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Palaeopathological evidence of infectious disease in skeletal populations from later medieval Serbia

Djuric-Srejic, M.; Roberts, C.A.

Authors

M. Djuric-Srejic



Abstract

Published data on palaeopathology are limited from the area of Serbia. This paper provides evidence for infectious disease in 1617 skeletons from eight Medieval Serbian cemeteries. Two hundred and three individuals were analysed by the first author and data on the remaining skeletons were derived from previous published work. A total of 23 adult individuals, and no non-adults, had evidence of infectious disease. Historical data on infectious disease at that time are considered, particularly leprosy, treponemal disease, and infections affecting only the soft tissues, such as the plague, dysentery, smallpox and rabies, and the results of the analyses compared, with discussions on the limitations of the study.

Citation

Djuric-Srejic, M., & Roberts, C. (2001). Palaeopathological evidence of infectious disease in skeletal populations from later medieval Serbia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 11(5), 311-320. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.570

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2001
Deposit Date Jul 28, 2009
Journal International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Print ISSN 1047-482X
Electronic ISSN 1099-1212
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 5
Pages 311-320
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.570
Keywords Serbia, Later Medieval, Infectious disease.

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