THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SKELETONS FROM TOMB NO. 2 IN MALZYCE.

• Authors: Szczepanek Anita
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the anthropological description skeletons of the Funnel Beaker Culture and the Corded Ware Culture inhabitants that were discovered in the tomb no. 2 on the site in Malzyce. The preserved fragments of skeletons allow to assess that in the grave 1 there was buried 2 individuals: female in the 'adultus' age and an adult individual. The location and arrangement of bones show that the woman was buried in the south part of pit and the adult individual in the northern part of it. In the grave 3 the preserved fragments of skeletons allow to assess that the grave contained remains of 2 individuals placed to the pit antipodally. In the west part of the grave was buried individual in the age 'adultus' whereas the individual in the age 'maturus' was located head to the east part of feature. The anthropological interpretation of skeleton buried in grave 4 was possible only during excavations. Sex and age of the individual were not determined. In the grave 10 the skeleton was laid on the bottom of the niche, deposited on its back, orientated NW-SE. The preserved elements of the skeleton show that remnants belonged to a male in age at death 'maturus' (40-45 years) and stature 177,6 cm. The discovered in grave 11 skeleton was deposited orientated along N-S axis, on right side head to the south. On the basis of preserved teeth and fragments of bones it was possible to determine that it was a child in the age at death 'infans' I (1-1,5 years), sex was not determined. The skeleton in grave 12 was laid on its back with the head and legs tilted to the left. The body was N-S orientated, with the head placed to the north. On the basis of dental development and preserved elements of postcranial skeleton it could be determined that it was the individual in the age at death 'infans' II (11-12 years).

Keywords

EN

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CORDED WARE CULTURE; FUNNEL BEAKER CULTURE

Discipline

• ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 61
• Pages: 233-242
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Szczepanek Anita

• Anita Szczepanek, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Zaklad Antropologii, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA07426