Review article
Results of the anthropological analysis of the osteological material from Mukoše site near Goriš from 2021
Tea Kokotović
orcid.org/0000-0001-8437-0567
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper presents the preliminary results of the anthropological analysis of the osteological material from the archaeological excavations conducted at the Mukoše site near Goriš in 2021 and the preliminary results of the anthropological analysis of all the so far investigated and analysed skeletons from that site. The radiocarbon dating obtained from two osteological samples from graves 5 and 6 roughly places the burials at Mukoše in the 16th century. Altogether 16 skeletons from 16 graves were found and analysed: nine subadults up to the age of 10 and seven adults (4 male and 3 female) older than 35 years. The results of the analysis were compared with the available anthropological data for the Early Modern populations from the Dalmatian hinterland (Dalmatinska Zagora), mainly with the results of the anthropological analysis of the osteological assemblage from the Koprivno site near Klis and the Drinovci – Greblje site near Šibenik. The current results suggest that those buried in Mukoše had a somewhat higher standard of living and greater quality of life than their Early Modern counterparts, but further research and information will provide more concrete comparisons and conclusions regarding the health and diet of the Early Modern population buried at the Mukoše site.
Keywords
Mukoše; Goriš; bioarchaeology; early modern burials; 16th century; Dalmatian Hinterland; quality of life
Hrčak ID:
289667
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2022.
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