The Medieval Cemetery outside the Eastern Gate of Gamizgrad (Felix Romuliana)

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Mikić, Ž. (2008). The Medieval Cemetery outside the Eastern Gate of Gamizgrad (Felix Romuliana): A Paleodemographic Interpretation, 115-121. doi:10.2298/BALC0839115M
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Title

The Medieval Cemetery outside the Eastern Gate of Gamizgrad (Felix Romuliana)

Subtitle

A Paleodemographic Interpretation

Author

Živko, Mikić

Journal

Balcanica

Volume
Issue

XXXIX

Start page

115

End page

121

ISSN

0350-7653

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/BALC0839115M

URL

http://dais.sanu.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4283

Date

2008-2019/08/12/16:07:07

Abstract

The medieval cemetery was archaeologically investigated between 1981 and 1992. It consisted of 91 graves containing 95 anthropologically identified skeletons. Further anthropological analysis has established 31 reliably or highly likely adult males, 31 reliably or highly likely adult females, 3 poorly preserved and therefore unsexed adult skeletons, and 30 children most of whom died within the first ten years after birth. From the paleodemographic viewpoint, this would be the necropolis of a single medieval community showing a dearth of children of all age groups, which may be interpreted in several ways, ranging from reduced procreation to inadequate archaeological excavation.

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