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Nonmetric analysis of cranial series from Ulangom burial, West Mongolia

Movsesian A.A., Mamonova N.N.

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

Movsesian A.A., e-mail: amovsessyan@gmail.com; Mamonova N.N.

Abstract

Non-metric cranial traits data from Ulangom burial (West Mongolia, Scythian time, V-III centuries B.C.) has been analyzed. The resemblance between series from two different types of burial sites revealed the genetic homogeneity of Ulangom population. The comparison of West Mongolia inhabitants with other Eurasian groups suggests that the Caucasoid populations pene-trated into the territory of Mongolia from the western regions of Eurasia, and later were sup-planted to the Middle Asia taking part, along with the migrants from the west, in the formation of Hunnish tribes. The similarity of the Northern Black Sea Scythians with the populations of Tagar and Karasuk cultures from South Siberia, as well as with the Iron Age population from the Ar-menia territory is consistent with the hypothesis of A.G. Kozintsev, who suggests a migration origin of the steppe Scythians.

Keywords

anthropology, nonmetric traits, Ulangom burial, steppe Scythians, Iron Age of Eurasia

Цит.: Movsesian A.A., Mamonova N.N. Nonmetric analysis of cranial series from Ulangom burial, West Mongolia // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2013; 3/2013; с. 112-119