Palaeopathological analysis is key for characterising population health at the individual level and across large assemblages but is rarely exploited to unite the remains of disarticulated individuals. This study explores the potential for individual identification through differential diagnosis of periosteal lesions in a commingled deposit, both to ascertain the number of individuals represented and provide a differential diagnosis.

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对 Xagħra Circle hypogeum 混合人类遗骸的骨膜损伤分析揭示了新石器时代马耳他第一例可能的坏血病病例

古病理学分析是在个体层面和跨大型组合表征人口健康的关键，但很少被利用来联合脱节个体的遗骸。本研究通过对混合沉积物中的骨膜病变进行鉴别诊断来探索个体识别的潜力，以确定所代表的个体数量并提供鉴别诊断。