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Bruno M. Magalhães

I have been an archaeologist since 2005 and a biological anthropologist since 2013.

 

For the past decade, I have been working in funerary anthropology, biological profiling, palaeodemography, and palaeopathology (with particular focus on respiratory diseases).

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My experience studying respiratory diseases in several Portuguese identified skeletal colections for my PhD thesis raised several methodological concerns on how a method should be established and replicated by other anthropologists.

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I am currently an independent researcher working in Portugal on investigation projects such as “SAND – Sarilhos Grandes Between Two Worlds. Historical, archaeological and bio-anthropological study of a riverine population” and “The Archaeology, Genetics, and Heritage of the European Jewish Diaspora”.​

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Major respiratory-related research projects:

 

Nasal and sinonasal diseases and conditions in three Portuguese identified skeletal collections (19th-20th centuries)

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Respiratory-Related Publications

Magalhães, B. M., Mays, S., Stark S., & Santos, A. L., 2023, A biocultural study of nasal fracture, violence, and gender using 19th–20th century skeletal remains from Portugal. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 33-5: 858-867.  https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3233
Santos, A. L., Magalhães, B. M., & Roggio C., 2023, Changes in mortality by tuberculosis in non-industrialized Coimbra: trends between 1861 and 1914. Tuberculosis, 143, Supplement: 102394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2023.102394
Roggio, C., Magalhães, B. M., & Santos, A. L., 2023. Adult sex estimation based on the 12th thoracic and 1st lumbar vertebrae from a Portuguese contemporary population: Effects of degenerative lesions and comparison of accuracy with other skeletal areas. L Revue de Médecine Légale, 14-4: 100402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medleg.2023.100402
Magalhães, B. M., Mays, S., & Santos, A. L., 2020. A new approach to recording nasal fracture in skeletonized individuals. International Journal of Palaeopathology, 30: 105-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2020.04.003
Magalhães, B. M., 2018. When breathing is a burden - Sinonasal variations and diseases affecting the  human skull in three Portuguese identified  osteological collections (19th-20th centuries). PhD thesis in Biological Anthropology. Coimbra, University of Coimbra.
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