Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - Vedrovice: demography and palaeopathology in an early farming population
AU  - Lillie M
Y1  - 2008
VL  - 46
IS  - 2-3
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 135
EP  - 152
KW  - Neolithic
KW  - Palaeoanthropology
KW  - Palaeopathology
KW  - Palaeodemography
KW  - Body stature
N2  - 
N2  - This paper presents the results of the analysis of eighty-one individuals from the Neolithic cemetery of Vedrovice. Age and sex profiles are calculated in order to allow a discussion of the demographic characteristics of the cemetery population, and palaeopathological analysis of cranial and post-cranial material has facilitated a consideration of population based expression of pathology. In terms of dental pathology, caries incidence is high at Vedrovice, although variability in expression suggests that mixed carbohydrate and protein diets were being consumed to varying degrees, and female, in particular, exhibit patterns of tooth wear indicative of tooth use in processing activities. Overall however, with occasional exceptions, the general palaeopathology and demography at this cemetery is commensurate with earlier Neolithic farming populations elsewhere in Europe. 
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