Indagini antropologiche e paleopatologiche di un sito archeologico: San Biagio in Citiglio.

The present PhD thesis focuses on the site of the church of San Biagio in Cittiglio (Va). This work is part of a project started in 2006 in collaboration between the Research Center of Osteoarchaeology and Paleopathology of the University of Insubria and the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Lombardy. This site is particularly interesting because it covers a very wide chronological range from the eleventh to the seventeenth century and due to the presence of numerous infantile remains. The study is based on a work of systematic integration between anthropological investigation and archaeological investigation to arrive at a definition of the socio-demographic dynamics of the area. In fact, anthropological analysis has been useful not only to reconstruct the biological history of the individual, but also to contribute to the reconstruction of the past of an entire community. The skeletal material was analyzed according to standard methods for identification, paying attention to the taphonomic aspects with reference to the study of burials and to the paleopathological and traumatological aspects important for defining the internal organization of the community.