A radiographic exploration of vitamin D deficiency at the eighteenth-century fortress of Louisbourg, NS

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dc.contributor.advisorScott, Amy
dc.contributor.authorHinton, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:17:53Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:17:53Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T15:01:25Z
dc.description.abstractThe French colonial experience of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries has been well-studied from an anthropological and historical perspective; however, the lived realities of children during this period have received little scholarly attention. This study aims to highlight these earliest years of life through a paleopathological analysis of 23 adult individuals from two cemetery sites in Atlantic Canada. Dental radiography and macroscopic techniques identified indicators of childhood vitamin D deficiency in 14 individuals from the Block 3 Fortress of Louisbourg, NS (c.1713-1723) and Plaisance, NL (c.1662-1713) skeletal samples. A variety of cultural and environmental factors are considered as to why vitamin D deficiency was so common during this period in Atlantic Canada. This tangible evidence of childhood vitamin D deficiency provides a rare and intimate glimpse into the lives of French colonial children and enhances our knowledge of the childhood experience in early colonial Canada.
dc.description.copyright© Jessica Hinton, 2019
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dc.format.extentvii, 126 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13379
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineAnthropology
dc.titleA radiographic exploration of vitamin D deficiency at the eighteenth-century fortress of Louisbourg, NS
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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