| Vivian S. van Heekeren |
Site Date Type of
Cemetery Status To tal* Adults F F
(OP) M M
(OP) I and
U I and Reference
U (OP)
Dominican
Friary
Car ter Lane
(PIC87) 13th c. -
1538 AD Monastic N/ A 57 48 12 1 16 – 20 –
WORD
database,
2015a
East Smithfield
Black Death
Cem e te ry
(MIN86) 1348 -
1350 AD Epidemic N/ A 636 420 104 1 189 – 127 –
WORD
d atabase,
2015a
Guildhall Ya rd
(GYE92) 1050 -
1150 AD Parish N/ A 68 47 15 – 18 – 14 1
WORD
d atabase,
2015a
Mer ton Priory
(M PY86) 1117 -
1538 AD Monastic N/ A 676 643 53 – 485 – 105 –
WORD
database,
2015a
Saint Saviour
Monastery
Cemetery,
Bermondsey
Abb e y (BA84) 1089 -
1538 AD Monastic N/ A 201 200 – – 147 – 53 –
WORD
d atabase,
2015a
Spital Square
(NRT85) circa
1200 -
1500 AD Hospi tal N/ A 54 35 8 1 20 – 7 –
WORD
d atabase,
2015a
St Ben e t
She rehog
(ONE94) 1280 -
1666 AD Parish N/ A 39 24 4 – 8 – 12 –
WORD
d atabase,
2015a
St Mary Graces
(MIN86) 1350 -
1540 AD Monastic N/ A 389 283 68 – 136 1 79 –
WORD
database,
2015a
St Mary Spital
(SRP98) circa
1120 -
1539 AD Hospital N/ A 5387 4360 1883 2 2237 2 240 –
Connell
e t al.
2012
7507 6060 2147
To tal
Individuals
To tal
with
Osteoporosis
9
3256
5
657
3
1
Table 1a. Synopsis of the Medieval cemeteries (Connell et al. 2012; WORD database, 2015a). Abbreviations:
F=female, M=male, I=intermediate, U=unknown, and OP=osteoporosis. *Total is this respect means total individuals
analysed.
The data for nine Medieval cemeteries was collected
for this research. The cemeteries date between 1050
and 1538 AD, with one exception: the Medieval
burials from St Benet Sherehog (ONE94) which
date to 1666 AD (tab. 1a). Data was also collected
for a total of sixteen post-Medieval cemeteries,
which date between circa 1540 and 1853 AD (tab.
1b). The distribution of the sites in Greater London
The prevalence of osteoporosis at the cemeteries
calculated as the CPR will be compared with
the results of Roberts and Cox (2003). The ratio
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visualises the percentage of affected individuals
with osteoporosis in relation to the entire excavated
population. This approach has its limitations since
the outcome of the CPR is applied to the overall
population over a certain period of time, which
also includes non-analysed adults and subadults.
Type 3 of primary osteoporosis, which only occurs
to subadults, is rare and secondary osteoporosis
accounts for less than 5% of all modern clinical
osteoporosis cases (Schultz 2003, 175, 177).
Therefore, the statistical analysis will be based
on adults only. Research also demonstrates that
osteoporosis is related to sex and age and therefore