Summary

Dr. Trent Trombley of Augustana University joins the show to talk about his research at Villamagna, a medieval settlement outside of Rome. He uses macroscopic analysis of teeth along with a few other methods to understand life in the past.

Recommendations

• Dr. Trombley’s ResearchGate profile
• Trombley TM, Agarwal SC, Beauchesne PD, Goodson C, Candilio F, Coppa A, Rubini M. Making Sense of Medieval Mouths: Investigating Sex Differences of Dental Pathological Lesions in a Late Medieval Italian Community. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2019 Jun;169(2):253-269. 
• Trombley, Trent & Beauchesne, Patrick & Agarwal, Sabrina & Kinkopf, Katherine & Goodson, Caroline & Candilio, Francesca & Coppa, Alfredo & Rubini, Mauro. (2023). Growing up at Villamagna: Sex, Gender, and Stress During Growth and Development in a Medieval Italian Community. Bioarchaeology International. 10.5744/bi.2022.0022.
• BioAnthropology News Facebook Group
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• Dr. Simon Hillson’s books on dental anthropology
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• A Fuentes. (2022). Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You: Busting Myths about Human Nature. University of California Press.
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• Becky Chambers books
• R Nayler. (2023). The Mountain in the Sea. Picador USA.