Musculoskeletal Markers as Evidence of Physical
Activity and Social Differentiation in the Lower Mureş
Valley during the Late Bronze Age Cover Image

Musculoskeletal Markers as Evidence of Physical Activity and Social Differentiation in the Lower Mureş Valley during the Late Bronze Age
Musculoskeletal Markers as Evidence of Physical Activity and Social Differentiation in the Lower Mureş Valley during the Late Bronze Age

Author(s): Luminiţa Maria Andreica
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: occupational stress markers; late Bronze Age; physical activity; social category; weapons

Summary/Abstract: The present analysis focuses on the identification of occupational stress markers on the skeletonsof four individuals discovered in a late Bronze Age necropolis. The importance of the study resides in the attemptto corroborate the osteological proofs with the funerary inventory, in order to formulate certain hypotheses onthe status and main activities of these individuals.

  • Issue Year: 28/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 77-86
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English