PhD in Anthropology, is a professor at the Department of Life Sciences (DLS) and a full member of the Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS) and a collaborator of Centre for Functional Ecology (CEF) at the University of Coimbra. Her research interests are in Biological Anthropology/Paleopathology, particularly in the biocultural and multidisciplinary study of health / disease in past populations. Other areas of research are the history of anthropology and museum collections. She is the author of works published in national and international journals and books, resulting from studies carried out in Portugal, Argentina, Jamaica, among other countries. She served as an associate editor for the International Journal of Paleopathology and was vice president of the Paleopathology Association. She is vice director of the DLS, member of the board of the Portuguese Anthropological Association and of vice-president of the Spanish Paleopathology Association, Coordinator of the Master in Human Evolution and Biology and vice-coordinator of the PhD in Anthropology.
Ana Luísa Santos
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| Research Interests |
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| Paleopathology |
| Funerary Anthropology |
| Biological Anthropology |
| Bioarcheology |
| Teaching |
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Undergraduation: Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
Master: Paleopathology of Human Populations Laboratory for the Preparation of Scientific Papers Seminar for Dissertation Preparation Paleoepidemiology and Epidemiological Transitions Forensic Taphonomy Biological Profile Assessment (2020/2021-2021/2022) Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Globalization (2915/2016-2020/2021) |
PhD: Science, Education, and Culture Research Methods in Anthropology |
| Main Publications |
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Gomes, R. F. A. M. P.; Petit, J.; Dutour, O.; Santos, A. L. 2022. Frequency and co-occurrence of porous skeletal lesions in identified non-adults from Portugal (19th-20th cent.) and its association with respiratory infections as cause of death. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 32(5): 1061-1072. https://doi.org/10.1002/OA.3132 |
Buikstra, J. E.; DeWitte, S. N.; Agarwal, S. C.; Baker, B. J.; Bartelink, E. J.; Berger, E.; Blevins, K. E.; Bolhofner, K.; Boutin, A. T.; Brickley, M. B.; Buzon, M. R.; de la Cova, C.; Goldstein, L.; Gowland, R.; Grauer, A. L.; Gregoricka, L. A.; Halcrow, S. E.; Hall, S. A.; Hillson, S.; Kakaliouris, A. M.; Klaus, H. D.; Knudson, K. J.; Knusel, C. J.; Larsen, C. S.; Martin, D. L.; Milner, G. R.; Novak, M.; Nystrom, K. C.; Pacheco-Forés, S. I.; Prowse, T. L.; Robbins Schug, G.; Roberts, C. A.; Rothwell, J. E.; Santos, A. L.; Stojanowski, C.; Stone, A. C.; Stull, K. E.; Temple, D. H.; Torres, C. M.; Marla Toyne, J.; Tung, T. A.; Ullinger, J.; Wiltschke-Schrotta, K.; Zakrzewski, S. R. 2022. Twenty-first century bioarchaeology: Taking stock and moving forward. Yearbook of Biological Anthropology, 178(S74): 54-114. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24494 |
Luna, L. H.; Aranda, C. M.; Santos, A. L.; Donoghue, H.; Lee, O. Y.-C.; Wu, H. H. T.; Besra, G. S.; Minikin, D. E.; Liewllyn, G.; Williams, C. M.; Ratto, N. 2020. Oldest evidence of tuberculosis in Argentina: a multidisciplinary investigation in an adult male skeleton from Saujil, Tinogasta, Catamarca (905-1030 CE). Tuberculosis, 125 (101995): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2020.101995 |
Santos, A. L. 2018. Skulls and skeletons from documented, overseas and archaeological excavations: Portuguese trajectories. In: O’Donnabhain, B.; Lozada, M. (Eds.). Archaeological Human Remains: Legacies of Imperialism, Communism and Colonialism. Cham, Springer, p. 111-125. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89984-8_8 |
| Research Projects |
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Genetic Legacies |
Estudio de la dinámica biosocial de los cazadores-recolectores de la transición Pampa-Patagonia occidental: aportes desde la bioarqueología |
SAND – Sarilhos Grandes Entre Dois Mundos, estudo histórico, arqueológico e bio-antropológico de uma população ribeirinha |
| Creative Output |
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Consolidation of new bone formation on the visceral surface of the ribs as an indicator of pulmonary tuberculosis. |
Coauthor of a new methodological proposal for sex estimation in prepubertal non-adults using the auricular surface of the ilium. |