chronological age, implementation inappropriate statistical techniques, observer error, and skeletal incompleteness or destruction. Therefore, it beneficial to consider alternative methods assess age skeletons. The decrease mineral density was explored generate a method human remains. A connectionist computational approach, artificial neural networks,...
The estimation of biological sex is paramount significance for the identification anonymous skeletal remains in contemporary medico-legal contexts or bioarcheological studies past societies. Sex techniques are usually affected by population-specific sexual dimorphism. As such, need distinctive standards each population has long been acknowledged. This paper aims to document and critically address methods that have created, tested, Portuguese identified collections a historically situated...
Background/Objectives: Sex estimation constitutes an important tool in the process of identifying anonymous individual forensic contexts. The bones commonly used sex are those that exhibit greater sexual dimorphism, such as pelvis or femur. However, these not always available, which means it is necessary to find alternative for analysis. main purposes this study include assessment fibular and tibial dimorphism samples from three Portuguese reference skeletal collections, development metric...
ABSTRACT Foot coalitions and bipartitions are developmental anatomical variants of the bones foot that can be clinical relevance. The aim present study is to document frequency tarsal metatarsal according biological sex, age at death, co‐occurrence, laterality in Identified Skeletal Collection Coimbra (CEIC). sample consisted 486 individuals (226 females 260 males), with ages death ranging from 12 96 years. Twelve three were investigated. Tarsal observed 4.7% (23/486) sample. Ten bilateral...
The femur has been commonly employed for sex determination of human skeletal remains, and it is a suitable alternative to the more sexually dimorphic pelvis when this region incomplete or fragmented. purposes study include evaluation femoral sexual dimorphism generation specific metric standards estimation with in Brazilian populations. Two hundred femora (130 males 70 females) known age at death, sex, ancestry were used generate models prediction. best estimators univariable models,...
The estimation of biological sex is paramount relevance in the analysis skeletal remains recovered forensic contexts. This study aims to assess sexual dimorphism for identification purposes, from two reference samples Portuguese population, and a depiction size- shape-related human scapula using geometric morphometrics approaches. sample comprised 211 individuals (100 males 111 females). A generalized Procrustes (GPA) was performed shape analyses, principal component (PCA) ANOVA were...
Abstract In this study, total mercury (THg) was analyzed in archaeological human bone from 23 sites dating to between the Middle Neolithic and Antiquity. A of 370 individuals individual or collective burials sampled, mostly using cortical humerus. These were recovered over 50 different funerary structures ranging tholoi, pits, caves, hypogea. Although cinnabar (HgS) is a likely cause poisoning toxicity for people exposed mineral mining use as paint pigment, not all investigated here had...
Abstract Osteoporosis is an evocative term for a metabolic disorder characterized by loss of bone mass and organization, which predisposes to fracture. The clinical consequences osteoporosis lie in the problems associated with it, specifically hip, Colles vertebral fractures. We present here extracapsular fracture proximal femur aged female skeleton from Santa Clara‐a‐Velha Monastery (14th–17th centuries) Coimbra, Portugal. This probably secondary osteoporotic disorder. Bone remodeling at...
Fractures are ubiquitous in the archaeological record but majority of these consequence a traumatic incident and do not reflect any loss strength inherent to bone. So-called fragility fractures, particularly hip considered uncommon occurrences skeletal populations from past. Nevertheless, evidence this type fracture is increasing. A methodical search for possible fractures excavation reports, theses monographs housed Department Anthropology University Coimbra presented an occasion describe...
Vertebral compression fractures are the most common osteoporotic in postmenopausal women. Notwithstanding, its clinical diagnosis remains ambiguous. In paleopathological studies, vertebral and/or deformations frequently disregarded. When observed, usually recorded without support of quantifiable and comparable protocols. As such, Genant's semi-quantitative method for fracture assessment was applied to a large sample (N = 196) from Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection, Portugal, reliability...