OSTEOPATHIES IN THE POPULATION OF OLD IASI CITY (ROMANIA): THE NECROPOLIS OF THE "BANU" CHURCH, 16 TH -19 TH CENTURIES

This study describes the incidence and the analysis of a series of osteopathies observed in the skeletal series found in the necropolis of the ancient "Banu" Church of Iași City (Romania). According to the authors of the excavations, the necropolis was used between the first half of the 16 th century and the beginning of the 19 th century. The osteologicalmaterial consisting of 67 skeletons (children, teenagers, adults, mature and senile) derives from both individual tombs and reinhumation tombs. The distribution by gender and by age categories indicates a higher male mortality rate as opposed to females, resulting in a higher masculinity index. Most deaths were recorded in the maturus category (59.70%), followed by infans I and II (26.15%), senilis (5.97%), juvenis (4.48%) and adultus (2.99%). The incidence of pathologies, anomalies and non-metric features was estimated both separately by gender and for the entire osteologicalsample. In the cranial segment (for the entire osteologicalseries), wormian bonesand metopic suture have equal incidence - 2.98%, followed by porotic hyperostosis, cribra orbitalia, and premature synostosisof the sagittal suture(with equal incidence - 1.49%). In the post-cranial segment, extra facets of the tibia recorded 8.98%, followed by osteoarthritis (7.46%) and supratrochlear foramen of the humerus (5.97%). Lower incidences were recorded for spina bifida occultaand spondylolysis(2.98% each).