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The craniology of Pamir highlanders (by craniometric and discrete various traits data)

Bakholdina V.Yu., Movsesian A.A.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of biology, Department of anthropology, Leninskie Gory, 1, p.12, Moscow, 119991, Russia

Bakholdina Varvara Yu., e-mail: vbaholdina@mail.ru; Movsesian A.A., e-mail: amovsessyan@gmail.com

Abstract

The cranial series, representing the ancestors of indigenous peoples of Gorno-Badakhshan province of Tajikistan were studied by craniometric and discrete-various traits data. The results obtained reveal the craniological differences between Pamiri groups which match with ethno-linguistic data. The comparison of Pamiris with different ethnic groups from Central Asia, South Siberia and Caucasus has shown the similarity of Pamirian groups with Scythians, as well as with modern Armenians and Ossetians. These results can be explained by the possible participation of the Scythians and the tribes, related to them, in the ethnogenesis of a wide range of Eurasian peoples.

Keywords

anthropology, craniology, Pamiri peoples, discrete-various traits

Цит.: Bakholdina V.Yu., Movsesian A.A. The craniology of Pamir highlanders (by craniometric and discrete various traits data) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 2/2014; с. 29-37