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- Title
A Garrison Cemetery.
- Authors
Arcini, Caroline; Plura, Carina Bramstång; Nordin, Petra
- Abstract
The Garrison cemetery in Gothenburg was established for the enlisted soldiers and their families but also for others working at the garrison. It was in use from the end of the seventeenth century to 1835. The soldiers belonged to a group that had a poor financial situation. The purpose of this study was to trace signs of their living conditions through the osteological material. Looking at the age and sex distribution we found differences regarding different areas of the cemetery; for instance, areas with more men showed a higher frequency of clay pipe marks. Written sources indicate that the soldiers received a portion of tobacco as their payment, which raises the question of whether the enlisted soldiers were more often buried in certain parts of the cemetery. Lower frequency of caries among this group is another indicator that this might be a group of poor people, like the enlisted soldiers who could not afford luxury consumption.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; CEMETERIES; NATIONAL cemeteries; MILITARY parks; FORENSIC osteology; CLAY pipe (Tubes); DENTAL caries
- Publication
International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 2020, Vol 24, Issue 1, p203
- ISSN
1092-7697
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10761-019-00513-y