Death in the sun: the bioarchaeology of an early post-medieval hospital in Gibraltar

Article

Authorship

Pomeroy, Emma ; GRANT LETT BROWN, JENNIFER LUISA ; Ward, Devin ; Benady, Sam ; del Río, María Cristina Reinoso ; Gutierrez López, José María ; Mata Almonte, Esperanza ; Ramírez León, Jorge ; Cobos Rodríguez, Luis ; Finlayson, Geraldine ; Finlayson, Stewart ; Finlayson, Clive ; LANE, KEVIN JOHN

Date

2018

Publishing House and Editing Place

Taylor & Francis

Magazine

Post-medieval Archaeology, vol. 52 (pp. 239-255) - ISSN 0079-4236
Taylor & Francis

ISSN

0079-4236

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In 2014, during construction work at the ex-Civil Hospital in Gibraltar, excavations led by the Gibraltar Museum revealed a major, previously unknown burial ground containing more than 200 skeletons. We present the historical, archaeological and radiometric dating evidence from the site alongside the results of initial osteological analyses. The data indicate that the burials pertain to an earlier 16th-century Spanish hospice, and therefore stand to offer new insights into the functioning of th... In 2014, during construction work at the ex-Civil Hospital in Gibraltar, excavations led by the Gibraltar Museum revealed a major, previously unknown burial ground containing more than 200 skeletons. We present the historical, archaeological and radiometric dating evidence from the site alongside the results of initial osteological analyses. The data indicate that the burials pertain to an earlier 16th-century Spanish hospice, and therefore stand to offer new insights into the functioning of this early modern hospital and the health and movements of people at a time of incipient globalization.