Analysis of human osteological material from the eastern part of site no. 37 in Sremska Mitrovica

Abstract

The direct reason for writing this paper was the new find of skeletons in the medieval necropolis (10th-12th century) discovered as far back 1968 at the Site No. 37 in Sremska Mitrovica (Sirmium). Institute for the protection of cultural monuments in Sremska Mitrovica undertook protective archaeological excavations in the eastern part of the site in 2010, discovering 29 skeletons. Since that archaeological analysis of Belo Brdo communities is still in its infancy and considering that there is not a sufficiently big sample for a more precise monitoring of this population?s inner dynamics, it is considered useful to present results gained by studying these skeletons on Site No. 37. Although the results in many ways match the results gained up until now, there are some paleopathological changes that so far, have not appeared and for which we had no direct confirmation in the osteological material. One of these paleopathological changes is certainly syphilis.