Periostitis
Definition
Inflammation of the periosteum resulting in the deposition of new woven or lamellar bone on the outer cortical surface. Produced by infection, trauma, or metabolic disease. Active periostitis (woven, friable) indicates the individual died during the acute phase; healed periostitis (smooth, remodelled) indicates a chronic condition.
Related terms
- Behrensmeyer Weathering Stages
- A six-stage (0-5) macroscopic scale for characterising the degree of environmental weathering on bone, published by Anna Kay Behrensmeyer in Paleobiology (1978)....
- Buikstra-Ubelaker Standards
- The 'Standards for Data Collection from Human Skeletal Remains' (1994, Arkansas Archaeological Survey Research Series 44), edited by Jane Buikstra and Douglas...
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- Eburnation
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- Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI)
- The smallest number of distinct individuals required to account for all skeletal elements present in an assemblage. Determined by identifying the element...
- Pathology
- In skeletal osteology, a disease process or injury that occurred during the individual's lifetime and left a detectable trace on the skeleton...
- Plexiform Bone (Taphonomy Context)
- In the pseudopathology context, the presence of plexiform bone structure in a cortical cross-section is used to exclude human origin rather than...
- Pseudopathology
- Postmortem modification of bone by a specific agent (rodents, carnivores, plant roots, mechanical forces) that superficially resembles a disease process or antemortem...
- Taphonomy
- The systematic modification of bone by environmental processes after death, operating over the burial or exposure interval. Includes weathering, soil staining, sun...
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- Pseudopathology vs Pathology vs Taphonomy and the Buikstra-Ubelaker InventoryInflammation of the periosteum resulting in the deposition of new woven or lamellar bone on the outer cortical surface. Produced by infection, trauma, or metab...