The Medieval Cemetery outside the Eastern Gate of Gamizgrad (Felix Romuliana): A Paleodemographic Interpretation
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.
Keywords:
anthropology / archaeology / paleodemography / historical demography / sexes / age groups / individual age / population size / hypothetical settlement sizeSource:
Balcanica, 2008, XXXIX, 115-121Publisher:
- Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Funding / projects:
Institution/Community
Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - 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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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 .