Centuries ago, scurvy was a feared disease among sailors. But the ‘plague of the seas’ did not only rage on the high seas. Researchers from the Academy of Sciences were also able to detect the disease in the Jauntal.
There are several hundred kilometers between the sea and the Carinthian Jauntal. And it is difficult to imagine that scurvy, caused by a lack of vitamin C on the high seas, was also widespread between Galicia and Neuhaus. “Our research shows that scurvy was common in this Alpine region, especially around birth, in infants and small children,” says bioarchaeologist Magdalena Srienc-Ściesiek, who together with her colleagues examined 86 skeletons from three early medieval settlements in the Jaun Valley. .
Source: Krone
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