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标题：Hip fractures in the Portuguese archaeological record
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作者：FRANCISCO CURATE ; SANDRA ASSIS ; CÉLIA LOPES 等
期刊名称：Anthropological Science
印刷版ISSN：0918-7960
电子版ISSN：1348-8570
出版年度：2011
卷号：119
期号：1
页码：87-93
DOI：10.1537/ase.100211
语种：English
出版社：The Anthropological Society of Nippon
摘要：Fractures are ubiquitous in the archaeological record but the majority of these are the consequence of a traumatic incident and do not reflect any loss of strength inherent to the bone. So-called fragility fractures, particularly hip fractures, are considered uncommon occurrences in skeletal populations from the past. Nevertheless, evidence of this type of fracture in the archaeological record is increasing. A methodical search for possible hip fractures in the excavation reports, theses and monographs housed in the Department of Anthropology of the University of Coimbra presented an occasion to describe six hip fractures, previously unpublished, from different Portuguese archaeological sites and to challenge the widespread assumption that hip fractures were nearly non-existent in the past.
关键词：hip fracture;proximal femur;palaeopathology;Portugal