Treponemal disease in the Old World? Integrated palaeopathological assessment of a 9th–11th century skeleton from north-central Spain

• Published in: Anthropological Science Vol. 125; no. 2; pp. 101 - 114
• Main Authors: LOPEZ, BELÉN, LOPEZ-GARCIA, JOSÉ MANUEL, COSTILLA, SERAFÍN, GARCIA-VAZQUEZ, EVA, DOPICO, EDUARDO, PARDIÑAS, ANTONIO F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Tokyo The Anthropological Society of Nippon 2017; Anthropological Society of Nippon; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: 11th century; 15th century; Acquired; Acquired syphilis; CT scan; Hypotheses; Infectious diseases; Palaeohistology; Paleopathology; Pre-Columbian populations; Radiology; Sexually transmitted diseases; STD; Syphilis; Spain

The hypothesis of an American origin of acquired (venereal) syphilis and other infectious diseases carried by Columbus’s crew has been considered for a long time as the most plausible one, and has been supported recently by considerable anthropological and molecular evidence. According to this line...