Naslov
Preliminary analysis of the Mesolithic human juvenile skeletons from Vela Spila, Korčula

Autori
Radovčić, Davorka ; Brajković, Dejana ; Miracle T. Preston ; Radić, Dinko

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

Izvornik
Knjiga sažetaka 3. znanstveni INQUA skup Geologija kvartara u Hrvatskoj s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem/Book of Abstracts 3rd scientific INQUA meeting Quaternary geology in Croatia with international participation ZagrebZagreb : / - Zagreb, 2013, 47-47

Skup
3. znanstveni INQUA skup Geologija kvartara u Hrvatskoj s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem/3rd scientific INQUA meeting Quaternary geology in Croatia with international participation

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 21.03.2013. - 23.03.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Human juvenile skeletons; mesolithic; Vela spila; Croatia

Sažetak
Within the Mesolithic layers of Vela Spila cave on the island of Korčula, Eastern Adriatic, the remains of four human juvenile skeletons have been recovered during the excavations in the late 1980s (Čečuk and Radić, 2001, 2005). One of the juvenile skeletons has been directly carbon dated to c. 9000 B.P. (Miracle pers. comm. from Wallduck, 2009). Four juvenile skeletons are all of different ages, all 6 to 12 months apart, starting with the fetus that is estimated to be 7 to 9 months in utero at the time of death (Šlaus, 2004). Considering their exceptional preservation and the nature of the sample containing children remains at different ontogenetic stage, the Vela Spila juveniles can thus provide invaluable insight into the developmental changes and the biology of the population living during the transition from hunter-gatherer to sedentary lifestyle. This paper’s goal is to: 1) present a preliminary analysis of the juvenile remains from Vela Spila, and 2) compare the Vela Spila specimens to the juvenile remains of Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic and more recent juvenile remains from the Eastern Mediterranean region and Central Europe.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija, Arheologija, Etnologija i antropologija

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