Daniel T. Potts’s research while affiliated with The Graduate Center, CUNY and other places

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Publications (2)


Differential diagnosis of a progressive neuromuscular disorder using bioarchaeological and biogeochemical evidence from a Bronze Age skeleton in the UAE
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January 2016

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International Journal of Paleopathology

Alecia Schrenk

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Daniel T Potts

Bioarchaeologists frequently rely on differential diagnoses to examine pathological conditions in ancient human skeletons. However, this method is often hindered by the skeleton's limited response abilities, resulting in similar skeletal expressions across multiple diseases. These diseases can be placed into perspective by using stable isotope analysis to explore the life course of an individual. In the current study, strontium, oxygen, and carbon isotope values from the dental enamel of a young (18–20 year old) paraplegic female interred within the Bronze Age Tomb of Tell Abraq are used to explore her life course and give perspective on a previously indeterminate differential diagnosis involving a progressive neuromuscular disorder. This individual's isotope values show that she was a non-local migrant who arrived at Tell Abraq sometime after 15 years of age and that her immigrant status may have placed her at enhanced immunological risk for developing paralytic poliomyelitis. We argue that biogeochemical analysis can be used to go beyond questions of residential mobility to examine the lifeways and broader cultural practices of ancient peoples.


Commingled Human Skeletal Assemblages: Integrative Techniques in Determination of the MNI/MNE
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June 2013

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Determining the MNI for the large number of commingled human remains from Tell Abraq in the UAE (ca. 2000 bc) required recording of both individual bones and bone features. This provided data on what elements were represented as well as those that were underrepresented. For example, the MNI for adults is 274 based on the right talus but 150 based on the distal left humerus. Variation in element representation can reveal cultural practices (secondary burial practices) and taphonomic variables (differential preservation). This method of analysis demonstrates the utility of using bone features when there are a large number of fragmentary remains. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York. All rights are reserved.

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... While poliomyelitis is estimated to have affected more than one million people worldwide, there are only a few possible cases described in the osteoarchaeological literature (e.g. Winkler and Großschmidt, 1988;Umbelino et al., 1996;Kozlowski and Piontek, 2000;Roca de Togores et al., 2001;Roberts and Manchester, 2010;Zimerman, 2012;Novak et al., 2014;Thompson, 2014;Schrenk et al., 2016;Tesorieri, 2016;Ciesielska and Stark, 2019;Berner et al., 2021). Several factors may be responsible for this, one of which is the fact that human remains are frequently incomplete or poorly preserved, making it difficult to have a holistic vision of the skeleton and its alterations, which is crucial for the diagnosis of such a complex disease as poliomyelitis. ...

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An identified case of poliomyelitis: contribution to diagnosis in ancient human remains
Differential diagnosis of a progressive neuromuscular disorder using bioarchaeological and biogeochemical evidence from a Bronze Age skeleton in the UAE
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  • January 2016

International Journal of Paleopathology

... Los contextos arqueológicos que presentan restos óseos y dentales humanos desarticulados y/o mezclados representan desafíos significativos para los investigadores. Sin embargo, mediante la aplicación de una variedad de criterios metodológicos complementarios, tales como la identificación de marcadores osteológicos particulares de sexo y edad, y el examen de patrones espaciales, se ha logrado reconstruir el NMI de manera apropiada y confiable (e.g., Adams y Byrd, 2014;Luna, 2008;Osterholtz et al., 2014). ...

Commingled Human Skeletal Assemblages: Integrative Techniques in Determination of the MNI/MNE