Naslov
The Cranial Analysis of Eight Skulls from Collective Grave of the Early Bronze Age Vučedol Site (East Slavonia, Croatia)

Autori
Hincak, Zdravka ; Cavalli, Fabio ; Durman, Aleksandar

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 37 (2013), 1; 229-237

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
cranial analysis; non-metric traits; Early Bronze Age; cranial lesions; human sacrifice; Vučedol culture

Sažetak
The collective grave of the Vučedol culture signed as „grave 3/1985“ with skeletons of eight persons, represents the most important burial of this culture on the eponimic site in East Croatia, with several indications of human sacrifice. Anthropological and radiological analysis were performed on crania remains of the individuals, specifically on the skulls of one male and seven females. Nondestructive methods embraced craniometrical analysis, analysis of cranial non- metric traits and multivariate distance analysis, with a help of radiological methods, to detect every distinct anatomical characteristic of the skulls. All methods used in this work tried to present similarities and a possible homogeneity of the analysed individuals.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Arheologija, Etnologija i antropologija

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