Results of an integrative analysis of metric and nonmetric traits in crania from the medieval cemetry at Mamisondon, Northern Caucasus

палеоантропология integrative analysis интегративный анализ metric traits nonmetric traits метрические черты неметрические черты crania черепа medieval cemetries средневековые кладбища Middle ages кладбища средние века средневековье craniometry краниометрия могильники

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66 Section HUMAN DIVERSITY TREPANATION AMONG THE NOMADS OF CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN (8TH-3D CENTURIES BC) Beisenov Arman1 , Kitov Egor2 1State Institute of Archaeology after A.Kh. <...> Margulan Science Committee Ministry of Education and Science of Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan 2 Burials with stone mounds, which gave the name to the archaeological culture of Tasmola (“Stone Grave”) are being investigated by archaeologists in the very heart of Kazakhstan. <...> Tasmola sites date to the 8th–3d centuries BC and are mainly located in Central Kazakhstan, though some parallels are found in southeastern Urals and in southern Siberia. <...> Ten male and one female crania demonstrated trepanation holes, all of which are located on the occipital or on the posterior part of parietal bones. <...> The number of trepanations varies between one and 15 per skull. <...> The pattern of trepanations in Central Asia can be related to embalming rites, which have also been recorded in the Pazyryk Culture of the Altai. <...> We assume that in our case perforations were made for ritual purposes and were post mortem, as no traces of healing on male crania were identifi ed. While differing in appearance, trepanation cases from Central Kazakhstan may indicate proximity of the ideological views of Tasmola people to those held by people in Western Siberia, Mongolia, and China, although at the moment it is hard to defi ne the purpose of such operations in Tasmola people. <...> Notably, in this case trepanations were performed on individuals of high social position, buried with golden artifacts, under large mounds. <...> These features can indicate the fl ourishing of mummifi cation and postmortem cranial autopsy rites in the early Iron Age population of Central Asia. <...> Key words: trepanation, Early Iron Age, Central Asia, Central Kazakhstan, death rituals Contact information: Kitov Egor, e-mail: kadet_eg@mail.ru. <...> RESULTS OF AN INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF METRIC AND NONMETRIC TRAITS IN CRANIA FROM THE MEDIEVAL CEMETRY AT MAMISONDON, NORTHERN CAUCASUS Berezina Natalia1 , Moiseev Viacheslav2 1Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 2Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia The paper focuses on the biological affi <...>

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