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Combining dentoalveolar and stable isotope analysis for diet reconstruction of archaeological population from Bijela, Croatia

The Benedictine monastery of St Margaret is situated in Bijela near Daruvar in north-eastern Croatia. In eight systematic archaeological excavation campaigns conducted from 2012 to 2019 a part of the single – nave monastery church was uncovered revealing numerous ar-chitectural elements, some small finds, and 28 graves. According to radiocarbon analyses of 14 skeletons the burials were dated from 13/14th to 17th centuries. Anthropological analysis carried out on osteological material showed high frequencies of certain dentoalveolar pathologies (11% of caries, 15.4% of alveolar disease) which is significantly higher in comparison to contemporaneous sites in the region. These values suggest high carbohydrate and low protein diet. The obtained results will be compared to carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses performed on 14 skeletons in order to get more clear insight into dietary habits of this archaeological population. Also, the analyses between sexes and social groups inside the population will be conducted to see if there was a different food consumption pattern among specific groups.

Diet reconstruction, Dental pathologies, Stable isotopes, Bijela

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