Forgotten and found: A case of childhood rickets in the 19th-century settler village of Heuvelton, New York.

Objective: To evaluate pathological lesions suggesting the presence of rickets and to place the diagnosis into bioarchaeological and historical context.

Materials: The remains of a 3-year ± 12-month-old child discovered during a rescue excavation in Heuvelton, New York.

Methods: We examined the individual macroscopically and conducted a differential diagnosis following established protocols in the palaeopathological literature.