Resumen de Representing children in excavated cemeteries: the intrinsic preservation factors

Marija Djuric, Ksenija Djukic, Aleksa Janovic, Petar Milenkovic

• Children are often under-represented in excavated populations due to the poor survival of their bones. Using a group of medieval burials from Serbia, our researchers examine the differential survival of children and of different parts of the body within the same terrain, and rightly urge us to take these factors into consideration before attempting demographic, ritual or social interpretations.