Aspetti bioarcheologici degli individui inumati nel complesso funerario di Sant’Eurosia a Parma, con particolare riferimento al Tumulo A

In this paper we discuss several bioarchaeological aspects of the individuals buried in the Early Bronze Age funerary complex of Sant’Eurosia, in the territory of Parma. The integrated analysis of osteological, isotopic and genetic data enabled a detailed reconstruction of diet, mobility, kinship and biodemography of the community. The Tumulus A, the largest and most structured of the whole cemetery, emerges for a stronger presence of adult males and the widespread mobility of the individuals, although presumably at a local scale. Despite apparent inequalities suggested by different depositional patterns, diet seems quite homogeneous among the various burials, and sex/age classes. aDNA analysis suggests that the group was rather differentiated genetically, in particular as regard to maternal lines. This indicates a clear tendency to female exogamy, also corroborated by low rates of endogamy.