Analiza antropologică a resturilor scheletice descoperite în pronaosul bisericii „Adormirea Maicii Domnului” – Strâmbeanu din Pitaru (com. Potlogi, jud. Dâmbovița)

Preventive archaeological research at the “ Dormition of the Virgin” – Strâmbeanu Church in Pitaru (dated to the 18th century) revealed, in addition to the archaeological material specific to the Middle Ages, the existence of seven inhumation tombs. The graves were identified in the narthex of the church. Most of them certainly belong to the Strâmbeanu family, a fact justified both by the votive painting, also represented in the narthex, in which the faces of the founding family members are present, and, especially, by two seal rings with the insignia of the founders’ family. The anthropological analysis showed that the skeletal remains came from a minimum number of 17 individuals (10 subadults and seven adults – five females and one male), the likely result of disturbances and reburials carried out in a relatively limited space. The large number of deaths among the subadults has been attributed to diseases that lead to a deficiency in vitamins (A, B6, B9, B12, C, D) and minerals (Fe), essential for the growth and development of the bod