Pre-Columbian treponemal disease from 14th century AD Safed, Israel, and implications for the medieval eastern Mediterranean

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-124

  Mitchell, Piers D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Queen's Club Gardens ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bejel; Endemic syphilis; Mamluk; Middle East; Paleopathology; Treponematosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKULL; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SKULL; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038445100     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10205     Document Type: Article

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