Examining the Richard III Evidence
Richard III is a highly controversial figure from English history, and this legacy continues today. Shakespeare wrote of him as a villain, exaggerating his scoliosis and writing his malicious dialogue.“And […]
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Mobility and Mortality: Migration in a Black Death Cemetery
The 14th century was a tumultuous time in Great Britain: there were severely erratic weather patterns including an usually warm period, which led to a famine from 1315-1322, the Scottish […]
A New Perspective on Medieval Leprosy
Leprosy was an epidemic disease that not only infected millions of people over a span of thousands of years, but it still remains a threat in Third World countries. Due […]
Weapon Trauma in Medieval Ireland
Myths and legends of Medieval Ireland describe this era as one of violence and conflict. The tales of Fionn mac Cumhaill and King Arthur describe roaming warbands and battles with […]
Tracking Violence Through Time in the Eastern Adriatic
Trauma is one method of examining how changes in political, economic or social systems are felt in the people who lived during these eras. Cultural and environmental shifts can change […]
The Army from the Bog
Bogs in general have been a more spectacular field of study in archaeology. Throughout Ireland, Scotland, and Denmark, these anaerobic environments have preserved people, sites and artifacts for thousands of […]
The Importance of Environmental Context
When looking at archaeological sites there is a tendency to forget that the environment we are excavating in was not often the environment that the site was created in. My […]
Bones Don't Lie 