Health status of non-adult individuals from medieval Brskovo
Children represent an important segment of the community and have an important role in the reconstruction of the health status of ancient populations. Child mortality is often used in anthropology as adequate measure of social and sanitary conditions within a community, for determining t...
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Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Starinar |
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| Online Access: | https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2024/0350-02412474283V.pdf |
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| Summary: | Children represent an important segment of the community and have an
important role in the reconstruction of the health status of ancient
populations. Child mortality is often used in anthropology as adequate
measure of social and sanitary conditions within a community, for
determining the progress of a population and for obtaining an overview of
the adaptation of a population to changes in the surroundings. In this
paper, the results of a bioanthropological analysis of non-adult skeletal
remains from the medieval necropolis of Brskovo-Doganjice (Mojkovac,
Montenegro) will be presented. The medieval city of Brskovo was an important
mining centre in the Balkans during the 13th and 14th centuries and,
according to historical sources, the very beginnings of mining in medieval
Serbia are linked to it. The necropolis was researched in the period between
2019 and 2022, and 149 graves were registered on that occasion, with 50
skeletal remains belonging to individuals that were 0-17 years old. Special
attention will be given to changes which could be indicators of the quality
of life of children in a medieval mining settlement. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-0241 2406-0739 |