Acta Palaeomedica
International Journal of Palaeomedicine
Acta Palaeomedica. International Journal of Palaeomedicine, è una rivista del FAPAB Research Center (Avola, Italia) diretta dal prof. Francesco M. Galassi, che accoglie studi e saggi soggetti a double-blind peer review process.
I temi principali sono: paleopatologia, paleopatografia, storia della medicina, bioarcheologia, antropologia fisica e forense, tafonomia e studi sul DNA antico.
ISSN 2724-5632
ISSN 2784-8442

ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 2021
The first issue of this journal aims to offer its new readership with a very interesting set of topics, ranging from the Black Death to family interrelations of Egyptian pharaohs, from the discovery of skeletons dated to the 4th century BC in Syracuse to the study of cranial trepanation in mummies in Cuba, and much more, including some book reviews.
Editor-in-Chief
Francesco M. Galassi (Avola, Italy; Adelaide, Australia)
Managing Editor
Elena Varotto (Avola, Italy; Adelaide, Australia)
Editorial Board
Nathalie Antunes-Ferreira (Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Monte de Caparica, Portugal)
Maria Giovanna Belcastro (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
Stefano De Carolis (School of Medical History, Rimini Medical and Dental Association, Rimini, Italy)
David Caramelli (University of Florence, Florence, Italy)
Maciej Henneberg (The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia)
Luigi Ingaliso (University of Catania, Catania, Italy)
Caterina Ingoglia (University of Messina, Messina, Italy)
Carmine Lubritto (University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy)
Mario Novak (Centre for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Dario Palermo (University of Catania, Catania, Italy)
Veronica Papa (“Parthenope” University of Naples, Naples, Italy)
F. Donald Pate (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)
Alain Touwaide (Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, Washington, D.C., USA)
Fabio Zampieri (University of Padua, Padua, Italy)
Table of contents
Review
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The first issue of this journal aims to offer its new readership with a very interesting set of topics, ranging from the Black Death to family interrelations of Egyptian pharaohs, from the discovery of skeletons dated to the 4th century BC in Syracuse to the study of cranial trepanation in mummies in Cuba, and much more, including some book reviews.
Editor-in-Chief
Francesco M. Galassi (Avola, Italy; Adelaide, Australia)
Managing Editor
Elena Varotto (Avola, Italy; Adelaide, Australia)
Editorial Board
Nathalie Antunes-Ferreira (Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Monte de Caparica, Portugal)
Maria Giovanna Belcastro (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
Stefano De Carolis (School of Medical History, Rimini Medical and Dental Association, Rimini, Italy)
David Caramelli (University of Florence, Florence, Italy)
Maciej Henneberg (The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia)
Luigi Ingaliso (University of Catania, Catania, Italy)
Caterina Ingoglia (University of Messina, Messina, Italy)
Carmine Lubritto (University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy)
Mario Novak (Centre for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Dario Palermo (University of Catania, Catania, Italy)
Veronica Papa (“Parthenope” University of Naples, Naples, Italy)
F. Donald Pate (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)
Alain Touwaide (Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, Washington, D.C., USA)
Fabio Zampieri (University of Padua, Padua, Italy)
Table of contents
- Francesco M. Galassi – Editorial
- Mario Novak, Branka Milošević, Anika Mijanović - Tracing Possible Victims of the 16th/17th Century Plagues in western Istria: Bioarchaeological Analysis of a Mass Grave from Umag
- Ole J. Benedictow, Raffaella Bianucci - Models and Facts Do Not Support a Predominant Role of Human Ectoparasites in the Transmission of Plague during the Second Pandemic
- Alessandra Castorina, Rosario Pignatello - Dati Preliminari su una Sepoltura Anomala ad Ortigia (Siracusa, Sicilia) del IV Sec. a.C.
- Francesco M. Galassi, Laura Landini, Elena Varotto, Isabella Aquila, Pietrantonio Ricci - Cherchez le Chien: Video-Mediated Osteological Rebuttal of Fake News at the Time of the Mediterranean Migrant Crisis
- Veronica Papa, Carla Esposito, Francesco M. Galassi, Elena Varotto - Le Macchine Anatomiche della Cappella Sansevero: Considerazioni Storiche e Paleopatologiche
- John Verano, Anna-Maria Begerock, Armando Rangel Rivero, Yusmary Leonard Fabart, Mercedes González, Oscar Callard Mustelier - Observations on an Unsuccessful Operation: Bioarchaeological Study of a Cranial Trepanation in a Peruvian Mummy in the Bacardí Museum, Santiago de Cuba
- Luigi Ingaliso - Alcune note sulle Machinulae muscolari del De Motu Animalium (1680-1681) di Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
- Michael E. Habicht, Francesco M. Galassi, Maciej Henneberg - Cranial variation in Egyptian Pharaohs: Ancestry or microevolution? Suggestions of family interrelations
- Massimiliano Ghilardi - Un saint de carton. False reliquie ossee nell’età moderna
Review
- Giovanni Spani, Elena Varotto (eds.). Malattie e medicina tra letteratura, storia e antropologia, Saggi e Ricerche, Quod Manet, Holden, Massachusetts (USA), 2020, 166 pp. (print price $14.99, Kindle edition price $9.99) – reviewed by Caterina Agostini, Ph.D. candidate, Rutgers University
- Suzie Lennox. Bodysnatchers. Digging up the Untold Stories of Britain’s Resurrection Men. Pen & Sword, Barnsley (UK), 2016, 133 pp. (UK print price £12.99, Kindle edition price £4.99) – reviewed by Sebastiano Battiato, bioarchaeologist, FAPAB Research Center
- Giovanni Rezza. Epidemie. I perché di una minaccia globale. Nuova edizione. Carocci editore, Rome (Italy), 2020, 142 pp. (print price € 13,00) – reviewed by Elena Varotto, editorial office (Flinders University & FAPAB Research Center)
ISSN 2724-5632 - ISBN 979-12-80232-23-6
Versione cartacea € 85,00
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ISSN 2784-8442
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