title: Digging in the desert.
abstract: Palaeopathology is the study of disease in antiquity. Doctor Christopher Browne has spent several years studying skeletal material recovered from an archaeological site in Jordan to gain insight into the evolution of rheumatic and bone diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Sydney, NSW. hbrowne@geko.net.au
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Browne
mesh_terms: D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D010164:Paleopathology; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000266:history*