Abstract
Poorly preserved human skeletal remains, belonging to at least 77 individuals, were recovered from Burial Cave I and 43 rock-cut cist tombs on Sallah ed-Din Street. Most of the cist tombs contained a single primary burial. Pathologies in the sample include three traumatic lesions, which are relatively common in skeletal populations. Individuals from both sexes were almost equally represented; infants were underrepresented. The burials indicate a civilian population, similar to other reported Roman-Byzantine populations in the country.
Keywords
burial, anthropology, life expectancy, death curve, epigenetic traits, disease
Recommended Citation
Nagar, Yossi
(2015)
"Human Skeletal Remains from Late Roman Tombs on Sallah ed-Din Street, Jerusalem (pp. 73–79),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 80, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1548
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol80/iss1/10
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