**2.2.2 Mikulčice "Bazilika", burying the upper social class**

The cemetery directly linked to the basilica (named "Bazilika") is of the richest burial place of the area. Many archaeological remains were found suggesting that the upper class was buried here (Poláček et al., 2006). Around the Basilica (IIIrd church) were discovered 564 burials (Poláček, 2008). There are 314 adults, 221 non-adult individuals and 29 individuals with un-estimated age (Stloukal, 1967). The sample under study comprises 217 juvenile individuals (the last four are too poor preserved to be included in the data), ranging from birth to adolescence. In the figures and table, this sample is named Mikulčice Bazilika and is abbreviated "MkB".
