Maia Casna
PhD candidate
- Name
- M. Casna MSc
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- m.casna@arch.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4209-7889
Maia Casna is a PhD candidate in palaeopathology.
More information about Maia Casna
News
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Lego Lost at Sea: an archaeological and environmental exhibition at the Van Steenis -
PhD-Student Maia Casna receives two awards for osteoarchaeological research -
International Women's Day: the visibility of women in archaeology -
Leiden osteoarchaeologists hold an online class for Italian schoolchildren -
Osteoarchaeologist Maia Casna receives the NVFA Incentive Prize: ‘I try to push osteology into the public eye as much as I can’ -
Osteoarchaeologist Maia Casna interviewed on a podcast -
Diversifying archaeological practice with a small grant: ‘This helps us to work in collaboration with the Faculty community’ -
Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant -
From excavation to public outreach: our bachelor's students experienced the full cycle of archaeology -
Skype a Scientist: talking about ancient bones with people all over the world
Leiden Archaeology Blog
Office days
Monday to Friday
Research
Maia Casna’s main research interests involve palaeopathology as a tool to investigate the human past. Her current research at Leiden University explores the spread of respiratory infections (sinusitis, otitis, pulmonary diseases) in relation to urbanization and overpopulation in several medieval and post-medieval contexts from the Netherlands. As recent clinical studies have pointed out a huge health gap between higher and lower social classes due to both housing and working environments, with her work Maia aims to raise awareness on how everyday habits shaped human health in the past and how they continue to do so in the present.
Teaching activities
Maia is completing her teaching qualification (BKO) and occasionally lectures classes for Osteoarchaeology and Bioarchaeology. She also regularly supervises student theses in paleopathology and osteoarchaeology.
Curriculum vitae
Maia Casna (MSc) graduated in 2017 from a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Bologna, Italy. She joined the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University in 2018 for a Master of Science in Osteoarchaeology, from which she graduated cum laude in 2019 with a thesis on the impact of environmental factors on the respiratory health of two post-medieval Dutch populations.
Since 2020, Maia is a member of the Diversity Committee at the Faculty of Archaeology.
In 2021, Maia was awarded the NWO “PhD in the Humanities” grant, which will allow her to pursue her doctoral research for four years.
PhD candidate
- Faculteit Archeologie
- Archaeological Sciences
- Bio-Archaeology
- Davies-Barrett A.M., Casna M., Boyd D.A. & Inskip S.A. (2024), An analysis of interobserver variability in the recording of maxillary sinusitis in human osteoarchaeological remains, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 34(2): e3293.
- Casna M., Roelofs J.J.H., Schats R., Verbist B.M. & Bruintjes T.D. (2024), Association between morphological features in the cochlear promontory and mastoid process: implications for Identifying middle ear diseases in human skeletal remains, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 56: 104538.
- Casna M. & Schrader S.A. (2024), The urban sea: cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis, linear enamel hypoplasia, and sinusitis in three diachronic urban sites from the Dutch province of Zeeland (1030–1800 CE), International Journal of Osteoarchaeology : e3302.
- Casna M. & Schrader S. A. (2024), Chronic maxillary sinusitis: a comparison of osteological and CT methods of diagnosis, International Journal of Paleopathology 45: 30-34.
- Casna M., Davies-Barrett A.M. & Schrader S.A. (2024), Smoking histories: a bioarchaeological approach to tobacco consumption in two skeletal populations from the Netherlands (1300-1829 CE), Post-Medieval Archaeology 58(1): 1-13.
- Pace V., Casna M. & Schrader S.A. (2024), Using computed tomography to diagnose chronic frontal sinusitis in the skeletal remains of a post-medieval Dutch rural community (AD 1829–1866), Journal of Archaeological Science 170: 106041.
- Bartholdy B.P., Hasselstrøm J.B., Sørensen L.K., Casna M., Hoogland M., Historisch Genootschap Beemster & Henry A.G. (2024), Multiproxy analysis exploring patterns of diet and disease in dental calculus and skeletal remains from a 19th century Dutch population , Peer Community Journal 4: e46.
- Casna M., Davies-Barrett A.M. & Schrader S.A. (2024), Exploring the impact of tobacco consumption on the respiratory health of two Dutch skeletal populations (1300–1829 CE), World Archaeology : 1-18.
- Casna M., Schats R., Hoogland M.L.P. & Schrader S.A. (2023), A distant city: Assessing the impact of Dutch socioeconomic developments on urban and rural health using respiratory disease as a proxy, International Journal of Paleopathology 42: 34-45.
- Bartholdy B.P., Hasselstrøm J.B., Sørensen L.K., Casna M., Hoogland M.L.P., Beemster H.G. & Henry A.G. (2023), Multiproxy analysis exploring patterns of diet and disease in dental calculus and skeletal remains from a 19th century Dutch population. [other].
- Casna M. & Schrader S.A. (2022), Chronic maxillary sinusitis: a comparison of osteological and radiological methods of diagnosis. 23rd European Meeting of Paleopathology Association, Vilnius. 25 August 2022 - 29 August 2022. [conference poster].
- Casna M & Schrader S.A. (2022), Urban beings: a bioarchaeological approach to socioeconomic status, cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis, linear enamel hypoplasia, and sinusitis in the early-modern Northern Low Countries (A.D. 1626–1850), Bioarchaeology International : .
- Casna M. & Schrader S.A. (2021), In one ear and out the nose: Investigating correlation between otitis media and chronic maxillary sinusitis in a post-medieval population from the Netherlands (1500-1850 AD). 48th Annual North American Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Online. 6 April 2021 - 23 April 2021. [conference poster].
- Casna M., Burrell C. L., Schats R., Hoogland M. L. P. & Schrader S. A. (2021), Urbanization and respiratory stress in the Northern Low Countries: a comparative study of chronic maxillary sinusitis in two early modern sites from the Netherlands (AD 1626–1866), International Journal of Osteoarchaeology : .
- Casna M. & Schrader S. A. (2021), Being in the city: a bioarchaeological approach to socioeconomic status, stress markers, and sinusitis in three early-modern Dutch towns (1626-1850 AD).
- Casna M. (2020), De neus in, Archeologie Magazine (2): 21.
- Casna M., Schrader S.A., Burrell C.L., Schats R. & Hoogland M. (2019), A bioarchaeological study of chronic maxillary sinusitis and respiratory health in two Post-Medieval populations from the Netherlands. 21st Annual BABAO Conference, London. 13 September 2019 - 15 September 2019. [conference poster].