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Table 1 Summary of the archaeometric analyses

From: Pre-Columbian treponemal infection in Denmark?- a paleopathological and archaeometric approach

Sample

Age group

Sex

Location

Lesion description

(after Hackett, 1976)

Calibrated radiocarbon date AD

(1σ)

Hg ± 1σ

(ngg-1)

St. Albani-89

adult

probably female

urban

Nodes with striation, superficial cavitation

1435-1456

374 ± 8

St. Albani-90

early adult

male

urban

Superficial cavitation and clustered pitting

1443-1466

388 ± 7

St. Albani-94

mid-adult

male

urban

Rugose nodes and expansions

1453-1494

390 ± 6

1602-1614

Refshale-130

mid-adult

female

rural

Finely striate and coarsely pitted expansions

1160-1212

22 ± 3

Tirup-292

early-adult

female

rural

Serpiginous cavitation

n.d.

25 ± 3