"This research investigates the lives and deaths of subadults in a medieval Nubian context. Using a sample from two medieval Christian cemeteries on the island of Mis, the mortuary treatment and skeletal health of subadults were analyzed to manifest age-related cultural practices and pathologies. The island of Mis was located in the Fourth Cataract of the Nile and was excavated prior to its inundation as part of the Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. The focus of this research was the archaeological and skeletal data of the subadult Christian burials of cemeteries 3-J-10 (n=52) and 3-J-11 (n=136). Within the historic and environmental context of these cemeteries, the patterns of morbidity and mortality of culturally significant age groups were utilized to understand the biological stressors and hardships that faced Mis Island inhabitants during the medieval period."--Abstract.
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