Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - VIELE STARBEN JUNG. ZUR STERBLICHKEIT
SUBADULTER INDIVIDUEN IN DER SPÄTEN
BRONZE- BIS FRÜHEN EISENZEIT

MANY DIED YOUNG. ON THE MORTALITY
OF SUBADULT INDIVIDUALS IN THE LATE
BRONZE AGE TO EARLY IRON AGE
AU  - Caselitz
AU  - P
Y1  - 2022
VL  - 60
IS  - 3
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 479
EP  - 496
KW  - Mortality of subadults – Probability of death – Cremations – Late Bronze Age – Early Iron Age
N2  - 
N2  - Subadult individuals are subject to an increased mortality probability especially in their first years of life.
Using the example of 95 populations of the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (ca. 1300–500 B.C.) with a predominant
cremation custom, a 22 percent mortality rate is determined for the age class from birth to the completed second year
of life. The high variability of the findings (R = 10.8–34.1 percent) is striking in this age class. The probability of death
decreases in the following cohorts and remains almost constant from the age of nine onwards, averaging 3.5 percent.
The age classes from birth to the end of the eighth year of life have a lasting influence on subadult mortality. Regional
emphases are not discernible. A diachronic improvement in the probability of death among the youngest children is
small.
ER  -