Anthropological reconstruction of early medieval population from micro-region Haraska river basin (South Moravia, Czech Republic)

DROZDOVÁ, Eva, Josef UNGER, Jana KAMARÝTOVÁ, Elizaveta VESELOVSKAYA, Tatiana S. BALUEVA, Kateřina VYMAZALOVÁ and Kateřina BOBEROVÁ. Anthropological reconstruction of early medieval population from micro-region Haraska river basin (South Moravia, Czech Republic). In 17th Congress of the European Anthropological Association. 2010.

Basic information

• Original name: Anthropological reconstruction of early medieval population from micro-region Haraska river basin (South Moravia, Czech Republic)
• Authors: DROZDOVÁ, Eva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Josef UNGER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jana KAMARÝTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Elizaveta VESELOVSKAYA (643 Russian Federation, belonging to the institution), Tatiana S. BALUEVA (643 Russian Federation, belonging to the institution), Kateřina VYMAZALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Kateřina BOBEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 17th Congress of the European Anthropological Association, 2010.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
• Country of publisher: Poland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/10:00049816
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: physical anthropology; skeletal populations; early medieval; demography; blood groups; face reconstruction; paleopathology; migration; Moravia (Czech Republic)
• Tags: AKb, rivok

Abstract

In last decades the research activities are concentrated on specific regions, where is possible to study colonisation process and its development. By this method is explored since 80s years of 20. century early medieval settlement in river-basin Haraska laying around 14 km long river. In this region two early medieval cemeteries were explored near villages Diváky and Morkůvky. Modern archaeological and anthropological analysis of these three cemeteries was completed, to receive a new data by applying modern invasive methods. In frame of this approach following technologies were applied: aerial photography, evaluation of archaeological artefacts, anthropological laboratory methods: paleodiet reconstruction, completing of demographic data using DNA analysis in sexing children and adult individuals, blood group analysis and face reconstruction. To take advantage of modern methods enabled to receive new knowledge concerning provincial population in early medieval period.

Links

• GA404/08/0657, research and development project: Name: Mikroregion Haraska v době hradištní (7.-12. stol.)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Micro-region Haraska in early medieval period (7. - 12. century)