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V letech 2005-2008 bylo v ramci archeologickeho výzkumu na Hrozenkově ulici v Praze-Zlicině odkry... more V letech 2005-2008 bylo v ramci archeologickeho výzkumu na Hrozenkově ulici v Praze-Zlicině odkryto pohřebistě datovane do druhe poloviny 5. stoleti a řazene k tzv. vinařicke skupině ze starsi faze doby stěhovani narodů. Z kosternich pozůstatků uložených ve 173 hrobech bylo 113 hodnotitelných skeletů nebo jejich casti podrobeno detailni antropologicke a paleopatologicke analýze. V prezentovanem sděleni jsou předloženy výsledky casti paleopatologicke studie, zaměřene na sledovani kloubnich onemocněni a traumatických změn na kostech. Paleopatologicka diagnostika se opirala o makroskopicke a rentgenologicke vysetřeni. Nejcastěji byly na studovaných kosternich pozůstatcich zaznamenany projevy degenerativně produktivniho procesu v podobě spondylozy u 49.1% (N=53) nebo artrozy v 37.7% (N%=69). Stopy po zhojených traumatech byly nalezeny v 8.8% (N=113). Ve větsině připadů se jednalo o zhojene zlomeniny nebo infrakci kosti, pozorovano bylo i secne poraněni s naslednou toaletou rany, osteoch...
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Anthropologie, 2021
The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological cha... more The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological changes, dated to between 3800–3700 BC. The studied skeletal remains were subjected to classical anthropological analysis. The palaeopathological study was based on detailed macroscopic examination supplemented by histological and radiological examinations. In addition to the disorder of flat cranial bones, dental developmental defects, traces after periodontal and sinus maxillaris inflammation, partially fractured left rib and fracture of the first lumbar vertebra were found on this skeleton. Based on the mentioned examinations, this finding was evaluated as one of the possibly oldest cases of scurvy in Europe.
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The authors present part of a burial ground of the Late Migration Period in Drnholec - Pod sýpkou... more The authors present part of a burial ground of the Late Migration Period in Drnholec - Pod sýpkou (Břeclav district, Czech Republic), where seven graves were discovered in 2016 and 2017. The grave goods were identified, by typological analysis, as Langobardian/Lombardian. The authors argue that even a small part of a cemetery with a limited number of graves can bring important new data and open strategic questions, challenging traditional interpretations. The paper aims to present the results of excavation in the light of archaeological, anthropological and zooarchaeological perspectives. Archaeological part is focused on presenting the grave units and the cemetery as a contextual unit. Stylistic and typological analysis of grave goods, radiocarbon dates and probability modeling were used to establish the chronology of the cemetery. Anthropological and palaeopathological examinations were accompanied with buccal dental microwear analysis and tooth cementum annulation (TCA) which pro...
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Památky archeologické, 2022
The authors present part of a burial ground of the Late Migration Period in Drnholec-Pod sýpkou (... more The authors present part of a burial ground of the Late Migration Period in Drnholec-Pod sýpkou (Břeclav district, Czech Republic), where seven graves were discovered in 2016 and 2017. The grave goods were identified, by typological analysis, as Langobardian/Lombardian. The authors argue that even a small part of a cemetery with a limited number of graves can bring important new data and open strategic questions, challenging traditional interpretations. The paper aims to present the results of excavation in the light of archaeological, anthropological and zooarchaeological perspectives. Archaeological part is focused on presenting the grave units and the cemetery as a contextual unit. Stylistic and typological analysis of grave goods, radiocarbon dates and probability modeling were used to establish the chronology of the cemetery. Anthropological and palaeopathological examinations were accompanied with buccal dental microwear analysis and tooth cementum annulation (TCA) which provide information about diet and age-at-death estimation. Zooarchaeological analysis was mainly driven by the find of a mule skeleton. In addition to skeletal expertise, Nitrogen and Carbon stable isotopes analyses were also applied. The authors set out their thoughts, based on material and bibliographical study, on the problem of classifying and understanding the cultural and ethnic identity of the Migration Period populations.
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The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological cha... more The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological changes, dated to between 3800–3700 BC. The studied skeletal remains were subjected to classical anthropological analysis. The palaeopathological study was based on detailed macroscopic examination supplemented by histological and radiological examinations. In addition to the disorder of flat cranial bones, dental developmental defects, traces after periodontal and sinus maxillaris inflammation, partially fractured left rib and fracture of the first lumbar vertebra were found on this skeleton. Based on the mentioned examinations, this finding was evaluated as one of the possibly oldest cases of scurvy in Europe.
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Archeologické rozhledy, 2020
A grave dated to the Middle Bronze Age with two burials in stone chambers represents a unique fin... more A grave dated to the Middle Bronze Age with two burials in stone chambers represents a unique find in Moravia. The grave was the solitary feature from the given period at the excavation site, without any barrow identified. Part of the stone used for the construction is querns from a 40 km distant source, most of the structure is made of local limestone. Both burials – a child and an adult – were deposited simultaneously and furnished with personal jewellery and grave goods. Organic residues and use-wear traces were recorded on bronze artefacts. The grave inventory also includes a stone axe from uncommon stone material – eclogite. Based on a typological analysis and a series of radiocarbon dates, the entire unit is dated to the middle stage of the Tumulus culture, at the turn of the 15th and 14th century BC. The preservation of anthropological material, the exclusive interior construction, the furnishing of both burials and modern documentation represent an exceptional data source fo...
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2022
During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unus... more During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unusually large and rare lytic focus in the right iliac fossa, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, were found at the Mikulov site (Czech Republic). The presented communication considers various diseases that could be the cause of this pathological condition (tuberculosis, syphilis, mycosis, parasitic diseases, tumors, peritoneal abscess). The examination methods used in this case were macroscopic examination, radiological, histological, and genetic analyses. Differential diagnosis helps us to focus upon the most likely etiologies, and in our opinion, we feel this erosive lesion was probably caused by inflammation from a peritoneal abscess associated with chronic appendicitis.
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2022
During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unus... more During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unusually large and rare lytic focus in the right iliac fossa, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, were found at the Mikulov site (Czech Republic). The presented communication considers various diseases that could be the cause of this pathological condition (tuberculosis, syphilis, mycosis, parasitic diseases, tumors, peritoneal abscess). The examination methods used in this case were macroscopic examination, radiological, histological, and genetic analyses. Differential diagnosis helps us to focus upon the most likely etiologies, and in our opinion, we feel this erosive lesion was probably caused by inflammation from a peritoneal abscess associated with chronic appendicitis
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Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica - Natural Sciences in Archaeology, 2016
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2022
During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unus... more During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unusually large and rare lytic focus in the right iliac fossa, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, were found at the Mikulov site (Czech Republic). The presented communication considers various diseases that could be the cause of this pathological condition (tuberculosis, syphilis, mycosis, parasitic diseases, tumors, peritoneal abscess). The examination methods used in this case were macroscopic examination, radiological, histological, and genetic analyses. Differential diagnosis helps us to focus upon the most likely etiologies, and in our opinion, we feel this erosive lesion was probably caused by inflammation from a peritoneal abscess associated with chronic appendicitis.
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Anthropologie, 2021
The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological cha... more The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological changes, dated to between 3800–3700 BC. The studied skeletal remains were subjected to classical anthropological analysis. The palaeopathological study was based on detailed macroscopic examination supplemented by histological and radiological examinations. In addition to the disorder of flat cranial bones, dental developmental defects, traces after periodontal and sinus maxillaris inflammation, partially fractured left rib and fracture of the first lumbar vertebra were found on this skeleton. Based on the mentioned examinations, this finding was evaluated as one of the possibly oldest cases of scurvy in Europe.
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Archeologické rozhledy, 2020
Hrob ze střední doby bronzové se dvěma pohřby v kamenných komorách je v prostředí Moravy unikátní... more Hrob ze střední doby bronzové se dvěma pohřby v kamenných komorách je v prostředí Moravy unikátním nálezem. Hrob byl jediným objektem z daného období v ploše výzkumu, případný mohylový násep nebyl zjištěn. Část kamene použitého na konstrukci tvoří zrnotěrky ze 40 km vzdáleného zdroje, většina konstruk ce je tvořena místním vápencem. Oba pohřby, dítěte i dospělého jedince, byly uloženy současně a vybaveny osobním šperkem i milodary. Na bronzových artefaktech se podařilo zachytit organická rezidua a traseo logické stopy. Součástí inventáře je i kamenná sekerka z málo časté suroviny-eklogitu. Na základě typo logického rozboru a série radiokarbonových dat je celek datován do středního stupně mohylové kultury, na přelom 15. a 14. stol. př. n. l. Zachování antropologického materiálu, exkluzívní vnitřní konstrukce, výbava obou pohřbů a moderní dokumentace představují výjimečný zdroj dat pro poznání společnosti střední doby bronzové a tehdejších pohřebních zvyklostí. A grave dated to the Mi...
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The study deals with the paleopathological analysis of human skeletal remains found in 173 Vinaři... more The study deals with the paleopathological analysis of human skeletal remains found in 173 Vinařice cultural-group graves at Prague-Zličín from the early stage of the Migration Period (5th century). Because the osteological collection was fragmentary, skeletal remains of only 113 individuals were analysed (26 men, 33 women, 19 children, and 6 adolescents; the sex of 29 adults remained unspecified). Paleopathological diagnoses were grounded in macroscopic and X-ray examinations.
Most frequently, skeletal remains showed progressive degenerative processes such as spondylosis (49.1%, evaluated cases n=53) and arthrosis (37.7%, evaluated cases n=69). Traces of healed traumas
were detected in 8.8% (n=113) of all the preserved individuals. Demonstrations of inflammatory symptoms were observed in 16.8%, (n=113) of the cases, out of which were two suspected cases of
tuberculosis. Regarding neoplastic diseases, only two benign tumours (skull osteomas) were diagnosed (3.9%, evaluated cases n=51). Internal frontal hyperostosis, biparietal thinning, and calcaneonavicular
coalition were detected only sporadically. Cribra orbitalia was detected in the eye sockets of 7.1% (n=28) of the evaluated cases. Trichological analyses dealt with 203 samples, most of them were of recent or animal origin; only in four cases ancient human hair was found. To date the samples from graves No. 4, 11, 100–173 have been analysed and results of this analysis are presented in this study. Destruction of historical hair shafts was manifested by ragged and cracked cuticle scales, absence of
cuticle scales, longitudinal loosened shafts and especially transversal fragmentation of hair shafts. Hair also showed marked damage owing to keratinophilic organisms. No human ectoparasites were found. Paleoparasitological analyses dealt with 30 samples from grave fillings; specifically from pelvic (n=16), head (n=1) and thoracic (n=13) area. Despite the very sensitive molecular methods we employed, no signs of parasitological DNA were found.
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"Accumulation K7/90 was uncovered on the southwest edge of the basin dividing the Cezavy knoll fr... more "Accumulation K7/90 was uncovered on the southwest edge of the basin dividing the Cezavy knoll from the Výhon elevation.
Until now this space had produced no finds, as the original surface from the Bronze Age at a depth of 190–200 cm was covered with accumulation sediment from the surrounding slopes and ground that had slid. Furthermore, there was a repeated occurrence of a water surface on the bottom of the basin, historically documented from the 17th century onward as an occasional lake. New 14C data obtained from the stratified shells of water snails has now confirmed the existence of a lake in the Early Hillfort period and the Early Bronze Age (2σ 1732–1531 BC). The lake dried out in the warm and dry subboreal climate, and therefore not even the uncovered situation is the result of deposits made in water. An accumulation phenomenon with dimensions of 170 x 190 cm involves five skeletons of males between the ages of 20 and 55 deposited in overlapping fashion in non-ritual, even anatomically unnatural, positions.
Intentional components also included parts of animal bodies (domestic ox, domestic horse) and stones carried intentionally from the river terraces. Artefacts from the site that can be described as intentional include, at least, fragments of two bronze rings, a copper ingot and part of a quern-stone. The diet of the men involved over the long-term in physically demanding work was reconstructed; the study demonstrated the local provenance of the men without migration. Traces of violent treatment were found on four skeletons. Accumulation K7/90 is interpreted as a likely relic of a religious ritual accompanied by, among other things, human sacrifices. This evidence supports the current classification of the knoll as a Late Bronze Age sacred area."
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V letech 2005-2008 bylo v ramci archeologickeho výzkumu na Hrozenkově ulici v Praze-Zlicině odkry... more V letech 2005-2008 bylo v ramci archeologickeho výzkumu na Hrozenkově ulici v Praze-Zlicině odkryto pohřebistě datovane do druhe poloviny 5. stoleti a řazene k tzv. vinařicke skupině ze starsi faze doby stěhovani narodů. Z kosternich pozůstatků uložených ve 173 hrobech bylo 113 hodnotitelných skeletů nebo jejich casti podrobeno detailni antropologicke a paleopatologicke analýze. V prezentovanem sděleni jsou předloženy výsledky casti paleopatologicke studie, zaměřene na sledovani kloubnich onemocněni a traumatických změn na kostech. Paleopatologicka diagnostika se opirala o makroskopicke a rentgenologicke vysetřeni. Nejcastěji byly na studovaných kosternich pozůstatcich zaznamenany projevy degenerativně produktivniho procesu v podobě spondylozy u 49.1% (N=53) nebo artrozy v 37.7% (N%=69). Stopy po zhojených traumatech byly nalezeny v 8.8% (N=113). Ve větsině připadů se jednalo o zhojene zlomeniny nebo infrakci kosti, pozorovano bylo i secne poraněni s naslednou toaletou rany, osteoch...
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Anthropologie, 2021
The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological cha... more The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological changes, dated to between 3800–3700 BC. The studied skeletal remains were subjected to classical anthropological analysis. The palaeopathological study was based on detailed macroscopic examination supplemented by histological and radiological examinations. In addition to the disorder of flat cranial bones, dental developmental defects, traces after periodontal and sinus maxillaris inflammation, partially fractured left rib and fracture of the first lumbar vertebra were found on this skeleton. Based on the mentioned examinations, this finding was evaluated as one of the possibly oldest cases of scurvy in Europe.
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The authors present part of a burial ground of the Late Migration Period in Drnholec - Pod sýpkou... more The authors present part of a burial ground of the Late Migration Period in Drnholec - Pod sýpkou (Břeclav district, Czech Republic), where seven graves were discovered in 2016 and 2017. The grave goods were identified, by typological analysis, as Langobardian/Lombardian. The authors argue that even a small part of a cemetery with a limited number of graves can bring important new data and open strategic questions, challenging traditional interpretations. The paper aims to present the results of excavation in the light of archaeological, anthropological and zooarchaeological perspectives. Archaeological part is focused on presenting the grave units and the cemetery as a contextual unit. Stylistic and typological analysis of grave goods, radiocarbon dates and probability modeling were used to establish the chronology of the cemetery. Anthropological and palaeopathological examinations were accompanied with buccal dental microwear analysis and tooth cementum annulation (TCA) which pro...
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The authors present part of a burial ground of the Late Migration Period in Drnholec-Pod sýpkou (... more The authors present part of a burial ground of the Late Migration Period in Drnholec-Pod sýpkou (Břeclav district, Czech Republic), where seven graves were discovered in 2016 and 2017. The grave goods were identified, by typological analysis, as Langobardian/Lombardian. The authors argue that even a small part of a cemetery with a limited number of graves can bring important new data and open strategic questions, challenging traditional interpretations. The paper aims to present the results of excavation in the light of archaeological, anthropological and zooarchaeological perspectives. Archaeological part is focused on presenting the grave units and the cemetery as a contextual unit. Stylistic and typological analysis of grave goods, radiocarbon dates and probability modeling were used to establish the chronology of the cemetery. Anthropological and palaeopathological examinations were accompanied with buccal dental microwear analysis and tooth cementum annulation (TCA) which provide information about diet and age-at-death estimation. Zooarchaeological analysis was mainly driven by the find of a mule skeleton. In addition to skeletal expertise, Nitrogen and Carbon stable isotopes analyses were also applied. The authors set out their thoughts, based on material and bibliographical study, on the problem of classifying and understanding the cultural and ethnic identity of the Migration Period populations.
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The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological cha... more The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological changes, dated to between 3800–3700 BC. The studied skeletal remains were subjected to classical anthropological analysis. The palaeopathological study was based on detailed macroscopic examination supplemented by histological and radiological examinations. In addition to the disorder of flat cranial bones, dental developmental defects, traces after periodontal and sinus maxillaris inflammation, partially fractured left rib and fracture of the first lumbar vertebra were found on this skeleton. Based on the mentioned examinations, this finding was evaluated as one of the possibly oldest cases of scurvy in Europe.
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Archeologické rozhledy, 2020
A grave dated to the Middle Bronze Age with two burials in stone chambers represents a unique fin... more A grave dated to the Middle Bronze Age with two burials in stone chambers represents a unique find in Moravia. The grave was the solitary feature from the given period at the excavation site, without any barrow identified. Part of the stone used for the construction is querns from a 40 km distant source, most of the structure is made of local limestone. Both burials – a child and an adult – were deposited simultaneously and furnished with personal jewellery and grave goods. Organic residues and use-wear traces were recorded on bronze artefacts. The grave inventory also includes a stone axe from uncommon stone material – eclogite. Based on a typological analysis and a series of radiocarbon dates, the entire unit is dated to the middle stage of the Tumulus culture, at the turn of the 15th and 14th century BC. The preservation of anthropological material, the exclusive interior construction, the furnishing of both burials and modern documentation represent an exceptional data source fo...
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2022
During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unus... more During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unusually large and rare lytic focus in the right iliac fossa, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, were found at the Mikulov site (Czech Republic). The presented communication considers various diseases that could be the cause of this pathological condition (tuberculosis, syphilis, mycosis, parasitic diseases, tumors, peritoneal abscess). The examination methods used in this case were macroscopic examination, radiological, histological, and genetic analyses. Differential diagnosis helps us to focus upon the most likely etiologies, and in our opinion, we feel this erosive lesion was probably caused by inflammation from a peritoneal abscess associated with chronic appendicitis.
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2022
During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unus... more During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unusually large and rare lytic focus in the right iliac fossa, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, were found at the Mikulov site (Czech Republic). The presented communication considers various diseases that could be the cause of this pathological condition (tuberculosis, syphilis, mycosis, parasitic diseases, tumors, peritoneal abscess). The examination methods used in this case were macroscopic examination, radiological, histological, and genetic analyses. Differential diagnosis helps us to focus upon the most likely etiologies, and in our opinion, we feel this erosive lesion was probably caused by inflammation from a peritoneal abscess associated with chronic appendicitis
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Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica - Natural Sciences in Archaeology, 2016
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2022
During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unus... more During rescue archeological excavation in 2018, the skeletal remains of a young male with an unusually large and rare lytic focus in the right iliac fossa, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, were found at the Mikulov site (Czech Republic). The presented communication considers various diseases that could be the cause of this pathological condition (tuberculosis, syphilis, mycosis, parasitic diseases, tumors, peritoneal abscess). The examination methods used in this case were macroscopic examination, radiological, histological, and genetic analyses. Differential diagnosis helps us to focus upon the most likely etiologies, and in our opinion, we feel this erosive lesion was probably caused by inflammation from a peritoneal abscess associated with chronic appendicitis.
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Anthropologie, 2021
The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological cha... more The presented report describes the skeletal remains of a young man with multiple pathological changes, dated to between 3800–3700 BC. The studied skeletal remains were subjected to classical anthropological analysis. The palaeopathological study was based on detailed macroscopic examination supplemented by histological and radiological examinations. In addition to the disorder of flat cranial bones, dental developmental defects, traces after periodontal and sinus maxillaris inflammation, partially fractured left rib and fracture of the first lumbar vertebra were found on this skeleton. Based on the mentioned examinations, this finding was evaluated as one of the possibly oldest cases of scurvy in Europe.
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Archeologické rozhledy, 2020
Hrob ze střední doby bronzové se dvěma pohřby v kamenných komorách je v prostředí Moravy unikátní... more Hrob ze střední doby bronzové se dvěma pohřby v kamenných komorách je v prostředí Moravy unikátním nálezem. Hrob byl jediným objektem z daného období v ploše výzkumu, případný mohylový násep nebyl zjištěn. Část kamene použitého na konstrukci tvoří zrnotěrky ze 40 km vzdáleného zdroje, většina konstruk ce je tvořena místním vápencem. Oba pohřby, dítěte i dospělého jedince, byly uloženy současně a vybaveny osobním šperkem i milodary. Na bronzových artefaktech se podařilo zachytit organická rezidua a traseo logické stopy. Součástí inventáře je i kamenná sekerka z málo časté suroviny-eklogitu. Na základě typo logického rozboru a série radiokarbonových dat je celek datován do středního stupně mohylové kultury, na přelom 15. a 14. stol. př. n. l. Zachování antropologického materiálu, exkluzívní vnitřní konstrukce, výbava obou pohřbů a moderní dokumentace představují výjimečný zdroj dat pro poznání společnosti střední doby bronzové a tehdejších pohřebních zvyklostí. A grave dated to the Mi...
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The study deals with the paleopathological analysis of human skeletal remains found in 173 Vinaři... more The study deals with the paleopathological analysis of human skeletal remains found in 173 Vinařice cultural-group graves at Prague-Zličín from the early stage of the Migration Period (5th century). Because the osteological collection was fragmentary, skeletal remains of only 113 individuals were analysed (26 men, 33 women, 19 children, and 6 adolescents; the sex of 29 adults remained unspecified). Paleopathological diagnoses were grounded in macroscopic and X-ray examinations.
Most frequently, skeletal remains showed progressive degenerative processes such as spondylosis (49.1%, evaluated cases n=53) and arthrosis (37.7%, evaluated cases n=69). Traces of healed traumas
were detected in 8.8% (n=113) of all the preserved individuals. Demonstrations of inflammatory symptoms were observed in 16.8%, (n=113) of the cases, out of which were two suspected cases of
tuberculosis. Regarding neoplastic diseases, only two benign tumours (skull osteomas) were diagnosed (3.9%, evaluated cases n=51). Internal frontal hyperostosis, biparietal thinning, and calcaneonavicular
coalition were detected only sporadically. Cribra orbitalia was detected in the eye sockets of 7.1% (n=28) of the evaluated cases. Trichological analyses dealt with 203 samples, most of them were of recent or animal origin; only in four cases ancient human hair was found. To date the samples from graves No. 4, 11, 100–173 have been analysed and results of this analysis are presented in this study. Destruction of historical hair shafts was manifested by ragged and cracked cuticle scales, absence of
cuticle scales, longitudinal loosened shafts and especially transversal fragmentation of hair shafts. Hair also showed marked damage owing to keratinophilic organisms. No human ectoparasites were found. Paleoparasitological analyses dealt with 30 samples from grave fillings; specifically from pelvic (n=16), head (n=1) and thoracic (n=13) area. Despite the very sensitive molecular methods we employed, no signs of parasitological DNA were found.
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"Accumulation K7/90 was uncovered on the southwest edge of the basin dividing the Cezavy knoll fr... more "Accumulation K7/90 was uncovered on the southwest edge of the basin dividing the Cezavy knoll from the Výhon elevation.
Until now this space had produced no finds, as the original surface from the Bronze Age at a depth of 190–200 cm was covered with accumulation sediment from the surrounding slopes and ground that had slid. Furthermore, there was a repeated occurrence of a water surface on the bottom of the basin, historically documented from the 17th century onward as an occasional lake. New 14C data obtained from the stratified shells of water snails has now confirmed the existence of a lake in the Early Hillfort period and the Early Bronze Age (2σ 1732–1531 BC). The lake dried out in the warm and dry subboreal climate, and therefore not even the uncovered situation is the result of deposits made in water. An accumulation phenomenon with dimensions of 170 x 190 cm involves five skeletons of males between the ages of 20 and 55 deposited in overlapping fashion in non-ritual, even anatomically unnatural, positions.
Intentional components also included parts of animal bodies (domestic ox, domestic horse) and stones carried intentionally from the river terraces. Artefacts from the site that can be described as intentional include, at least, fragments of two bronze rings, a copper ingot and part of a quern-stone. The diet of the men involved over the long-term in physically demanding work was reconstructed; the study demonstrated the local provenance of the men without migration. Traces of violent treatment were found on four skeletons. Accumulation K7/90 is interpreted as a likely relic of a religious ritual accompanied by, among other things, human sacrifices. This evidence supports the current classification of the knoll as a Late Bronze Age sacred area."
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