Антропологические материалы из погребений Куро-Араксской культуры с территории Армянского нагорья

Abstract

The article is devoted to an anthropological characteristic of the population from Armenian plateau during the Early Bronze Age. Based on anthropological and paleopathological data, subjects of analysis were physical characteristics and deviations. Surgical intervention on skull bones of individuals were recorded. Traumatism level in the studied groups can be qualified as moderately high. 3 cases of decapitation were reported in this article. The general assessment of pathologies testifies to adequate adaptation of the population to specific conditions of the environment. Among other unfavourable environmental factors, a leading place is held by a general infectious background. Overcooling of an organism against the chronic centers of the staphylococcal and streptococcal nature could provoke an inflammation of a middle ear. Auditory exostoses are bone masses located in the external auditory canal. The environment (especially water temperature, atmospheric temperature, wind action) plays a significant role in the development of this trait. Certain dental pathologies, like periodontal disease and abscesses, were of a relative high frequency, but that can be attributed to poor dental hygiene. Distribution of markers of an episodic stress indicates systematic influence of negative factors of the environment (infections, parasites, periods of starvation).

Представлены новые оригинальные данные об антропологии носителей куро-аракссой культуры, расширяющие объем знаний об особенностях и закономерностях адаптации людей к экстремальным условиям существования.