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A case of skeletal tuberculosis from Roman Towcester
Author(s) -
Anderson T.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/oa.593
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , ancient history , archaeology , history , pathology
Abstract An adult male from a Roman inhumation cemetery at Towcester, Northamptonshire, displays clear evidence of Pott's disease of the spine. This short report has been prompted by the fact that relatively few cases of skeletal tuberculosis have been identified from Roman contexts in Britain. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.