Skeletal Evidence for Diseases in the Neolithic of Moravia

Abstract

More than 30 sites and 122 skeletons from the whole Moravia were included into the set for paleopathological analysis. 82 skeletons are Linear Pottery Culture /LBK/, 13 skeletons from Stroked Pottery Culture/STK/ and 27 skeletons from Lengyel Culture/LgK/ Congenital deformities occurred within the region vertebral column and mostly in LBK. The frequency of libra orbitalia occured in descending line - LBK, LgK, STK.

Keywords

• Czech Republic
• Moravia
• Neolithic settlement
• Skeletal evidence
• Morbidity