Demographic, temporal and environmental effects on the frequency of cribra orbitalia in three Early Medieval populations from western Slovakia
Radoslav Beňuš|Zuzana Obertová|Soňa Masnicová
The frequency of cribra orbitalia was examined in Early Medieval skeletal samples from Devín and Borovce (Slovakia). effects environmental socio-economic factors on the distribution orbital lesions are explored discussed. lowest Devín-Hrad (11th-12th c. A.D.), followed by Devín-Za kostolom (9th A.D.) (8th-beginning 12th A.D.). increased at can be attributed to inadequate sanitation pathogen load this rural site compared urban Devín. (BO) sub-adults displayed significantly more frequently than BO adults (FR) (DH) samples. Although total mortality did not differ between sites, with showed a considerably higher mortality. Their counterparts FR DH similar patterns irrespective presence lesions. As most reference samples, no significant sex differences were observed BO, FR. However, young males This finding their involvement violent conflicts. Reference data Central European suggest that an occurrence associated crop failures, migration interpersonal These favour spread vulnerability infectious diseases, which considered major cause iron deficiency anaemia.
Homo-journal of Comparative Human Biology|PubMed