Abstract
.): Diet and social stratification at the Sarmatian burial ground Madaras was reconstructed based on the analyses of contents of trace elements Sr, Zn, Pb in 44 skeletons. At Madaras the principal foodstuffs in the diet were of vegetal origin.
Compact bone of the femora from two Moravian Prelangobardic sites (Vyškov and Strachotín, N-20 skeletons) of German population dated from Migration period was analysed by content of lead as a cultural factor and Zn and Sr from a health point of view. The Pb exposure was much lower than that from the Roman period (5.7-23 microg Pb/g of bone in the German tribes on the north of Danube) being on an average below 3 microg Pb/g of bone tissue.
Content of zinc in migrating German population in the region of the middle Danube (Strachotín, at an average of 188 microg Zn/g of bone; Vyškov, at an average of 111 microg Zn/g of bone) are lower than those from the original settlements (230-500 microg Zn / g of bone).