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Children in Late Bronze Age cemeteries in northern Croatia

Children are one of the components of ancient societies they actively participated in social and everyday life of the community. Bioarchaeological research has confirmed that ancient societies were made up mainly of young people, with often more than 50% of the population being immature individuals. Therefore, past cultures cannot really be understood without considering children. In this presentation, our focus is on children burials from Late Bronze Age cemeteries in northern Croatia that are part of our project that analyse mortuary practices and society in southern Carpathian Basin. Using combined approach, anthropological and archaeological data are brought together to enhance our understanding of funerary practice afforded to children in Late Bronze Age communities from northern Croatia. Comparing burial features and associated artefacts with age categories will help us to search for regularities and discrepancies linked to children. One of the interesting facts is that in the majority of the cases children were buried singly. Therefore, we would like to investigate if children were seen as social individuals treated at death as adults and what was their role in religious life of the community. With this research we would like to demonstrate the amount of the valuable information that can be gleaned about a whole population from more detailed analysis of children burials. Also, this sort of analysis will provide an opportunity for a better understanding of children and their role in Late Bronze Age societies from southern Carpathian Basin.

children, Late Bronze Age, northern Croatia

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