Thank you for the reference. They have now found over 161 skeletons during the dig. It was Mycenae and Greeks. The embracing spooning skeletons were interesting. I wonder how deep that keep is. It was a well kept secret. History is so interesting. I wonder if there were Delphi like priestesses in that cave also.
Abstract During the Neolithic, human health and lifestyle changed following the adoption of domesticated plants and animals and sedentism. This paper presents a study on human osteological remains from Alepotrypa Cave, an important and very well-preserved Late and Final Greek Neolithic site occupied from 5000-3200 BC. The Alepotrypa sample comes from primary and secondary burials as well as scattered bone, and consists of a minimum number of 161 individuals. It includes equal proportions of adults and subadults and males and females, is characterized by high child mortality, and falls within the range of other Neolithic sites in terms of age profiles and stature. The most frequent pathological conditions observed in this population are:
1) anemic conditions (cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis), mild or healed in manifestation, most probably of nutritional origin, resulting from a poor diet focused on terrestrial resources such as domesticated cereals;
2) osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal stress markers, indicative of increased physical activity and heavy workloads; and
Thank you for the reference. They have now found over 161 skeletons during the dig. It was Mycenae and Greeks. The embracing spooning skeletons were interesting. I wonder how deep that keep is. It was a well kept secret. History is so interesting. I wonder if there were Delphi like priestesses in that cave also.
https://novoscriptorium.com/2019/07/22/alepotrypa-cave-ksagounaki-greece-a-burial-complex-and-megaliths-from-the-neolithic-age/
Abstract During the Neolithic, human health and lifestyle changed following the adoption of domesticated plants and animals and sedentism. This paper presents a study on human osteological remains from Alepotrypa Cave, an important and very well-preserved Late and Final Greek Neolithic site occupied from 5000-3200 BC. The Alepotrypa sample comes from primary and secondary burials as well as scattered bone, and consists of a minimum number of 161 individuals. It includes equal proportions of adults and subadults and males and females, is characterized by high child mortality, and falls within the range of other Neolithic sites in terms of age profiles and stature. The most frequent pathological conditions observed in this population are:
1) anemic conditions (cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis), mild or healed in manifestation, most probably of nutritional origin, resulting from a poor diet focused on terrestrial resources such as domesticated cereals;
2) osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal stress markers, indicative of increased physical activity and heavy workloads; and