The Early Iron Age populations of the Minusinsk hollow: revisiting inter- and intragroup variations

By means of multivariate statistics, we analyzed male craniological series of the Early Iron Age from Western and Southern Siberia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The intra-group analysis of the series from the Minusinsk Hollow reveals specificity of individuals from the tombs of the Tesinsk cultu...

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Published in:VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII
Main Authors: Uchaneva Eu.N., Kazarnitsky A.A., Gromov A.V., Lazaretova N.I.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RA 2017
Subjects:
Early Iron Age
craniological data
the Minusinsk Hollow
the Tagar culture
Archaeology
CC1-960
Tagar culture
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2017-36-1-078-087
https://doaj.org/article/33f08ca9bb7042d1854616815e68fc5d
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Summary:By means of multivariate statistics, we analyzed male craniological series of the Early Iron Age from Western and Southern Siberia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The intra-group analysis of the series from the Minusinsk Hollow reveals specificity of individuals from the tombs of the Tesinsk culture, in comparison with other groups. At the same time, the population which left Tesinsk burials is obviously related to the Tagar culture. The analysis of the Tagar series reveals a strong differentiation of individuals from the burials between the Podgornovo and the Saragash periods. The results of the intra-group analyses are confirmed by a broad-scale inter-group analysis of the Eurasian Iron Age series. The Tagar series show clear craniometrical specificity which includes rather small cranial and face breadth, not very broad orbits, small naso-malar and zigomaxillary angles, long cranium and protruding nasal bones.

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