FIRST DATA OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ON THE HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE EARLY BRONZE AGE NECROPOLIS OF ARANO DI CELLORE (ILLASI, VERONA) (original) (raw)

Dori I., Varalli A., Boccone S., Bortoluzzi S., Tafuri M., Moggi Cecchi J.

Abstract

The excavation of the necropolis of Arano (2007) has unearthed 68 burials for a total of 74 individuals and, for the sample size, this is the most important finding in Northern Italy for the Early Bronze Age. Conservation was very poor and a long restoration process was required. To the present day 38 individuals have been examined: 16 males, 5 females and 17 undetermined (14 subadults). Some individuals have been sampled to reconstruct the diet of this population. The C and N stable isotopes analysis showed that the agriculture was based on the cultivation of C3 cereal-type (barley, wheat: “Neolithic package”), whereas in other sites more or less contemporary from Northern Italy, a different agricultural practice has been recorded with production and consumption of millet (C4 plant type). In this paper we are reporting the preliminary results of anthropological investigations and stable isotopes analysis.

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