Bioanthropology

Given that Center of Bone Biology is founded on the basis of the oldest laboratory in the field of bioanthropology in the region, we are strongly devoted to bioanthropological research from an interdisciplinary perspective. Through numerous national and international projects, we investigated an extraordinary amount of human skeletal remains from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages. Applying state-of-art scientific methods, our research has become a firm foundation for insights into paleodemography, health and diseases, diet, health-related care, different biological events resulting from cultural behavior, bioidentity, and reconstruction of rites and funeral gestures among past communities. Currently, our main research is focused on the microstructural indicators of stress impact on the bone tissue, the influence of taphonomy on skeletal completeness and preservation, and the development of new methodological approaches in paleoepidemiology. 

The team from Center of Bone Biology examined a large amount of cremated and inhumed skeletal material from prehistory (Ajmana, Donja Branjevina, Bukovac – Ilirsko groblje, Stari Ludoš, Vatin, Vršac-At, Togočevce-Leskovac, Vučić-Četnica, Grabovica, Gređani, Liplje-Bare, Pelagićevo, Signal-Svrljig, Gomolava), Antiquity and Late Antiquity (Remesiana, Anine-Ćelije, Vojlovica-Rafinerija, Vršac-Neuropsihijatrija, Verušić-Azotara, Gospođinci-Futog, Šajkaš-Mošorin, Aradac-Leje, Čurug-Detelinara, Svetozar Miletić-Lenjinova ulica, Skorenovac, Baranda-Vodice) and Middle ages ( Pionirska ulica, Čurug-Stari Vinogradi, Čik, Botra, Perlek, Jakovo-Kormadin, Gradina na Jelici, Stara Torina, Medveđa, Gazdare Sv. Petka, Sveti Pantelejmon, Šuvakov salaš, Svač, Omoljica-Preko Slatina, Vinča, Dići, Velimirovi Dvori, Pirotska tvrđava, Čačak, Cernica, Ba, Žiča, Valjevska Gračanica).