About the Authors

Muriel Masson

murielmasson@gmail.com

Affiliations Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Erika Molnár

Affiliation Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Helen D. Donoghue

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Microbiology and Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Gurdyal S. Besra

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Egbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

David E. Minnikin

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Egbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Houdini H. T. Wu

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Egbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Oona Y-C. Lee

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Egbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Ian D. Bull

Affiliation Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

György Pálfi

Affiliation Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HDD GSB DEM. Performed the experiments: HDD OY-CL HHTW IDB. Analyzed the data: MM EM GP HDD GSB IDB OY-CL HHTW DEM. Wrote the paper: MM HDD DEM OY-CL HHTW. Performed the osteological and palaeopathological study: MM. Provided macromorphological diagnosis: MM EM GP.