Anthropology 275 Reading Report 13
Disease in Prehistory due 11/1-2007
Answer the following questions based on the paper by Charlotte Roberts and
Keith Manchester. 1995. Joint Disease. In: The Archaeology of Disease. 2nd. ed,
pp 99-123.
1. Define the following terms: osteophyte, enthesophytes, eburnations,
Schmorl’s nodes, subchondral cysts.
2. Describe the sex differences in the distribution of osteoarthritis in an
Eskimo group.
3. Describe the differences in the severity and distribution of osteoarthritis
between hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists.
4. Contrast and compare bone changes caused by septic arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis,
and gouty arthritis.