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In this paper I will analyze the healing practices of the different churches I observed during my fieldwork in 2010, that took place in the Zion Church in Maputo and Matola. Zion Church, classified as AIC, African Independent Church, is a... more
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      Religion, Biomedicine, Mozambique, Pentecostalism
The Zion churches, classified as AIC, are part of a transnational phenomenon that spread in South Africa at the beginning of 20th century by the action of North-American missionaries. In Mozambique, the “Work of Zion” was introduced by... more
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      African Studies, Kinship (Anthropology), Mozambique, Spirit Possession (Anthropology)
On drawing and ethnography
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    • Ethnography-Based Art
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      Evolutionary Biology, Archaeology, Anthropology, Medieval History
This paper tests the validity of the circumference at the nutrient foramen of the tibia for sex determination on two human osteological collections: the Lisbon Collection of Identified Skeletons (n = 160) and the São Martinho medieval... more
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Contribuir para o conhecimento do estado sanitário de uma população urbana portuguesa que teve na Idade Média o seu tempo e espaço de vivência foi o objectivo central desta dissertação. Para cumprir este propósito privilegiou-se o estudo... more
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The main purpose of this study was to explore health and disease patterns in a late medieval urban Portuguese community. The sample utilized comprises the skeletal remains of 157 individuals, 94 adults and 63 non-adults, excavated from... more
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Objective The aim of this study was to test the association between linear enamel hypolasias and adult socioeconomic circumstances with age at death in a modern skeletal sample of known age. Specifically, this study wishes to test... more
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Aqui tentarei deixar algumas das impressões sobre uma experiência que vivi durante oito semanas numa pequena comunidade nigeriana. O objectivo da viagem era o de fazer trabalho de campo com primatas não-humanos em Kwano (Estado de Taraba,... more
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      Nigeria, Etnography, Field Work
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      Bioarchaeology, Osteology, Paleopathology, Ribs fractures
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    • Bioarchaeology, Osteology, Paleopathology
Before antibiotics leprosy patients often died due to comorbidities related to the natural clinical progression of this chronic infection. Therefore, leprosy per se is a very rare cause of death in human identified skeletal collections.... more
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      Lisbon (Portugal), Hansen's Disease, Xx Century, Identified Skeletal Collection
This paper presents the osteological analysis of a young adult exhumed from the cemetery associated to Igreja do Carmo, Lisbon, Portugal, during the second archaeological intervention in 2010/2011. Although the cemetery had been used... more
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      Paleopathology, Medieval Archaeology, Lisbon (Portugal), Paleopathology, Biological Anthropology, Dental Anthropology
O texto não segue o novo acordo ortográfico. As referências a autores, ao longo do texto, e a lista de referências bibliográficas seguem as instruções da American Psychological Association (APA), 6.ª edição. Resumo Este texto propõe uma... more
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      Paleopatologia, Crianças, Tuberculose, Idade Média
Teeth play an important biological role (e.g., in feeding, speech) but also have social relevance as they are related to health status, hygiene and the ideal of beauty. Since ancient times, dentistry is concerned with dental treatments... more
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      Biological Anthropology, History of Medicine, Paleopathology, Contemporary History
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