The Positive Identification of Skeletal Remains from the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Přeštice: a Case Study

0585816 - ÚJF 2025 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Šneberger, Jiří - Tejček, M. - Lungová, V.
The Positive Identification of Skeletal Remains from the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Přeštice: a Case Study.
Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica. Natural Sciences in Archaeology. Roč. 15, č. 1 (2024), s. 41-49. ISSN 1804-848X
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : Prestice * church * chapel * skeletal remains * anthropological analysis * osteoarthritis * identification
OECD category: Archaeology
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.24916/iansa.2024.1.3

The reconstruction and subsequent rescue archaeological excavation in the baroque chapel of St Barbara in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Prestice has resulted in the discovery of one atypical burial in a small bricked vault. The vault contained skeletal remains in a very poor state of preservation. The discovery of the skeletal remains in the chapel was unexpected given the absence of any signs of a grave being present. In this article we describe the attempt to identify the person to whom the skeletal remains belong. Based on anthropological analysis, these remains were interpreted as probably female over 50 years of age. By combining archaeological context, anthropological analysis and historical sources, the skeleton was interpreted as the remains of Marie Anna Lindauer, a resident of Pilsen and the mother of Josef Ondrej Lindauer, the dean in Prestice and the bishop in Budweis.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0353486