Bioarchaeological insights into the last plague of Imola (1630–1632)
| Autor: | Oliver Kersten, Emanuela Gualdi-Russo, Meriam Guellil, Nicoletta Zedda, Xabier Gonzalez Muro, Nils Chr. Stenseth, Natascia Rinaldo, Barbara Bramanti |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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DNA Bacterial Male Yersinia pestis Genomic data Science Anthropology archaeology metagenomics plague Yersinia pestis Italy lazaretto Socio-culturale Ancient history Plague (disease) Article lazaretto Disease Outbreaks History 17th Century Physical trauma 03 medical and health sciences LS8_2 Humans 0601 history and archaeology DNA Ancient Geography Medical Child 030304 developmental biology Plague 0303 health sciences LS8_10 060101 anthropology Multidisciplinary biology Osteology Outbreak 06 humanities and the arts SH6_1 biology.organism_classification 3. Good health Northern italy Mass mortality Geography Archaeology Italy Anthropology Child Preschool Metagenome Medicine Female Metagenomics |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) Scientific Reports |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | The plague of 1630–1632 was one of the deadliest plague epidemics to ever hit Northern Italy, and for many of the affected regions, it was also the last. While accounts on plague during the early 1630s in Florence and Milan are frequent, much less is known about the city of Imola. We analyzed the full skeletal assemblage of four mass graves (n = 133 individuals) at the Lazaretto dell’Osservanza, which date back to the outbreak of 1630–1632 in Imola and evaluated our results by integrating new archival sources. The skeletons showed little evidence of physical trauma and were covered by multiple layers of lime, which is characteristic for epidemic mass mortality sites. We screened 15 teeth for Yersinia pestis aDNA and were able to confirm the presence of plague in Imola via metagenomic analysis. Additionally, we studied a contemporaneous register, in which a friar recorded patient outcomes at the lazaretto during the last year of the epidemic. Our multidisciplinary approach combining historical, osteological and genomic data provided a unique opportunity to reconstruct an in-depth picture of the last plague of Imola through the city's main lazaretto. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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