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Respiratory Disease

Davies-Barrett, A.M, Casna, M., Boyd, D., & Inskip, S. (2024). An analysis of interobserver variability in the recording of maxillary sinusitis in human osteoarchaeological remains. International Journal of Palaeopathology, 34(2): e3293. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3293

Davies-Barrett, A. M., Antoine, D., & Roberts, C. (2024). Desert Dust and City Smoke: Investigating the Impact of Urbanization and Aridification on the Prevalence of Pulmonary/Pleural Inflammation in the Middle Nile Valley (2500 B.C. to 1500 A.D.). Bioarchaeology International, 8(3–4), 248–269. https://doi.org/10.5744/bi.2022.0037 

Casna, M., Davies-Barrett, A. M., Schrader, S. (2024). Exploring the impact of tobacco consumption on the respiratory health of two Dutch skeletal populations (1300–1829 CE). World Archaeology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2024.2425814 

Rajab, T., & Davies-Barrett, A. M. (2022). A bioarchaeological analysis of the prevalence of rhinosinusitis across two Romano-British and early medieval populations. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 143, 193–213. 

Davies-Barrett, A. M., Owens, L. S., & Eeckhout, P. A. (2021). Paleopathology of the Ychsma: Evidence of respiratory disease during the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000-1476) at the Central Coastal site of Pachacamac, Peru. International Journal of Paleopathology, 34, 63–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2021.06.001 

Davies-Barrett, A. M., Antoine, D., & Roberts, C. A. (2021). Respiratory disease in the Middle Nile Valley: The impact of environment and aridification. In G. Robbins Schug (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Climate and Environmental Change (pp. 122–140). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351030465

Davies-Barrett, A. M., Roberts, C. A., & Antoine, D. (2021). Time to be nosy: Evaluating the impact of environmental and sociocultural changes on maxillary sinusitis in the Middle Nile Valley (Neolithic to Medieval periods). International Journal of Palaeopathology, 34, 182-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2021.07.004 

Davies-Barrett, A. M. (2020). A matter of life and breath! Why air pollution and respiratory disease aren’t just a modern-day problem [Blog]. Cardiff University: Celebrating 100 Years of Archaeology. 

Davies-Barrett, A. M., Antoine, D., & Roberts, C. A. (2019). Inflammatory periosteal reaction on ribs associated with lower respiratory tract disease: a method for recording prevalence from sites with differing preservation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(3), 530-542. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23769  

Davies-Barrett, A. M. (2019). Living with dust: respiratory disease in the Middle Nile Valley. British Museum Magazine, Winter, 52-53. 

Davies-Barrett, A. M., Whiting, R., & Antoine, D. (2018). New insights into disease prevalence in two Medieval cemeteries from the Fourth Cataract. In S. Tipper & G. Tully (Eds.), Current Research in Nubian Archaeology (pp. 129-154). Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. 

Davies-Barrett, A. M. (2018). Respiratory disease in Fourth Cataract populations. The British Museum Egypt and Sudan Newsletter, 5, 33. 

Barrett, A. M. D. (2016). The impact of sociocultural and environmental change on air quality and respiratory health in the 4th Cataract, Sudan: a bioarchaeological perspective. Skeleton Science (Touring Exhibition Booklet). Durham University.  

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