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Necropola medievală de la Enisala–Palanca
The Medieval Necropolis from Enisala–Palanca

Anthropological Report

Author(s): Serena Siena, Marta Mairo, Mihai Constantinescu, Andrei Soficaru
Subject(s): Archaeology, Theology and Religion
Published by: Institutul de Cercetari Eco-Muzeale Tulcea - Institutul de Istorie si Arheologie
Keywords: Romania;Middle Ages;Enisala;Anthropology;Cemetery;

Summary/Abstract: Preventive archaeological excavations in 2013 at Enisala–Palanca, Sarichioi, Tulcea County (south-east Romania) brought to light 210 medieval archaeological features. 118 skeletons we recovered during these excavations dated in the 14th and the beginning of the 15th century. This report presents a short version of the demographic, metric and paleopathological data acquired during the anthropological analysis of this skeletal sample. A more detailed analysis of this cemetery and of other contemporary skeletal samples from Dobrudja province are to be publish along with the archaeological result of the excavations from this medieval site.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2018
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 335-370
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Romanian