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Insular population of the Kvarner archipelago in the 5thCentury: Mirine-Fulfinum and Martinšćica church complexe case studies

Authors :
Čaušević-Bully, Morana
Novak, Mario
Delliste, Anaïs
Bully, Sébastien
Carić, Mario
Source :
Antiquité Tardive; January 2024, Vol. 31 Issue: 1 p63-82, 20p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The research presented in this study was conducted within the program IATEKA-Interdisciplinary Approach to the Territorial Evolution of Kvarner Archipelago (Croatia) (UBFC-ISITE) on a corpus of the 5th-century insular population from two late antique sites: Mirine-Fulfinum on the island of Krk and Martinšćica on the island of Cres. Both living conditions and status of the inhabitants of those two sites are here studied through an interdisciplinary approach, combining, and confronting archaeological contexts with bioarchaeological, isotopic and aDNA data. The study showed that all members of these communities, of local and foreign origin, lived in harsh conditions and experienced a very low quality of life, regardless of their social status as given by the archaeological context. This led us to reconsider the definition of “privileged members of society” in the insular, northeastern Adriatic environments in the 5thcentury.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
12507334
Volume :
31
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Antiquité Tardive
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs66102459
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1484/J.AT.5.136158