\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Definitions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Osteoarchaeology}} & Study of bones in an archaeological context. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Linear Enamel Hypoplasia (LEH)}} & Pits/linear lesions in teeth, provide information surrounding nutrition from 4 weeks {\emph{in utero}}. Caused by vitamin A and D deficiencies. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Cribra orbitalia}} & Porosity on orbital roof as a response to anaemia or physiological trauma {\emph{e.g. rickets and scurvy}}. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Periostitis}} & Reaction of periosteum to stress. Osteoperiostitis = pitting/striations associated with nutritional deficiencies. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.89126 cm} x{3.08574 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bioarchaeology of care}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Borneo, {\emph{31 kya}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Found in an area rich in rock art dated to {\emph{40 kya}}.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Geophysical survey used to find site, excavated in a 2x2m trench through 9 stratigraphical units (SUs) and uncovering a fully articulated burial.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Burial features}} & Limestone rocks positioned at the head and each arm of the individual buried ({\emph{TB1}}). \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & TB1 was found in a flexed position and is considered to be an anatomically modern {\emph{Homo sapiens}}. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & Aged around 19-20 years of age - evidence from epiphyseal fusion adn auricular surface stages (pelvis). \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Sex = indeterminate, but stature suggests male rather than female. \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Surgical amputation}} & Absence of left foot. Left tibia + fibula shaft = unusual distal bony growth. \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 4) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Pattern = consistent with clinical amputation as non-surgical amputations (e.g. blunt force trauma) woudl cause crushing of bones rather than oblique sectioning as found here. Remodelled lamellar bone suggests healing prior to death - care for individual. Lack of infection post-injury. \tn % Row Count 39 (+ 12) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.89126 cm} x{3.08574 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bioarchaeology of care (cont)}} \tn % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Lived for 6-9 years after amputation. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Significance of results}} & Medicinal knowledge in foraging cultures prior to this discovery always considered rudimentary. Care for the wounded limited to trepanation, sutures and dentistry. More complex surgeries thought to be beyond capabilities of foraging communities. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 11) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & TB1 suggests a foraging community with complex knowledge of limb + muscular anatomy and vascular systems, as well as the knowledge that hte removal of this limb was necessary for survival. \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 8) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} & Living with the altered mobility of an amputated leg also suggests altruism and care for the individual, especially in this mountainous environment. \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 7) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Post-surgical care such as regular bathing and disinfection would have also been necessary to avoid infection. \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{(Maloney, {\emph{et al.}}, 2022)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bornean amputation}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/anais-pe_1749032698_Bornean amputation.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Secondary Contexts - Funerary Taphonomic Processes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Additions to \seqsplit{archaeothanatology:} & Disposition + effects of decomposition on disarticulation and inferences we can draw from this. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Çatalh{\"o}yük, Turkey & {\emph{c. 7100-6000 calBCE}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Bodies buried bound with rope, with a delay between eath and burial} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Burials underneath settlements with younger indivs buried in central/side rooms.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Evidence for secondary context}} & Disartiulated and commingled context of bodies. Could suggest bodies were left out to decopose before burial. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Evidence for primary context}} & Remains = very tightly flexed. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{(Knüsel and Robb, 2016)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Trauma}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Dakleh Oasis, Egypt & {\emph{Romano-Byzantine period}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Age sex and pathology of remains identified as physiological consequences of political, economic, subsistence processes, etc changes.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Social context - Egypt well known for its agricultural specialities.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Age estimations}} & Dental formation, epiphysial development + fusion. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Cranial development + fusion. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Health + physiological stress}} & {\emph{*Cribra orbitalia, LEH and osteoperiostitis}} all = main signs of physiological stress in juveniles of the Kellis 2 burial on site.* \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 6) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Combining data of age + health -\textgreater{} better idea of demographic of population, with majority of indivs showing active lesions perimortem.} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{LEH in older stratum of the group (around 15 yrs old), always accompanied by other lesions (CO, osteoperiostitis, or both).} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Discussion}} & To what extent is the burial record generalisable to living demographics? \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 4) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & Ultimately, the burial record is designed, decided and modified by living populations to either symbolically represent significance or consciously alter perspectives of living demographics. \tn % Row Count 37 (+ 9) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Trauma (cont)}} \tn % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & So the Kellis 2 burial, for example, cannot necessarily be applied to say that all children underwent malnutrition with a high juvenile mortality rate. What if younger or sickly individuals were separated in burial contexts from the general population? \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 12) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{(Wheeler, 2012)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.93643 cm} x{2.04057 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Amarna workers}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{North cemetery of Amarna, Egypt.} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Site shows evidence of early life stress from work.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Demographic constituted mainly of females, 7-25 years old.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Evidence suggests stress in very early life from physical labour.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Linear Enamel Hypoplasia (LEH)}} & High frequency of LEH. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{(Dabbs, 2019)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.44333 cm} x{3.53367 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Movement and Interconnectivity}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Using chemical analysis on bones - multidisciplinary approach.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Genomic data and stable isotopic analysis on the {\emph{Amesbury archer}}.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Amesbury archer = related to Bell beaker culture, found near Stonehenge.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Stable isotope}} & {\emph{Strontium}} - associated with groundwater of region.\{\{nl\}\} {\emph{Oxygen}} - associated with typical temperature of a region. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Suggested inidiv had travelled from Alps to place of burial. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Genomic data}} & Comparison of aDNA with modern people, determined admixture between Beaker people and steppe ancestry. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{(Olalde et al., 2018; Renfrew, Bahn and DeMarrais, 2024)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{References for your humble perusal}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Dabbs, G.R. (2019) 'Bioarchaeology of the Non-elite North Tombs Cemetery at Amarna: A Preliminary Assessment of the Non-elite Individuals of the North Tombs Cemetery at Tell el-Amarna, Egypt', Bioarchaeology International, 3(3), pp. 174–186. Available at: \seqsplit{https://doi.org/10.5744/bi.2019.1012.}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Maloney, T.R. et al. (2022) 'Surgical amputation of a limb 31,000 years ago in Borneo', Nature, 609(7927), pp. 547–551. Available at: \seqsplit{https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05160-8.}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Olalde, I. et al. (2018) 'The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe', Nature, 555(7695), pp. 190–196. Available at: \seqsplit{https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25738.}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Renfrew, C., Bahn, P. and DeMarrais, E. (2024) Arcaheology Theories, Methods and Practice. 9th edn. London: Thames and Hudson.} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Wheeler, S.M. (2012) 'Nutritional and Disease Stress of Juveniles from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt', International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, (22), pp. 219–234. Available at: \seqsplit{https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.1201.}} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}