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The Late Helladic IIIC Intramural Burials at Lefkandi, Euboea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

J.H. Musgrave  and
M. Popham
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The aim of this paper is to describe and assess the intramural burials from the Lefkandi Settlement (Xeropolis). In all 20 individuals were inhumed within the walls, comprising 3 adult males, 2 adult females, one possible adolescent female and 14 children. The last ranged in age from birth to 9 years. Routine matters such as child mortality, adult stature, pathology and oral hygiene are discussed, with special reference to both the Settlement burials and to the inhumed material scattered throughout the Cemeteries.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 86 , November 1991 , pp. 273 - 296
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1991

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