HARRISíS LINES VERSUS CHILDRENíS LIVING CONDITIONS IN MEDIEVAL WROC£AW, POLAND

The skeletal material used for research included osseous remains of 28†individuals, infantile and adolescent (inf. I, inf. II, juv.) from two medieval Wroc‡aw cemeteries. The analysis attempted to evaluate the occurrence of Harrisis lines on 33†femoral bones and 32†tibial bones. We found that the number and condensation of the lines were different and were not related to the individualsi age. Harrisis lines were present in most of the examined individuals with the exception of newborns. The occurrence of Harrisis lines in the exami- ned material might confirm difficult living and hygienic conditions in medieval Wroc‡aw.