LA ALMOLOYA [PLIEGO · MURCIA] RUTA ARGÁRICA GUÍAS ARQUEOLÓGICAS 2

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THE PEOPLE OF LA ALMOLOYA

Other bodies were bound by ropes, and a few simply placed carefully in a flexed position in larger tombs. Generally, the women were lying down on their right side and the men on their left side, following a general Argaric trend.

THE PEOPLE Of the 86 individuals recorded until 2015, 57 were adults, 28 infants and only one juvenile. 37 were women and 24 men of different ages. There are two remarkable pieces of evidence in La Almoloya. In the first place, infant mortality is slightly lower than what is expected. Secondly, in La Almoloya two out of every three individuals die in adulthood, unlike the

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