New finds at a previously explored site: Bioarchaeological analysis of skeletons from several newly excavated graves from Staré Město – ‘Na Valách’

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.arub.cz/wp-content/uploads/PV-65_1_08.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.arub.cz/wp-content/uploads/PV-65_1_08.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.47382/pv0651-03" target="_blank" >10.47382/pv0651-03</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

New finds at a previously explored site: Bioarchaeological analysis of skeletons from several newly excavated graves from Staré Město – ‘Na Valách’

Original language description

In the winter of 2020, a rescue archaeological excavation took place at the construction site of the Cyril and Methodius Centre of the Slovak Museum in the southern part of the well-known Middle Hillfort period burial ground &apos;Na Valách&apos; in Staré Město. The site had been already excavated in the 1940s and 1950s. Nevertheless, several new graves were found. The purpose of this article is to present these new findings to the scientific community.Graves H 1/2020 to H 4/2020 were discovered in relatively close proximity to each other, while four other graves (H 5/2020 - H 8/2020) were located separately. These graves were all situated on the periphery of the late 1940s and 1950s research areas, where they escaped the attention of archaeologists.Unfortunately, most of the graves were damaged during the machine excavation, which was subsequently reflected in the degree of preservation of the skeletons. In total, nine human skeletons were discovered in seven grave pits.The anthropological analysis identified three adults (one male and two females aged 40-60, 20-30, and 45-55 years) and six non-adults. Three of the immature individuals died between the ages of 15 and 17, one child was about 3 years old, and the two other children were 8-9 years old. Despite the young age (and presumably higher social status) of most of the individuals, many pathologies were found in their skeletons.The graves are dated from the second half of the 9th century to the beginning of the 10th century. Except for grave H 5/2020, all the other graves yielded rich finds (earrings, a ring, spherical buttons, knives, and ceramic fragments). The nature of the finds indicates that the graves belonged to representatives of the upper social class of early medieval Moravia in the second half of the 9th century.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Přehled výzkumů

ISSN

1211-7250

e-ISSN

2571-0605

Volume of the periodical

65

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

139-152

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85197255899