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PROJECT FOR THE SYSTEMATIC RECOVERY OF THE SOLDIERS WHO DIED ON THE ITALIAN FRONT IN FIRST WAR WORLD

The most suitable age to go to War: the case of Monte Cengio. D. Gaudio (1- 2); A. Galassi (2); P. Poppa (1); C. Cattaneo (1)

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PROJECT FOR THE SYSTEMATIC RECOVERY OF THE SOLDIERS WHO DIED ON THE ITALIAN FRONT IN FIRST WAR WORLD

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  1. The most suitable age to go to War: the case of Monte Cengio D. Gaudio (1- 2); A. Galassi (2); P. Poppa (1); C. Cattaneo (1) 1Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Istituto di Medicina LegaleUniversità degli Studi di Milano. 2 Azienda ulss n. 6 Vicenza, U.O.S. di Medicina Necroscopica e Anatomia Patologica Forense PROJECT FOR THE SYSTEMATIC RECOVERY OF THE SOLDIERS WHO DIED ON THE ITALIAN FRONT IN FIRST WAR WORLD

  2. HOW MANY ARE THOSE WHO DIED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR? Nobody knows how many soldiers in reality have fallen in the first world war.This has led to incompleteness of the list of victims, errors of transcription, errors of alllocation of units. Furthermore recovery of human remains which are discovered occurs in an unstructured manner, with great loss of information.

  3. Stack of bones recovered in Cadore.(Section of Mortuary Police of Trento)

  4. REFERENCE NORMLaw 7 March 2001 n. 78Regional law Veneto 16 Decembers 1997 n.43Provincial law Trento 14 February 1980 n.2Regional law Friuli-Venezia-Julia 21 July 2000 n. 14 REGULATIONS OF MORTUARY POLICE In the event of recovery of human remains, whoever makes the discovery must immediately inform the Mayor who in turn gives communication to the judicial authorityand to the competent Local health unit for the territory.

  5. Throughout the first year we studied several skeletons. Most of them had been damaged and partly dispersed by the activity of war relic hunters. By means of the application of forensic anthropology techniques we were capable of reconstructing the stories of these soldiers, reaching, in some case, a nearly complete identification.

  6. Within the context of a project aimed at the appropriate recovery, excavation and study of WWI human remains, funded by the Province of Vicenza, we have already studied the skeletal remains of 35 individuals, with interesting and surprising results, particularly regarding AGE.

  7. Commingled remains Archeological excavation

  8. The Monte Cengio case Sex: male Height: 173 cm • Patologies: • entesopathy on sternal epiphyes of the clavicles • cervical vertebral hernia • stress markers • Trauma: • No perimortal lesions on available skeletal elements

  9. AGE (Black 2001): Mostly incomplete skeleton; femurs:head, not totally fused(14-19 years old) greater trochanter, not totally fused(16-18 years old) distal epiphysis, not totally fused (16-20 years old) Tibia: proximal and distal epiphyses not totally fuse (15-18 years old)

  10. Metacarpals, distal epiphyses not totally fuse (15- 17 years old, Greulich and Pyle, 1959) as the base of firstmetatarsal (16-18 years old) Dental elements: agenesis of the 3° inferior molars

  11. On the basis of current historical knowledge we learn that soldiers fighting on the Italian-austrian front should be at least 18 years old, particularly those of Monte Cengio. THEREFORE THE POSSIBILITIES HYPOTHESIS ARE: • Under age individual, therefore the presence of minors was not controlled by the army • Someone who had nothing to do with the World War I (PMI estimation difficult)

  12. HOWEVER OTHER CASES WERE DISCOVERED OF CERTAIN WWI ORIGIN WHO ALSO SEEM VERY YOUNG

  13. In conclusion a subtle analysis of the age ranges of these skeletons may give us information on unknown historical facts, such as the possible recruitment of subadult males during WWI.

  14. Thank you

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