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Ongoing research defines plague's timeline in pre-modern disease, suggesting more complexity than previously understood.
This is the abstract and bibliography for a paper to be presented at the Paleopathology Association meeting in Denver, 16-18 March 2026. It summarizes on-going research on defining the chronological parameters of the Second Plague Pandemic, of which the Black Death should be understood as just one of many waves. The work draws on research in bioarchaeology, paleogenetics, and the intellectual history of medicine.
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