P. Gelabert - Past diseases: present questions and future perspectives from an archaeogenetic approach, European Journal of Post-Classical Archaeologies, 10, 2020, pp. 35-56 By EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POSTCLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGIES

https://www.academia.edu/43213381/P_Gelabert_Past_diseases_present_questions_and_future_perspectives_from_an_archaeogenetic_approach_European_Journal_of_Post_Classical_Archaeologies_10_2020_pp_35_56?rhid=40606302752&swp=rr-rw-wc-99676013&nav_from=254ecae3-2cdb-45e0-bb60-f783c9005a3b The assessment of the health condition of past individuals is a central topic in the study of ancient populations: both from an archaeological and genetic point of view. The genetic study of ancient human individuals and human-related environments has already been successfully used to understand the relationship of ancient populations with health and dis- ease. The present article aims to present which are the current explored applications of archeogenetics in this direction. The article is divided in three sections that group the major research lines: the direct study of pathogenic data from ancient human remains, the study of human evolution linked to disease and the study of human related environ- ments. Additionally, the article aims to discuss the potential scope and limitations of this method. ...