The relations between fractures and living conditions of a population are important to reconstruc... more The relations between fractures and living conditions of a population are important to reconstruct the biological status of a population. This work is focused on the description and interpretation of trauma in the skeletal remains: the sample consist of 218 individuals, coming from Roman imperial necropolis of Castel Malnome (I-II century AD). The trauma incidence has been considered by the calculation offrequencies per individual and per bone. The examination of the pattern offractures in the skeleton for this site indicates that the individuals are characterized by high level of trauma and reveals that ulna and ribs were the mostfrequently affected bones. The evidence of trauma in this population may reflect many factors about the lifestyle of individuals,for example their occupation and environmental conditions, moreover the state of healing of the injuries may also indicate the availability of treatments.
The relations between fractures and living conditions of a population are important to reconstruc... more The relations between fractures and living conditions of a population are important to reconstruct the biological status of a population. This work is focused on the description and interpretation of trauma in the skeletal remains: the sample consist of 218 individuals, coming from Roman imperial necropolis of Castel Malnome (I-II century AD). The trauma incidence has been considered by the calculation offrequencies per individual and per bone. The examination of the pattern offractures in the skeleton for this site indicates that the individuals are characterized by high level of trauma and reveals that ulna and ribs were the mostfrequently affected bones. The evidence of trauma in this population may reflect many factors about the lifestyle of individuals,for example their occupation and environmental conditions, moreover the state of healing of the injuries may also indicate the availability of treatments.
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2006
... (2006) 230. Lezioni di archeotanatologia : archeologia funeraria e antropologia di campo. Hen... more ... (2006) 230. Lezioni di archeotanatologia : archeologia funeraria e antropologia di campo. Henri Duday 1, 2 , E. Montezeglio, Rossella Pace, Stephane Verger 3 , P. Catalano. (2006). 1: Laboratoire d'Anthropologie. Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux I. ...
The systematic excavation of funerary sites carried out by the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni... more The systematic excavation of funerary sites carried out by the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma during the last years, has allowed the collection of a considerable amount of bio-archaeological data. This work try to highlights the role of the woman in the roman society as work force, examining several biomechanical stress markers in the skeleton. The sample consist of 1041 individuals, coming from areas surrounding the urban centre and the rural environment nearby the City and chronologically framed in I-III century AD. Considering together the biological and the archaeological data, we tried to understand the occupational activities in which the women could be involved. Key words: W oman - Work forces - Roman Imperial Age
The relations between fractures and living conditions of a population are important to reconstruc... more The relations between fractures and living conditions of a population are important to reconstruct the biological status of a population. This work is focused on the description and interpretation of trauma in the skeletal remains: the sample consist of 218 individuals, coming from Roman imperial necropolis of Castel Malnome (I-II century AD). The trauma incidence has been considered by the calculation offrequencies per individual and per bone. The examination of the pattern offractures in the skeleton for this site indicates that the individuals are characterized by high level of trauma and reveals that ulna and ribs were the mostfrequently affected bones. The evidence of trauma in this population may reflect many factors about the lifestyle of individuals,for example their occupation and environmental conditions, moreover the state of healing of the injuries may also indicate the availability of treatments.
The relations between fractures and living conditions of a population are important to reconstruc... more The relations between fractures and living conditions of a population are important to reconstruct the biological status of a population. This work is focused on the description and interpretation of trauma in the skeletal remains: the sample consist of 218 individuals, coming from Roman imperial necropolis of Castel Malnome (I-II century AD). The trauma incidence has been considered by the calculation offrequencies per individual and per bone. The examination of the pattern offractures in the skeleton for this site indicates that the individuals are characterized by high level of trauma and reveals that ulna and ribs were the mostfrequently affected bones. The evidence of trauma in this population may reflect many factors about the lifestyle of individuals,for example their occupation and environmental conditions, moreover the state of healing of the injuries may also indicate the availability of treatments.
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2006
... (2006) 230. Lezioni di archeotanatologia : archeologia funeraria e antropologia di campo. Hen... more ... (2006) 230. Lezioni di archeotanatologia : archeologia funeraria e antropologia di campo. Henri Duday 1, 2 , E. Montezeglio, Rossella Pace, Stephane Verger 3 , P. Catalano. (2006). 1: Laboratoire d'Anthropologie. Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux I. ...
The systematic excavation of funerary sites carried out by the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni... more The systematic excavation of funerary sites carried out by the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma during the last years, has allowed the collection of a considerable amount of bio-archaeological data. This work try to highlights the role of the woman in the roman society as work force, examining several biomechanical stress markers in the skeleton. The sample consist of 1041 individuals, coming from areas surrounding the urban centre and the rural environment nearby the City and chronologically framed in I-III century AD. Considering together the biological and the archaeological data, we tried to understand the occupational activities in which the women could be involved. Key words: W oman - Work forces - Roman Imperial Age
Burial Taphonomy and Post-Funeral Practices in Pre-Roman Italy. Problems and Perspectives, edited by Martin Guggisberg and , 2023
This paper takes into account all factors that affected the preservation of tombs and their inven... more This paper takes into account all factors that affected the preservation of tombs and their inventories in the burial grounds of ancient Crustumerium, a Latin settlement 13 km north of Rome, inhabited between the 9th and 5th c. BC. Its aim is to highlight the combined effect of two main processes;
a) the severe erosion of the topsoil and theunderlying soft volcanic bedrock caused by centuries of ploughing that has profoundly affected the preservation of tomb architecture, i.e. landscape processes; b) post-depositional processes affecting organic materials (wood, textiles, human bone) and inorganic materials (pottery, metal) in the tombs as a result of flooding, collapse and the acidity of the soil, i.e. taphonomy.
This chapter and the book in which it is published (M. A. Guggisberg, M. Billo-Imbach (eds.), Burial Taphonomy and Post-Funeral Practices in Pre-Roman Italy. Problems and Perspectives (Heidelberg 2023) are are free downloadable from https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1211
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a) the severe erosion of the topsoil and theunderlying soft volcanic bedrock caused by centuries of ploughing that has profoundly affected
the preservation of tomb architecture, i.e. landscape processes;
b) post-depositional processes affecting organic materials (wood, textiles, human bone) and inorganic materials (pottery, metal) in the tombs as a result of flooding, collapse and the acidity of the soil, i.e. taphonomy.
This chapter and the book in which it is published (M. A. Guggisberg, M. Billo-Imbach (eds.), Burial Taphonomy and Post-Funeral Practices in Pre-Roman Italy. Problems and Perspectives (Heidelberg 2023) are are free downloadable from https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1211