Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Institute of Ethnology National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev; 2) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia; 3) Institute Archaeology Russian Academy of Sciences, Dm. Ulyanova 19, Moscow, 117036, Russia; 4) Institute of Archeology National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev
Szegeda S.P., e-mail: sergij_segeda@ukr.net; Buzhilova Alexandra P., Ph.D., D.Sc., ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6398-2177, e-mail: albu_pa@mail.ru; Dobrovol’skaya Mariya Vsevolodovna, Ph.D., D.Sc., ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9695-4199, e-mail: mk_pa@mail.ru; Potekhina I.D., e-mail: potekhina@hotmail.com
The paper presents the results of complex anthropological re-search of remains from sarcophagus of Yaroslav the Wise, which is settling down in the Sofia cathedral in Kiev. The exper-tise includes the methods of craniological, osteological, odon-tological, paleopatological analyses and the isotopic one of hu-man remains. The general conclusion after discussion of the ob-tained data consists that in a tomb of the prince there are the bone remains belonging to the woman of 45–55 years. Historical context of using of a sarcophagus as well as the biological char-acteristic of the found remains allow assuming that it is, possi-ble, the skeleton remains of Ingigerd (Irina), who was the sec-ond wife of the Yaroslav.
anthropological examination, Yaroslav the Wise, craniology, osteometry, odontology, isotope analysis
Цит.: Szegeda S.P., Buzhilova A.P., Dobrovol’skaya M.V., Potekhina I.D. Anthropological examination of remains from Yaroslavl the Wise sarcophagus // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2013; 4/2013; с. 40-51
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