Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia; 2) Human Population Biology Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
Chumakova A.M., e-mail: achumakova@mail.ru; Kobyliansky Eugene, Ph.D., e-mail: anatom14@post.tau.ac.il
Recent publication of the scientific report on commensuration of skin color data, obtained by spectrophotometry and by visual assessment using a Lushan scale opens the possibility of comparing the results of numerous published materials. In this connection it is useful to analyze and publish some historical data of the Tel Aviv University’s South Sinai expedition 1979-1982. Skin reflectance values were determined in 135 Bedouin men of Southern Sinai aged 17–60 years, of which 65 – Bedouins of the tribe Gebelia, 62 belong to the tribe Museina, and 8 individuals belong to the group, conventionally called «other tribes» and consisting of representatives of the tribes Avlad Said, Gararsha, Beni vassal. The study used a spectrophotometer Evans Electroselenium Limited (UK), equipped with nine interchangeable filters (numbers 601–609), respectively allows the device to emit light of a certain wavelength (from 425 to 685 nm). Recorded the skin reflectance on the medial surface of the inner upper arm. Calculated Spearman rank correlations for the studied traits, found values of the Mann-Whitney test. The analysis found no significant differences between tribes in the system of studied traits. Skin reflectance values at light wavelength 685nm in Bedouins of Southern Sinai (46.04) are close to those for the Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula, from where ascends the studied group. Revealed that according to the skin reflectance values South Sinai Bedouins are the darkest among Arab populations. Authentic intertribal differences in the skin reflectance at the light wave 685 nm among South Sinai Bedouins are missing.
physical anthropology, Southern Sinai Bedouins, skin reflectance, spectrophotometry
Цит.: Chumakova A.M., Kobyliansky E. A reflectometric study of the skin color in Bedouin tribes of South Sinai (based on the Tel Aviv Universityexpeditions data, 1979–1982) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 1/2014; с. 102-106
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