TY - GEN
T1 - SKELETAL INDICATORS OF STRESS, TRAUMA, AND INFECTION IN AN ARCHAIC POPULATION FROM THE BROGLIO SITE (11WM80), ILLINOIS
AU - Carbaugh, Aimee E.
AU - Headley, Amanda
N1 - 42nd North American Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, March 24-25, 2015, St. Louis
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The Broglio Site (11WM80) is a multi-component site in south-central Illinois. The site consists of a Late Middle Archaic to Late Archaic mortuary component superimposed by an Early to Middle Woodland occupation. Twenty-one individuals were recovered from the burial cluster, ranging in age from perinate to old adult, nearly equal numbers of males and females were recovered. This poster discusses the pathologies observed among these individuals, with a closer look at Individual 10 in particular. General indicators of stress among the individuals observed include healed periostitis (n=8), porotic hyperostosis (n=5), and linear enamel hypoplasias (n=8). Degenerative changes were minimal and include lipping on the margins of the articular surfaces of the long bones (n=4), osteophyte growth on the vertebral bodies (n=3), and pitting of the vertebral articular facets (n=3). Ind. 10, a possible female 40+ years old, has a healed depression fracture on the frontal bone. The right wrist appears to have been fractured; all the carpals are completely fused together and MC2-5 are fused to the carpals. Secondary osteoarthritis is present. The distal third of the radii and left ulna have thickened cortical bone and a bony callus is present on the distal diaphysis of the left radius. In addition, the right tibia and left fibula are inflamed with new bone deposition increasing the thickness. There is also expansion and fusion of the left MTs and tarsals. A diagnosis of osteomyelitis is unclear; therefore a tentative diagnosis of osteitis has been assigned.
AB - The Broglio Site (11WM80) is a multi-component site in south-central Illinois. The site consists of a Late Middle Archaic to Late Archaic mortuary component superimposed by an Early to Middle Woodland occupation. Twenty-one individuals were recovered from the burial cluster, ranging in age from perinate to old adult, nearly equal numbers of males and females were recovered. This poster discusses the pathologies observed among these individuals, with a closer look at Individual 10 in particular. General indicators of stress among the individuals observed include healed periostitis (n=8), porotic hyperostosis (n=5), and linear enamel hypoplasias (n=8). Degenerative changes were minimal and include lipping on the margins of the articular surfaces of the long bones (n=4), osteophyte growth on the vertebral bodies (n=3), and pitting of the vertebral articular facets (n=3). Ind. 10, a possible female 40+ years old, has a healed depression fracture on the frontal bone. The right wrist appears to have been fractured; all the carpals are completely fused together and MC2-5 are fused to the carpals. Secondary osteoarthritis is present. The distal third of the radii and left ulna have thickened cortical bone and a bony callus is present on the distal diaphysis of the left radius. In addition, the right tibia and left fibula are inflamed with new bone deposition increasing the thickness. There is also expansion and fusion of the left MTs and tarsals. A diagnosis of osteomyelitis is unclear; therefore a tentative diagnosis of osteitis has been assigned.
KW - ISAS
UR - https://paleopathology-association.wildapricot.org/page-18191
M3 - Conference contribution
BT - 42nd North American Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, March 24-25, 2015, St. Louis
ER -