Anthropological and paleodietary analysis of human remains: a case study from the Teutonic settlement of Torre Alemanna in Puglia (Cerignola, FG, Italy).

The main object of this paper is to reconstruct the presence of the knights of the Teutonic Order in the archaeological site of Torre Alemanna (Foggia, Italy), one of the best preserved Teutonic production site. This is an interdisciplinary study that includes archaeological and anthropological research combined with the paleonutritional results and radiocarbon dating. Specifically, for this study, the area 5 of the complex has been investigated. The cemetery is located in the northwest corner of the complex and the burials are probably dated at the beginning of the Teutonic settlement. In order to draw conclusions about their presence, attention has been focused primarily on ergonomics activities, injuries, morphological and metric characters, diet and dating.