Trace Elements in Human Skeletal Material from the Great Moravian Burial Site at Mikulčice-Kostelisko

Abstract

Differences in the inorganic bone content of trace elements between a group of adult males and females as well as between social groups with different grave equipment were discovered at the Slavic burial site of Mikulčice-Kostelisko in the sub-castle. Significant sexual dimorphisms were shown in the case of the elements Ca, Sr, Zn, Pb, Mg, Cu and Ba.

Keywords

• Early Medieval population
• Great Moravian population
• trace elements
• diet
• social status