Child Burials from Novyi Cemetery of Middle Sarmatian Culture (Early Period)
Journal: The Oriental Studies
Year: 2022

The paper deals with child burials of cemetery Novyi of the Middle Sarmatian culture. Due to the representative source base of cemetery Novyi, it was possible to examine 44 child burials that were divided by age: up to a year; early childhood (1–3&nbsp;years); first childhood (4–7&nbsp;years); second childhood (8–12&nbsp;years); adolescence (12–16&nbsp;years). Thus, for children aged up to a year (infants), there is a rather high mortality which predominantly depended on natural selection. Infan