ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN REMAINS OF THE CORDED WARE CULTURE MULTICULTURAL GRAVE SITE NR 6 IN PELCZYSKA, ZLOTA COMMUNE, PINCZOW DISTRICT

• Authors: Stanaszek L. M.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The analyzed skeletal bones of the Corded Ware Culture were unearthed by Marcin Rudnicki during surveys at the site nr 6 in Pelczyska, between 2002 and 2004. The material was examined in accordance with the applicable anthropological standards and anatomic bone descriptions. The age of the deceased at the moment of death was established upon a complex, multi-feature analysis of changes that occurred in individual morphological features of bones and teeth. After having combined the bones from the studied complexes the remains of eight individuals were given anthropological description. Half of individuals had deceased in their mature age (adultus-maturus), while the children in their early childhood (infans I). As far as the mature individuals are concerned, two sets of the bone remains indicated the presence of men, whereas the remaining two were of typically female character. Due to the not entirely completed development processes, and consequently, morphological ambiguity of the bones, the sex of the infants was not established.

Keywords

EN

ANTHROPOLOGY; CEMETERY; CORDED WARE CULTURE; NEOLITHIC; SOUTH-EAST POLAND

Discipline

• ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 59
• Pages: 267-292
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Stanaszek L. M.

• M. L. Stanaszek, Panstwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne, ul. Dluga 52, 00-241 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04178136