Bronze and Iron Age Finds from Romuald's Cave, Istria: 2014 Excavation Season.

Archaeological excavations in Romuald's Cave (Lim Channel, Istria, Croatia) have yielded evidence of human activity stretching back to the Middle Palaeolithic. This paper reports on recent Bronze Age/Early Iron Age discoveries uncovered during excavations as part of the Croatian National Science Foundation funded project: "Archaeological Investigations into the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of the Lim Channel, Istria". Fragmentary skeletal remains from at least two individuals were excavated, and a direct radiocarbon date from one of the remains is commensurate with a Bronze Age attribution. The recovered ceramics confirm this age attribution, although they range from the Middle Bronze Age to incipient Iron Age in character. Furthermore, the ceramics indicate that the human activities in Romuald's Cave were associated with the nearby settlements of Gradina and St. Martin.

Juvenile elbow dislocation from the prehistoric site of Josipovac-Gravinjak, Croatia.

This paper examines a rare case of juvenile elbow dislocation in the human skeletal remains from the Eneolithic (Copper Age) site of Josipovac-Gravinjak in Croatia, dated to 3500-2780 BC. Although dislocations from the archaeological context have been previously reported in adults, they are rarely diagnosed in juveniles. The skeletal remains of a 7.5-8.5 year old juvenile were examined using gross observation and radiography. Analyses of the skeletal remains confirm the absence of a fracture, while comparison with clinical studies suggests that the observed lesions are indicative of a radial head dislocation. The severity of the injury and bone remodelling suggest that the injury occurred more than 6 months prior to death and that it was left untreated.