Interdisciplinary study of human remains from the Early Iron Age cemetery at Zagorje ob Savi (Slovenia)

Rebecca Nicholls; Jo Buckberry; Matija Črešnar; Ian Armit; Philip Mason; Hannah Koon

Interdisciplinary study of human remains from the Early Iron Age cemetery at Zagorje ob Savi (Slovenia)

Rebecca Nicholls, Jo Buckberry, Matija Črešnar, Ian Armit, Philip Mason, Hannah Koon

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of interdisciplinary investigations of human remains, discovered in 2011 at the Early Iron Age cemetery at Zagorje ob Savi (Cesta Borisa Kidriča) in Slovenia. The present study is a part of a larger isotopic and osteological investigation of Bronze/Iron Age (14 th-4 th centuries BC) skeletal assemblages from Croatia and Slovenia. The osteological analysis of the six individuals uncovered on this site indicates that they represent the remains of two adult males, two adult females and two infants of unknown sex. The results of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis on the bone and dentine collagen extracted from these six individuals is strongly indicative of a terrestrial based diet, including animal-based protein (meat and/or dairy) and a mix of C 3 and C 4 plants.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	487-498
Number of pages	12
Journal	Arheološki vestnik
Volume	71
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2020

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