Poland Bioarchaeology Research
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Ramsier, M., Gaddis, K., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Szyndller, M., Adamczyk, M., Karmowski, J., and Ślusarska, K. (2025). Novel patterns of localized dental pathology at the medieval cemetery of Żelewo, Poland: Implications for habitual activities and lived experience. Proceedings of 90th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Szyndller, M., Ramsier, M., Gaddis, K., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Adamczyk, M., Karmowski, J., and Ślusarska, K. (2025). Resilience after trauma in medieval Poland: A case study examining agency vs. care in the bioarchaeological record. Proceedings of 90th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Ślusarska, K., Adamczyk, M., Jacek Karmowski, J., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Gaddis, K., and Ramsier, M. (2024). Life and death by the lake in Pomerania: Introducing the late medieval cemetery at Żelewo site 1-3. Proceedings of 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Ramsier, M., Gaddis, K., and Koperkiewicz, A. (2022). Early-life dietary stress and frailty after colonization and conversion in medieval Prussia [Paper presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177(S73). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24514
Ramsier, M., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Gaddis, K., and Koperkeiwicz, A. (2022). Dietary trends in the post-colonization medieval Prussian region [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177(S73). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24514
Gruenthal-Rankin, A. (2021). Dietary dimensions of early-life stress in medieval Prussia. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Binghamton University, SUNY].
Ramsier, M., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Gaddis, K., and Koperkiewicz, A. (2021). Sample size and representational bias in bioarchaeology: A case study of stature estimation from medieval Prussia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 31(4), 523-533. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2969
Gaddis, K., Ramsier, M., Koperkiewicz, A., Polcyn, M., and Gruenthal-Rankin, A. (2019). Weighing the possibilities: Exploring a modified technique for the assessment of frailty in human skeletal remains. [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(S68). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23802
Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Gaddis, K., Koperkiewicz, A., Polcyn, M., and Ramsier, M. (2019). Testing the effectiveness of permanent canine tooth metrics for sex estimation in a medieval Prussian sample [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(S68). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23802
Pritchard, C. (2019). Assessing craniofacial variation and sexual dimorphism in a skeletal sample from Medieval Prussia (Publication No. 273) [Master's thesis, Cal Poly Humboldt]. Humboldt Theses and Projects.
Pritchard, C., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Koperkiewicz, A., Polcyn, M., and Ramsier, M. (2019). Assessing craniofacial variation and sexual dimorphism in a skeletal sample from medieval Prussia. [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(S68). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23802
Gaddis, K. (2018). Stress and frailty in medieval Prussia: interpretations from skeletal remains at Bezławki (Publication No. 120) [Master's thesis, Cal Poly Humboldt]. Humboldt Theses and Projects.
Gaddis, K., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Ramsier, M., Koperkiewicz, A., and Polcyn, M. (2018). Stress and frailty in medieval Prussia: Interpretations from skeletal remains at Bezławki. [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165(S66), 92. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23489
Horvat, J., Ramsier, M., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Koperkiewicz, A., and Polcyn, M. (2018). Nutrition and diet of a late medieval Prussian population: What the analysis of dental microwear can tell us. [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165(S66), 125. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23489
Ramsier, M., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Koperkiewicz, A., and Polcyn, M. (2018). Estimating stature and sex from incomplete postcranial remains in a late medieval Prussian population at Bezławki, Poland. [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165(S66), 220. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23489
Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Ramsier, M., Koperkiewicz, A., and Polcyn, M. (2017). Preliminary findings on relationships among neural canal dimensions, terminal adult stature, and risk of death in a medieval Polish sample at Bezławki. [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162(S64), 203. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23210
Ramsier, M., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Koperkiewicz, A., and Polcyn, M. (2016). Preliminary osteological analyses and stature estimates of adults in an early medieval Prussian population at Bezławki, Poland. [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(S62), 263. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22955
Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Ramsier, M., Koperkiewicz, A., and Polcyn, M. (2015). Preliminary osteological analyses of the early medieval Prussian population at Bezławki, Poland. [Poster presentation abstract]. Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156(S60), 153. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22718