Biodemographic and Paleopathological Reconstruction of the Lost Roman Insediament of Carbia
Authors
Rita Maria Serra
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, I; Center for Anthropological, Paleopathological and Historical Studies of the Sardinian and Mediterranean populations, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, I
Valeria Pomponi
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, I
Alessandra La Fragola
Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage for the provinces of Sassari and Nuoro, I;
Daniela Rovina
Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage for the provinces of Sassari and Nuoro, I;
Antonio Brunetti
POLCOMING Department, Section of Information Engineering, University of Sassari, I
Maria Alessandra Sotgiu
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, I
Vittorio Mazzarello
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, I; Center for Anthropological, Paleopathological and Historical Studies of the Sardinian and Mediterranean populations, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, I
Pasquale Bandiera
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, I; Center for Anthropological, Paleopathological and Historical Studies of the Sardinian and Mediterranean populations, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, I
The hill of Monte Carru (Alghero) has brought to light a necropolis of Roman Empire, (1st-3rd century AD). The necropolis shows different burial rituals with 200 cremations and 150 inhumations. This necropolis can be attributed to the Roman settlement of Carbia, mentioned by the Antoninian Itinerary, a document written during Caracalla’s time (212-217 AD), which was probably located in this area but it hasn’t been found yet. The aims of the research are the preliminary constitutional and biodemographic reconstruction of this population, through sex and age determination, the reconstruction of the health condition and the lifestyle of the population. The analysis has shown higher percentage of adult individuals (47% males and 36% females) with average age of death of 19/35 years. Important the low percentage of pathologies
