Brief Communication

Brief communication: The collection of identified human skeletons housed at the Bocage Museum (National Museum of Natural History), Lisbon, Portugal

  1. Hugo F.V. Cardoso*

Article first published online: 1 DEC 2005

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20228

Issue

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volume 129, Issue 2, pages 173–176, February 2006

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Cardoso, H. F. (2006), Brief communication: The collection of identified human skeletons housed at the Bocage Museum (National Museum of Natural History), Lisbon, Portugal. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 129: 173–176. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.20228

Author Information

  1. Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisbon, Portugal

*Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural, Rua da Escola Politécnica 58, 1269-102 Lisbon, Portugal

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 9 JAN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 1 DEC 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 11 OCT 2004
  4. Manuscript Received: 16 JUN 2004

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  • Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. Grant Number: SFRH/BD/4917/2001

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Keywords:

  • skeletal biology;
  • reference collections

Abstract

A large collection of identified human skeletons curated at the Bocage Museum (National Museum of Natural History, Lisbon, Portugal) has remained in relative anonymity since its collecting protocol was initiated in the 1980s. This collection originates from modern cemetery sources and is comprised of 1,692 skeletons with basic documentary data (age at death, place of birth, occupation, place of residence, and date and cause of death). At present, this information is more readily available for 699 individuals. The remaining 993 are in the process of being fully documented. The skeletons consist largely of Portuguese nationals who lived in the 19th and 20th centuries (1805–1975) in Lisbon. Both sexes are equally represented, and ages at death range from birth to 98 years, including 92 subadults (<20 years old). Am J Phys Anthropol, 2006. © 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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