Strontium Isotope Analysis at an 18th Century Burial Ground in Semonice (Czech Republic) - the Use of Modern Skeletal Remains and its Narrative and Interpretative Value

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Authors	NÝVLTOVÁ FIŠÁKOVÁ Miriam DRNOVSKY Pavel PRUCHOVA Erika
Year of publication	2024
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica : Natural Sciences in Archaeology (IANSA)
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Web	https://iansa.eu/papers/IANSA-2024-02-drnovsky-DOI-Online-First.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawFRZOBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHT2HztQGGwAZP3ODeC8zGfn5kvDl-3InSHh5avjmfr-a6QMlffcPBA2BvQ_aem_jKyqXZE2UnCO0zU67ffMZw
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.24916/iansa.2024.2.4
Keywords	Early Modern Period; strontium analysis; anthropology; archaeology of conflicts; epidemic; military hospital
Description	The paper is devoted to the application of strontium isotope analysis to investigate samples from an 18th century burial ground in Semonice, northeastern Bohemia. The circumstances of the burial ground's origins as well as the origins of the deceased could not unambiguously be determined with the help of archaeological and anthropological methods. However, the results of isotope analysis helped to answer both questions. When these are supplemented with the testimony of written sources, it is even possible to specify the time of the burial ground's establishment.