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Death in the sun: the bioarchaeology of an early post-medieval hospital in Gibraltar
Fecha
2018-05Registro en:
Pomeroy, Emma; Grant Lett Brown, Jennifer Luisa; Ward, Devin; Benady, Sam; del Río, María Cristina Reinoso; et al.; Death in the sun: the bioarchaeology of an early post-medieval hospital in Gibraltar; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Post-Medieval Archaeology; 52; 2; 5-2018; 239-255
0079-4236
1745-8137
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Pomeroy, Emma
Grant Lett Brown, Jennifer Luisa
Ward, Devin
Benady, Sam
del Río, María Cristina Reinoso
Gutierrez López, José María
Mata Almonte, Esperanza
Ramírez León, Jorge
Cobos Rodríguez, Luis
Finlayson, Geraldine
Finlayson, Stewart
Finlayson, Clive
Lane, Kevin John
Resumen
In 2014, during construction work at the ex-Civil Hospital in Gibraltar, excavations led by the Gibraltar Museum revealed a major, previously unknown burial ground containing more than 200 skeletons. We present the historical, archaeological and radiometric dating evidence from the site alongside the results of initial osteological analyses. The data indicate that the burials pertain to an earlier 16th-century Spanish hospice, and therefore stand to offer new insights into the functioning of this early modern hospital and the health and movements of people at a time of incipient globalization.