Altered shapes, same people: Scaphocephaly in the early modern Bucharest
Altered shapes, same people: Scaphocephaly in the early modern Bucharest
Premature sagittal suture synostosis was identified in eight specimens dated between the 18th and 20th centuries CE, of which seven are kept within the Rainer Osteological Collection in Bucharest and one was retrieved from the archaeologically investigated Saint Sava Church Cemetery. Our study focused on metric measurements, aiming to compare these specimens with three other samples comprising normal and scaphocephalic individuals, with both a Romanian and worldwide distribution. In total, 374 individuals were used in this study. However, although metric measurements clearly show that these individuals were different in their appearance, the socio-cultural data point to them being normal members of the society, as suggested by the funerary features of the archaeological specimens and their position within the Rainer Osteological Collection.
Sagittal suture synostosis, Cranial index, Cranial volume, 18th-20th centuries, Romania, Rainer Osteological Collection
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Soficaru, A. D.
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Ionica, C.
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Constaninescu, M.
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Enyedi, M.
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July 2018
Soficaru, A. D.
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Ionica, C.
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Constaninescu, M.
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Enyedi, M.
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Soficaru, A. D., Ionica, C., Constaninescu, M. and Enyedi, M.
(2018)
Altered shapes, same people: Scaphocephaly in the early modern Bucharest.
HOMO: Journal of comparative human biology, 69 (4), .
(doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2018.08.001).
Abstract
Premature sagittal suture synostosis was identified in eight specimens dated between the 18th and 20th centuries CE, of which seven are kept within the Rainer Osteological Collection in Bucharest and one was retrieved from the archaeologically investigated Saint Sava Church Cemetery. Our study focused on metric measurements, aiming to compare these specimens with three other samples comprising normal and scaphocephalic individuals, with both a Romanian and worldwide distribution. In total, 374 individuals were used in this study. However, although metric measurements clearly show that these individuals were different in their appearance, the socio-cultural data point to them being normal members of the society, as suggested by the funerary features of the archaeological specimens and their position within the Rainer Osteological Collection.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 July 2018
Published date: July 2018
Keywords:
Sagittal suture synostosis, Cranial index, Cranial volume, 18th-20th centuries, Romania, Rainer Osteological Collection
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/435530
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