Dr Anna Davies-Barrett
Research Associate
School/Department: Archaeology and Ancient History, School of
Email: amdb2@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
Research
Research specialisms:
Palaeopathology
Bone taphonomy
Respiratory disease
Infectious disease
Osteological recording methods
Sudanese/Nubian archaeology
Current and recent projects:
Tobacco, Health and History (current) (UKRI AHRC funded)
Respiratory Disease in the Middle Nile Valley (AHRC funded)
Publications
(0) 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., 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., Antoine, D., & Roberts, C. A. (2020). 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). Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351030465-8
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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23769
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.