Naslov
Death in the line of duty: late medieval burials at the site of Lepenski Vir, Serbia

Autori
Roksandić, Mirjana ; Wood, Caroline ; Vlak, Dejana

Izvornik
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (1047-482X) 17 (2007), 6; 635-642

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
sharp force trauma; warfare; late medieval Balkans

Sažetak
Four late medieval burials were excavated at the site of Lepenski Vir in the Iron Gates Gorge, Serbia. One of the individuals, Lepenski Vir 62, exhibits evidence of a sharp-force trauma on the left parietal, consistent with a combat wound. None of the other contemporaneous individuals show any evidence of trauma or other pathology on the few preserved bones. We argue that the skeletons belong to soldiers involved in the border warfare on the Danube which was quite common at the end of the 14th and the first half of the 15th century between Serbian, Hungarian and Turkish forces.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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