An overview of the palaeopathological analyses of the medieval human remains from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal

Human palaeopathology has been defined as the scientific study of disease processes in past populations through the examination of human remains (Aufderheide & Rodríguez- Martin 1998, 1). It examines how diseases have evolved and changed over periods of time and how humans have adapted to their ever-changing environments (Roberts & Manchester 2005, 1). There are two main types of evid…