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Skeletal remains of human perinatal individuals from the fortified Iberian Period settlement of Ca n’Oliver (6th century to 50 years BCE)

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    Identificador: imarina:9331019
    Autores:
    Rissech, CWitzel, CGuardia, MLópez-Costas, OGötherström, AKrzewinska, MKirdök, EMendiela, SMerino, MFrancès, J
    Resumen:
    Burial customs in the Iberian Period (Iron Age II) included cremation. Only perinatal and newborn infants were buried directly beneath floor settlement. These infants represent the very few unburned human remains recovered from Iberian sites. The interpretation of these infant burials is in debate, focusing on whether they are unnatural or natural deaths. Our aim is to infer mortality patterns and developmental conditions of these individuals, in order to respond if infanticide was present in these assemblages. A large perinatal human skeletal sample from the Ca n’Oliver site (sixth century to 50 years BCE) from the Iberian Period of the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula was analysed, combining osteological methods together with tooth histology and aDNA analysis. Combining osteological and odontological estimates indicated ages between 22 and 42 weeks of gestation for 47 out of a total of 48 individuals. The remaining individual died at about 6 months after birth. Tooth height and enamel histology indicated in 9 out of a subgroup of 13 individuals a low probability of live birth. The remaining 4 individuals possibly survived birth for less than 2 months. According to morphological and molecular results, the sex ratio of this sample is approximately 1:1 male to female. The mortality distribution is consistent with natural mortality. These perinatal deaths were probably spontaneous abortions and neonatal deaths, reflecting an endogenous mortality profile due to genetic and maternal influences. The present study will serve to broaden our knowledge on perinatal individuals of the Iberian Period.
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    Autor según el artículo: Rissech, C; Witzel, C; Guardia, M; López-Costas, O; Götherström, A; Krzewinska, M; Kirdök, E; Mendiela, S; Merino, M; Francès, J
    Departamento: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
    Autor/es de la URV: Merino Pérez, Marta / Rissech Badalló, Maria del Carmen
    Palabras clave: Tooth histology Putative infanticide victims Perinatal individuals Neonatal line Adna tooth histology sex identification roman villa site risk-factors neonatal line forensic anthropology enamel hypoplasia deciduous teeth archaeological sites ancient dna adna
    Resumen: Burial customs in the Iberian Period (Iron Age II) included cremation. Only perinatal and newborn infants were buried directly beneath floor settlement. These infants represent the very few unburned human remains recovered from Iberian sites. The interpretation of these infant burials is in debate, focusing on whether they are unnatural or natural deaths. Our aim is to infer mortality patterns and developmental conditions of these individuals, in order to respond if infanticide was present in these assemblages. A large perinatal human skeletal sample from the Ca n’Oliver site (sixth century to 50 years BCE) from the Iberian Period of the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula was analysed, combining osteological methods together with tooth histology and aDNA analysis. Combining osteological and odontological estimates indicated ages between 22 and 42 weeks of gestation for 47 out of a total of 48 individuals. The remaining individual died at about 6 months after birth. Tooth height and enamel histology indicated in 9 out of a subgroup of 13 individuals a low probability of live birth. The remaining 4 individuals possibly survived birth for less than 2 months. According to morphological and molecular results, the sex ratio of this sample is approximately 1:1 male to female. The mortality distribution is consistent with natural mortality. These perinatal deaths were probably spontaneous abortions and neonatal deaths, reflecting an endogenous mortality profile due to genetic and maternal influences. The present study will serve to broaden our knowledge on perinatal individuals of the Iberian Period.
    Áreas temáticas: Historia Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geociências Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Antropología Anthropology
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: marta.merino@urv.cat carme.rissech@urv.cat marta.merino@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-1014-8813
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-08-03
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-023-01863-9#citeas
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences. 15 (10): 158-
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Rissech, C; Witzel, C; Guardia, M; López-Costas, O; Götherström, A; Krzewinska, M; Kirdök, E; Mendiela, S; Merino, M; Francès, J (2023). Skeletal remains of human perinatal individuals from the fortified Iberian Period settlement of Ca n’Oliver (6th century to 50 years BCE). Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences, 15(10), 158-. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01863-9
    DOI del artículo: 10.1007/s12520-023-01863-9
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2023
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Anthropology,Archaeology,Archeology,Archeology (Arts and Humanities),Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
    Tooth histology
    Putative infanticide victims
    Perinatal individuals
    Neonatal line
    Adna
    tooth histology
    sex identification
    roman villa site
    risk-factors
    neonatal line
    forensic anthropology
    enamel hypoplasia
    deciduous teeth
    archaeological sites
    ancient dna
    adna
    Historia
    Geosciences, multidisciplinary
    Geociências
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
    Archeology (arts and humanities)
    Archeology
    Archaeology
    Antropologia / arqueologia
    Antropología
    Anthropology
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