Anthropological reconstruction of early medieval population from micro-region Haraska river basin (South Moravia, Czech Republic)
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | In last decades the research activities are concentrated on specific regions, where is possible to study colonisation process and its development. By this method is explored since 80s years of 20. century early medieval settlement in river-basin Haraska laying around 14 km long river. In this region two early medieval cemeteries were explored near villages Diváky and Morkůvky. Modern archaeological and anthropological analysis of these three cemeteries was completed, to receive a new data by applying modern invasive methods. In frame of this approach following technologies were applied: aerial photography, evaluation of archaeological artefacts, anthropological laboratory methods: paleodiet reconstruction, completing of demographic data using DNA analysis in sexing children and adult individuals, blood group analysis and face reconstruction. To take advantage of modern methods enabled to receive new knowledge concerning provincial population in early medieval period. |
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