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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Main Author: Vulović Dragana
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Language:deu
Published: Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia 2024-01-01
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-d5a6c09b1c904849aea33dafdff7ec2f2025-08-20T02:29:56ZdeuInstitute of Archaeology, Belgrade, SerbiaStarinar0350-02412406-07392024-01-0120247428329910.2298/STA2474283V0350-02412474283VHealth status of non-adult individuals from medieval BrskovoVulović Dragana0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4235-0511Institute of Archaeology, BelgradeChildren 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.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2024/0350-02412474283V.pdfbrskovo-doganjicesaxon churchmedieval periodminingnon-adultshealth status
spellingShingle Vulović Dragana
Health status of non-adult individuals from medieval Brskovo
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medieval period
mining
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health status
title Health status of non-adult individuals from medieval Brskovo
title_full Health status of non-adult individuals from medieval Brskovo
title_fullStr Health status of non-adult individuals from medieval Brskovo
title_full_unstemmed Health status of non-adult individuals from medieval Brskovo
title_short Health status of non-adult individuals from medieval Brskovo
title_sort health status of non adult individuals from medieval brskovo
topic brskovo-doganjice
saxon church
medieval period
mining
non-adults
health status
url https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2024/0350-02412474283V.pdf
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