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Antiquity Vol 79 No 305 September 2005

A mass burial at fourth century BC Pydna, Macedonia, Greece: evidence for slavery?

S. Triantaphyllou & M. Bessios

Table 1: Demographic and pathological summary of the case study population (fifty-eight individuals)

Excavation No Sex Pubic symphysis Auricular surface Epiphyseal fusion Tooth
development/attrition 		Suture closure method Enthesopathies MSM1 Arthritis Trauma N-S infection2 PH 3 CO 4 Caries AMTL 5 Calculus Abscess EH6
1 F 25 24-32     + + + + +  +   
2 & 3 M    20-22  +  +  + + + +  +  +
4M 23.4 24-28   +    +++ +++   
5 F  24-32     ++++    +    
6?    10      ++ +  +    
7 M 26.32      + +   + +    
8   16-17  +   +    + +
9    12-15       + +  +   
10F 33-46  31.3-38.8+++ ++  +++ +
11F  33-46    + +  +  + +   
12?  14-15       + + + + +
13M28.7     ++  ++ + +  
14M   20-22   + +   + +    +  
15F    20-22  +   ++ + +   
16M 35.2     ++ ++ + +  
17M   18-20       + + +   
18M   30-40   + +  +   +  +   
18X & 24?    6        +     +
19F   30-40 +    + +++  
20F38.233-46    ++ + +  +  +    
21M    37.7-47.1++++++ + +  
22 & 15xF     33-46++  + ++ +  
25M  13-15  +   +  + + +  +
26 ?   12-13         + + +
27F   30-40 +  +  +   ++  
28F   18-19      ++ + + +
29F    18-30    ++       + + +
31    11      + +     
32M 18.5 20-23   ++ +  ++  + +
33F    18-30+++ ++ + +  
34F    30-40  ++ ++ +++ +
35M     31.2-41++ +  +  +  +   
36 F   18-19          + + +
37M     33.8-49.2+ ++      +  +
38F     15-20       ++  +  
39    8           +  
40F 19.4      ++   +  + +  +
41M     27.8-33.8    + + + +     
42F  18-20         +   +  
43M     43.81++     + +  
44  ?   15      + +  +  
45F   18-30   + ++  +  +  
46 ?   7-8         +    
47 & 49M35.2      +          
48M 35.2    27.8-33.8  ++    + + +
50 & 56F19.4  18-25      +       
51M18.5    +++ +  +++ +
51XF             + + +
52 F  20-24 19-20    +++    + +   
53   6-12              
54F   15-18   +   +++   +  
55M35.233-42   ++ +   ++  +  
57 + 53?   11     + +  + +
58F  33-46    +++ +++ +++  
59M   18-19  ++      + + +
60?   15   +       + +  
61M     18-40 ++ +   + ++ + +
63M 35.233-42  40.2-51            

1MSM: Musculo-skeletal markers
2N-S infection: Non-specific infection
3PH: Porotic hyperostosis
4CO: Cribra orbitalia
5AMTL: Antemortem tooth loss
6EH: Enamel hypoplasia

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