Session organisers / Chairpersons:
Nataša Miladinović-Radmilović, Institute of Archaeology Belgrade (E-mail: miladinovic.radmilovic
This session includes anthropological research of osteological material from old and new archaeological excavations along Limes. This will implies the impact of historical circumstances on the social and health status of the rural, urban and military populations, their paleodemographic structure, the reconstruction of economic relations and the diet, the level of medical care and protection, intentional and accidental traumas, everyday occupations and habits, relations towards children, as well as the reconstruction of funeral practice.
Confirmed participants for this session:
- Nataša Miladinović-Radmilović, Ilija Mikić, Dragana Vulović, Ksenija Đukić: The appearance of ulcer on one skeleton from Viminacium and the possibility of its’ treatment in Antiquity
- Dragana Vulović, Ilija Mikić, Ksenija Đukić, Nataša Miladinović-Radmilović: Case of myositis ossificans traumatica on one skeleton from Viminacium
- Ilija Mikić, Nataša Miladinović-Radmilović, Dragana Vulović, Ksenija Đukić: Possible explanations for mass skull burials at Viminacium
- Aleksandar P. Simić, Gordana Jeremić: Roman Medicine and Healthcare on the Upper Moesian Limes in Serbia – Archaeological Evidences
- C. Scott Speal: Settlement Size, History, and Mortality at Roman Viminacium: Testing the Urban Graveyard Hypothesis
- Emilija Nikolić, Snežana Golubović: Burial Structures of Viminacium: Building and Construction
Posters related to this session:
- C. Scott Speal: Sex, Risk Allocation, and Roman Patriarchy: Excess Male Mortality on the Danube Frontier
- C. Scott Speal: Establishing the Health Correlates of Social Status on the Danube Frontier using Grave Construction: The Viminacium Mortuary Complex