Original scientific paper

Early Croatian Population from Tribalj - Health and Diseases

Zrinka Premužić ; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb
Petra Rajić Šikanjić orcid.org/0000-0002-7760-5193 ; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an analysis of human skeletal
remains from the Early Croatian cemetery at Tribalj. The
analysed sample consisted of 25 individuals from 18 graves.
Skeletal remains showed evidence of fractures, scurvy, tuberculosis,
osteopenia and osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and Schmorl’s nodes.
We also observed an unexpected sex and age distribution. The
analysis indicates poor living standards of the Early Croatian
inhabitants of Tribalj and raises questions about burial customs
at Vinodol in the Early Middle Ages.

Keywords

Tribalj; Early Croatian cemetery; human skeletal remains; anthropological analysis

Hrčak ID:

91074

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/91074

Publication date:

18.11.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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