Naslov
Together Forever: Collective Find of the Neolithic Human and Animal Cremated Bones (Bapska, E Croatia)

Autori
Burić, Marcel ; Špoljarić, Igor ; Mršić, Gordan ; Mihelić, Damir ; Hincak, Zdravka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstract Book, 20th Congress of the European Anthropological Association - European Anthropology in a Changing World: From Culture to Global Biology / Missoni, S ; Janković, I - Zagreb : Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, 2016, 10-11

Skup
20th Congress of the European Anthropological Association - European Anthropology in a Changing World: From Culture to Global Biology

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.08.2016. - 28.08.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
burned bones analysis; histological analysis; SEM/EDX; Late Neolithic; Bapska; East Croatia

Sažetak
A goup of human and animal burned bones were discovered on excavations of the Late Neolithic Tell site Bapska, E Croatia. They belong to a closed context discovered with collapsed wall on a wooden feature (floor or furniture) within a house, showing an unusual artificial articulation. The find was not deposited as a grave considering a fact that it is consisted of a fist- full of osteological material designedly surrounded by cattle horns. In order to shed more light on this case of interpretative challenging find, several analysis were performed. The macromorphometric analysis revealed that one part of the remains belong to a young individual of a small ruminant, not older than three months. Burned osteological remains are predominantly fragmented, more than 70%. Due to a problem of high fragmentation of long bone remains, hystological method has been introduced. Using the histological appearance of cortical bone it was possible to distinguish human from nonhuman remains. Five fragments of human bone remains were identified. Further analysis of plexiform and Haversian bone tissue helped to distinguish samples of a pig, small ruminants and cattle tracing the general microstructural appearance and measurements of histological structures. With application of the light microscopic analysis and the scanning electron microscopy (Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy method SEM/EDX) morphological 2D and 3D characterization of the samples were obtained. The analysis has also provided a detailed description of the nature of cremated bone present, and estimation of sex and age at death for human samples.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Veterinarska medicina

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