Original scientific paper

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

Zdravka Hincak ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Fabio Cavalli ; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria »Ospedali Riuniti« of Trieste, Research Unit of Paleoradiology and Allied Sciences, Trieste, Italy
Aleksandar Durman ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The collective grave of the Vu~edol 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.

Keywords

cranial analysis; non-metric traits; Early Bronze Age; cranial lesions; human sacrifice; Vucedol culture; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

99576

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/99576

Publication date:

3.4.2013.

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