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.
Keywords:
anthropology / archaeology / paleodemography / historical demography / sexes / age groups / individual age / population size / hypothetical settlement size
Source:
Balcanica, 2008, XXXIX, 115-121
Publisher:
Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
TY - JOUR
AU - Mikić, Živko
PY - 2008
UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/4283
AB - 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.
PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
T2 - Balcanica
T1 - The Medieval Cemetery outside the Eastern Gate of Gamizgrad (Felix Romuliana): A Paleodemographic Interpretation
SP - 115
EP - 121
IS - XXXIX
DO - 10.2298/BALC0839115M
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4283
ER -
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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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journal = "Balcanica",
title = "The Medieval Cemetery outside the Eastern Gate of Gamizgrad (Felix Romuliana): A Paleodemographic Interpretation",
pages = "115-121",
number = "XXXIX",
doi = "10.2298/BALC0839115M",
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Mikić, Ž.. (2008). The Medieval Cemetery outside the Eastern Gate of Gamizgrad (Felix Romuliana): A Paleodemographic Interpretation. in Balcanica
Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.(XXXIX), 115-121.
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0839115M
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4283
Mikić Ž. The Medieval Cemetery outside the Eastern Gate of Gamizgrad (Felix Romuliana): A Paleodemographic Interpretation. in Balcanica. 2008;(XXXIX):115-121.
doi:10.2298/BALC0839115M
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4283 .
Mikić, Živko, "The Medieval Cemetery outside the Eastern Gate of Gamizgrad (Felix Romuliana): A Paleodemographic Interpretation" in Balcanica, no. XXXIX (2008):115-121,
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0839115M .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4283 .
