Jennifer Byrnes (Anthropology) published a co-authored article, "A Child Left Behind: Malnutrition and Chronic Illness of a Child from the Erie County Poorhouse Cemetery," in International Journal of Osteoarchaeology with Jennifer Muller (University of Pittsburgh). This osteobiography describes a probable disease co-occurrence in a juvenile interred in the Erie County Poorhouse (ECPH) cemetery, Buffalo, New York. The osteobiography details the paleopathology of the skeletal remains of an 11- to 12-year-old child who died between 1851 and 1913. The article considers how age intersects with pathology contributing to an insightful exploration of disability and impairment in the past.
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