Anthropological examination of skeletal remains from Bobovac. Completing and Refitting Skeletal Remains. A report
Anthropological examination of skeletal remains from Bobovac. Completing and Refitting Skeletal Remains. A report

Summary/Abstract: According to written historical sources the town Bobovac built in the first half of 14th century by the Governor Stjepan II Kotromanić was probably used as a residence by several Bosnian kings until 1463 when Bosnia became occupied by the Ottoman Empire. Hypothetically four kings and one queen could be buried in the royal chapel in Bobovac – Ostoja, Stjepan Ostojić, Tvrtko II and his wife Doroteja Gorjanska and Tomaš (Stjepan Tomaš). Under Turkish occupation Bobovac was reduced to rubbles and the royal chapel demolished. Later, the place became a goal of thefts and amateur archaeologists who looted and plundered graves. During the first systematic archaeological excavations in 1963, conducted under auspices of the National Museum in Sarajevo, nine graves within and outside the royal chapel were opened and excavated. In compliance with original records from the excavation incomplete skeletal remains of 14 individuals (13 adults and one child) were found. Majority of found skeletal remains were badly preserved and many bones were missing. The remains from Bobovac housed in the National Museum were examined in 2007 by the author, who is a forensic anthropologist. The remains represent 13 individuals.

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