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The necropolis found in Rua do Recolhimento 7/9, Castle of São Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal, corresponds to the military hospital cemetery, located nearby, in activity from the 16th to the 18th centuries. During the archaeological excavation both individual, multiple, and mass graves as well as ossuaries were identified. Space management becomes evident on several burials, mainly with overlap of other burials that end cutting the oldest ones, skeletons in supine, ventral and lateral position (and against walls), not always in conformity with the canonical Christian rules. This post-medieval necropolis presents an array of funerary practices as a reflection of the Lisbon modern society, transmitting social, cultural and religious worries, becoming a public health issue due to the amount of bodies deposit in such a small space and in a short time |
