Paleoanthropological Analysis of Havuzdere Medieval Skeletons
Journal Title: Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Studies on human skeletal remains provide important information to understand the demographic and health structure, and living conditions of the past populations. The aim of the present study is to conduct paleoanthropological examination of human skeletal remains from Havuzdere graves in Yalova. The Havuzdere archaeological site located in the North-West coast of the Turkey and dated to Medieval Period, 15th century. During excavations 305 graves found and 352 skeletons (121 sub-adult, 135 males, 95 females, 1 sex unknown) were unearthed. Age estimated using dental analyses, epiphyseal closure and symphysis pubis, sex determined using macroscopic and metric analyses (Ubelaker, 1978; WEA, 1980; Özer, 1999), and height estimated using Trotter and Gleser (1958) and Sağır (2000) formulas. Results showed that Havuzdere site contains dominantly young people remains. The mean age of the adult skeletons was found to be 35.27 years, which is lower than the mean Anatolian Medieval longevity. Furthermore, various pathological lesions from cranial and post cranial remains (dental pathology, cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis, trauma, osteofit etc.) were diagnosed. Present results contribute additional information towards understanding the state of longevity, child mortality and health conditions associated with Medieval Period of Havuzdere inhabitants.
Authors and Affiliations
İsmail Özer, Mehmet Sağır, Başak Koca Özer, Ayça Karatufan, Serkan Şahin
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