Os restos ósseos humanos exumados da antiga igreja românica de S. João de Almedina (Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro)

This paper reports the results of the paleobiological study of the human remains exhumed from the ancient Church of São João de Almedina situated in the nowadays Museu Nacional Machado de Castro during the month of January of 2008. These human remains correspond to 3 primary burials - an old male, a young adult male and a child that died around 3 years – besides some disperse nonadult bones that represent a minimum number of one individual. Among the paleopatholgy study, osteoartrosis and a case of osteomielitis are the more relevant results.