‘Atiqot - Publications of the Israel Antiquities Authority

‘Atiqot 80 (2015) ISBN 2948-040X

Human Skeletal Remains from Late Roman Tombs on Sallah ed-Din Street, Jerusalem (pp. 73–79)
Yossi Nagar
Keywords: burial, anthropology, life expectancy, death curve, epigenetic traits, disease
Poorly preserved human skeletal remains, belonging to at least 77 individuals, were recovered from Burial Cave I and 43 rock-cut cist tombs on Sallah ed-Din Street. Most of the cist tombs contained a single primary burial. Pathologies in the sample include three traumatic lesions, which are relatively common in skeletal populations. Individuals from both sexes were almost equally represented; infants were underrepresented. The burials indicate a civilian population, similar to other reported Roman-Byzantine populations in the country.