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Figure 4. Osteophytosis especially of upper 

 margins of upper lumbar vertebrae. Grave No. 

 85, Roonka. 



Figure 6. Open neural channel in sacrum. Tomb 

 No. 61, Roonka. Male, mature. 





Figure 5. Compression fracture of body of T9 

 and accentuated thorax curvature. Fusion of all 

 units through coalescence of osteophytes and ap- 

 ophyseal facets: T9/10, TlO/11, Tll/12 and 

 T12/L1. Ankylosing spondylitis? Tomb No. 80, 

 Roonka. Male, mature. 



Figurk 7. Lytic lesion with rugged edges and 

 stellate scars on frontal bone due to treponarid 

 infection yaws? Tomb No. 18, Roonka. Male, 

 adult. 



Zagreb Paleopathology Symp. I9HH 



