"“Pandemics aren’t just biological events, they’re social events. By linking biological evidence from the bodies to the archaeological setting, we can see how disease affected real people within their social and environmental context.
“This helps us understand #pandemics in history as lived human health events, not just outbreaks recorded in text.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/31/plague-of-justinian-pandemic

#archaeology #pest #histodon #pandemic

"“Pandemics aren’t just biological events, they’re social events. By linking biological evidence from the bodies to the archaeological setting, we can see how disease affected real people within their social and environmental context.
“This helps us understand #pandemics in history as lived human health events, not just outbreaks recorded in text.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/31/plague-of-justinian-pandemic

#archaeology #pest #histodon #pandemic