The status of the historical monument, Church „St. Spiridon” – Berevoiești from Vălenii de Munte, as well as the purpose that this institution has fulfilled since its construction – as a place of worship for the local community – required preventive archaeological research of the land in its territory, leading to the discovery of old cemetery vestiges, used by the community since the building of the church in the 18th century. In 2017, the archaeological diagnostic work done by the members of the research team led by Dr. Bogdan Ciupercă and Dr. Alin Anton started from the location of the cultural centre, on whose land sections necessary for the identification and research of the archaeological heritage were designed as follows: two control archaeological portions (S I and S II) arranged in the shape of a cross, resulting in the discovery of about 140 funeral complexes. Morpho-metric investigations referred to a randomly selected sample of 20 graves within the cemetery, of which we identified a minimum number of 51 individuals. The evaluation and scientific processing of the data obtained in the field were correlated with the anthropological research completed on the skeletal sample. The osteological study began with the preparation of the skeletal material to observe and record the sex and age at death of the individuals, skeletal stature and weight, non-metric characters, biometric data and pathologies. The recording and analysis of these parameters help to establish mainly the demographic profile and the health status of the communities in this region.

The status of the historical monument, Church „St. Spiridon” – Berevoiești from Vălenii de Munte, as well as the purpose that this institution has fulfilled since its construction – as a place of worship for the local community – required preventive archaeological research of the land in its territory, leading to the discovery of old cemetery vestiges, used by the community since the building of the church in the 18th century. In 2017, the archaeological diagnostic work done by the members of the research team led by Dr. Bogdan Ciupercă and Dr. Alin Anton started from the location of the cultural centre, on whose land sections necessary for the identification and research of the archaeological heritage were designed as follows: two control archaeological portions (S I and S II) arranged in the shape of a cross, resulting in the discovery of about 140 funeral complexes. Morpho-metric investigations referred to a randomly selected sample of 20 graves within the cemetery, of which we identified a minimum number of 51 individuals. The evaluation and scientific processing of the data obtained in the field were correlated with the anthropological research completed on the skeletal sample. The osteological study began with the preparation of the skeletal material to observe and record the sex and age at death of the individuals, skeletal stature and weight, non-metric characters, biometric data and pathologies. The recording and analysis of these parameters help to establish mainly the demographic profile and the health status of the communities in this region.