02026nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001000042653001500052653001700067653001500084653003400099653002100133653001400154653001100168653001100179653004400190100001500234700001500249700001500264700001700279700001300296245012600309856006300435300001400498490000700512520118000519022002501699       2021                            d  bWiley10aarcheology10aAnthropology10aarcheology10ainfectious disease management10aIsotope Analysis10aStrontium10aOxygen10aStigma10aSt. John at the  Castle Gate/Timberhill1 aFilipek KL1 aRoberts CA1 aGowland RL1 aMontgomery J1 aEvans JA00aIllness and inclusion: Mobility histories of adolescents with leprosy from Anglo‐Scandinavian Norwich (Eastern England)  uhttps://durham-repository.worktribe.com/OutputFile/1237539  a1180-11910 v313 a<p>Leprosy is one of the most notorious diseases in history, widely associated with social stigma and exclusion. This study builds on previous work to reevaluate the medicohistorical evidence for social stigma in relation to leprosy. This is achieved by isotopic and palaeopathological analyses of adolescent skeletons (10–25 years old) from the Anglo‐Scandinavian (10th–11th centuries AD) parish cemetery of St. John at the Castle Gate in Norwich (Eastern England/East Anglia). Core enamel samples from premolar and molar teeth from 10 young individuals with diagnostic lesions for leprosy were selected for radiogenic strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and oxygen (δ18O) stable isotope analyses. Isotope data did not exclude anyone from the regional range. Palaeopathological data and archaeological contexts suggest that those with visible signs of leprosy were buried with their local community and in a normative manner, thus challenging the notion of social exclusion experienced by people with leprosy throughout the Medieval Period. This study underscores the importance of bioarchaeological data in challenging broad medicohistorical and archaeological narratives.</p>
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