Pathological and normal variability of foot bones in osteological collections from Catalonia (Spain) and Lazio (Italy)
Saldías, Eduardo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Isidro, Albert (Hospital del Sagrat Cor (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Martínez-Labarga, Cristina (University of Rome Tor Vergata. Department of Biology)
Coppa, Alfredo (Sapienza University of Rome. Department of Environmental Biology)
Rubini, Mauro (Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Lazio)
Vila, Bernardo (Department of Anthropology. Sanisera Archaeology Institute)
Malgosa Morera, Assumpció (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)

Data:	2021
Resum:	A wide number of factors can affect the structure of the bones in the foot. In bioarchaeology, few studies about foot anomalies include population comparisons and changes across time. We aimed to identify normal and pathological variability that affected the foot in the recent history of West Mediterranean populations. Thus, we analyzed change in occurrence of rare variants, pathological lesions, entheseal morphology, and their probable causes. We studied 518 pairs of skeletonized feet dated from the 2nd-20th centuries CE, from Catalonia (Spain) and the region of Lazio (Italy). Moreover, a Neolithic series from Oman has been analyzed for contrast. We found that calcaneal spur, hypertrophic peroneal trochlea of calcaneus, periosteal reaction of talar neck, alteration of articular surface to lateral cuneiform, displaced talar neck to medial plane, osteophytes in cuneiform-navicular joint, fused phalanges, and forefoot eburnation showed significant differences among countries. Contrasting by countries and dates, we noticed an increase in the frequencies of these variables from Spain over the centuries. Conversely, there are no temporal differences among the Italian series. The period encompassing the 10th-19th centuries CE demonstrated the highest differences between countries. Lifestyle, occupations, footwear, and geography could be the origin of variability.
Ajuts:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-1630
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Foot diseases ; Paleopathology ; Population studies ; Skeletal variability
Publicat a:	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Vol. 32, Issue 1 (January 2022) , p. 215-228, ISSN 1099-1212

DOI: 10.1002/oa.3057

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