Bioarchaeological Study of the Funeral Finds from Slava Rusă, Tulcea County, Romania

Abstract

Slava Rusă is well known for the Roman-Byzantine settlement but the archaeological excavations unearthed ojects from Upper Paleolithic, Neolithic and Medieval period. The article is focused on the anthropological data of human remains. The largest numbers of graves are dated in Roman-Byzantine period but Neolithic and Medieval burials were also found. For discoveries dated in 4th-6th CE was presented the geographic position, the economy and burials (with a history of excavations). The anthropological analyses are general and include demographic data (age and sex), dental pathology, traces of physical activity or infection and accidents or injuries.

Keywords

• anthropology
• slava rusă
• funeral discoveries
• neolithic
• roman-byzantine
• medieval
• dobrogea
• lower danube
• ibida
• archaeology