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Plague in diachronic and interdisciplinary perspective

Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann
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Marcel Keller
Christina O. Lee
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Plague, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, occurred in at least three major historical pandemics: the Justinianic Plague (6th to 8th century), the Black Death (1348-1352, with further epidemic outbreaks until the 18 th century), and the Modern or Hong Kong Plague (19th to 20th century). However, it appears that the disease may be much older: DNA from Bronze Age human skeleton has recently shown that plague first emerged at least as early as 3000 BC. As any disease, plague has both a biological as well as a social dimension. Different disciplines can therefore explicate different aspects of plague which can lead to a better understanding of the disease and its medical and social implications.
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hal-03140723 , version 1 (13-02-2021)

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Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann, Sacha Kacki, Marcel Keller, Christina O. Lee. Plague in diachronic and interdisciplinary perspective: Report on Session TH5-05 at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the EAA in Vilnius, Lithuania. The European Archaeologist, 2017, 51, pp.16-18. ⟨hal-03140723⟩
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