Battlefield, Barracks, or Hospital? A Bioarchaeological
Investigation of a Mass Grave at the Jičín Observatory, Czech
Republic

J 2024

Battlefield, Barracks, or Hospital? A Bioarchaeological Investigation of a Mass Grave at the Jičín Observatory, Czech Republic

QUADE, Leslie, Laia SEVILLANO ORIOLA and Daniel Angelo GAUDIO

Basic information

Original name

Battlefield, Barracks, or Hospital? A Bioarchaeological Investigation of a Mass Grave at the Jičín Observatory, Czech Republic

Authors

QUADE, Leslie (840 United States of America, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Laia SEVILLANO ORIOLA (724 Spain) and Daniel Angelo GAUDIO (380 Italy)

Edition

European Journal of Archaeology, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 1461-9571

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60102 Archaeology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.500 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2023.36

UT WoS

001096805800001

Keywords in English

eighteenth-nineteenth-century military; Napoleonic Wars; encampments; perimortem injury; march foot; conflict archaeology

Abstract

V originále

In 2016, a rescue excavation at the Jičín Natural Sciences Centre and Observatory uncovered a mass grave containing multiple commingled individuals buried in several layers. Zinc buttons and clothing remnants possibly related to eighteenth–nineteenth-century military uniforms found in the grave suggest that these individuals were soldiers. During this period, the Jičín region experienced numerous battles and was the location of several military barracks, hospitals, and transport routes, in addition to supporting civilian populations. To contextualize this burial site, bioarchaeological analyses including assessments of age-at-death, sex, and stature, and recording the presence of injury or medical intervention were conducted. A high frequency of young adult males suggests that the grave was related to military activity. The presence of infants, limited evidence of perimortem trauma, and absence of signs of medical treatment could indicate that this mass grave was related to military encampments rather than battlefield contexts.

Links

EF18_053/0016952, research and development project

Name: Postdoc2MUNI

Citovat

QUADE, Leslie, Laia SEVILLANO ORIOLA and Daniel Angelo GAUDIO. Battlefield, Barracks, or Hospital? A Bioarchaeological Investigation of a Mass Grave at the Jičín Observatory, Czech Republic. European Journal of Archaeology. Cambridge University Press, 2024, vol. 27, No 1, p. 85-104. ISSN 1461-9571. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2023.36.

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QUADE, Leslie, Laia SEVILLANO ORIOLA and Daniel Angelo GAUDIO. Battlefield, Barracks, or Hospital? A Bioarchaeological Investigation of a Mass Grave at the Jičín Observatory, Czech Republic. \textit{European Journal of Archaeology}. Cambridge University Press, 2024, vol.~27, No~1, p.~85-104. ISSN~1461-9571. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2023.36.

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