‘To the land or to the sea' : diet and mobility in early medieval Frisia

This study investigated palaeodiet and population mobility in early medieval Frisia through the stable isotope analysis of individuals buried in the fifth–eighth century AD cemetery of Oosterbeintum, a terp site on the northern coast of the Netherlands. The results cast new light on the role of the northern Netherlands in trade and migration in the early medieval period, and have significance for the study of interaction and movement throughout the wider North Sea region. Bone collagen and tooth enamel from humans and animals were analyzed using carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and strontium isotopes. δ13C and δ15N results indicated that the population had a terrestrial, C3-based diet. High δ15N values were observed in humans and fauna, which are probably related to the terp's salt-marsh location. The δ18O and 87Sr/86Sr data revealed a high proportion of non-locals buried at Oosterbeintum, some of whom had probably migrated from regions as distant and varied as Scandinavia and southern England. It is suggested that this immigration may be associated with Frisian maritime trading activities. New data are also presented from a small number of contemporaneous European sites

Surgical stabilization for symptomatic carpometacarpal hypermobility; a randomized comparison of a dorsal and a volar technique and a cohort of the volar technique

BACKGROUND: Hypermobility of the first carpometacarpal joint is mostly surgically treated with a volar approached stabilization by Eaton, but recent studies indicate the importance of the dorsoradial and intermetacarpal ligaments (DRL and IML) for carpometacarpal joint stability. The aim of this study was to compare a dorsal and volar technique for primary carpometacarpal hypermobility regarding pain and functional outcome. METHODS: Patients with non-degenerative, painful carpometacarpal hypermobility were included and were randomly assigned to either the volar technique using the FCR, or a dorsal technique using the ECRL. After premature termination of the trial, we followed all patients treated with the volar approach. Pain, strength, and ADL function using DASH and Michigan Hand Questionnaires (MHQ) were measured at baseline and 3 and 12 months after surgery. RESULTS: After including 16 patients, the randomized trial comparing the volar and dorsal technique was terminated because of significant increased pain in the dorsal group. Although none of the other outcome measures were significant in the underpowered comparison, in line with the pain scores, all variables showed a trend towards a worse outcome in the dorsal group. Between 2009 and 2012, 57 thumbs were surgically stabilized. We found significant better pain and MHQ scores, and after 1 year improved grip and key pinch strength. Patients returned to work within 8 (±7) weeks, of which 85 % in their original job. CONCLUSIONS: Surgical stabilization of the thumb is an effective method for patients suffering from hypermobility regarding pain, daily function, and strength. We recommend a volar approach. Level of Evidence: Level I, therapeutic stud

Thermen en Castella te Heerlen (L.). Een rapport en een werkhypothese

Van Giffen A. E. Thermen en Castella te Heerlen (L.). Een rapport en een werkhypothese. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 17, fasc. 1, 1948. Miscellanea Philologica Historica et archaelogia in honorem Hvberti Van De Weerd. pp. 199-236

De Opgravingen in Nederland in 1949

Van Giffen A. E., Glasbergen W. De Opgravingen in Nederland in 1949. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 19, fasc. 2, 1950. pp. 427-436

Archéologie 1947, 2

Breuer J., Van de Weerd H., De Laet Sigfried Jan, Danthine Hélène, Mariën Marcel E., F. G. F., Van Giffen A. E., Glasbergen W., Faider-Feytmans Germaine. Archéologie 1947, 2. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 16, fasc. 2, 1947. pp. 357-372

Archéologie 1949

Breuer J., Van de Weerd H., de Laet Sigfried J., Mariën Marcel E., F. G. F., Hombert Pierre, Mertens J., Van Giffen A. E., Glasbergen W. Archéologie 1949. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 18, fasc. 2, 1949. pp. 403-424

Archéologie 1946. 2

Breuer J., Van de Weerd H., de Laet Sigfried J., Hombert Pierre, Mariën Marcel E., Van Giffen A. E., Glasbergen W., Heurgon Jacques, Geubel A., Faider-Feytmans Germaine. Archéologie 1946. 2. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 15, fasc. 2, 1946. pp. 303-318