Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Moscow, Russia; 2) N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; 3) A. Donish Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Kufterin Vladimir V.: e-mail: vladimirkufterin@mail.ru; Dubova Nadezhda A.: e-mail: dubova_n@mail.ru; Navruzbekov Masnav N.: e-mail: n-masnav83@mail.ru.
Introduction. The article presents some results of the analysis of cranial non-metric traits in a craniological sample of the close to contemporary population (XVIII–XX cc AD) from Central Tajikistan. Materials and methods. Studied material is obtained from the rescue archaeological excavation in the zone of construction of the Rogun Hydroelectric power station (Republic of Tajikistan, Districts of republican subordination, cemetery Sicharog or Rogun-1). The sample includes 30 crania, studied by the A.A. Movsesyan cranioscopic program. In addition to counting the frequencies of 36 cranial non-metric traits, transformed into radians, and calculation of the fluctuating asymmetry indexes, the research procedure includes the comparative analysis of this series with fifteen modern and near-modern samples using the multidimensional Cluster and Correspondence analysis. Results and discussion. The frequencies of some cranial non-metric traits of studied group are significantly higher than the world average. That probably can indicate that the tombs in Sicharog (Rogun-1) cemetery could belong to a one or some group of relatives. A low value of the “general” index of fluctuating asymmetry of bilateral traits can mark the optimum of the processes of intrapopulation development. This thesis, however, requires its confirmation by the paleopathological data, which is planned to execute in the next studies. The results of the Correspondence analysis show the proximity between the studied sample and some ones from the territory of the Caucasus (in particular, the Ossetians) and the Pamir (Goranians). The latter may indicate the participation of some ancient Iranian-speaking tribes in the formation of the “Rogun” Tajiks.
biological anthropology; craniology; non-metric traits; Tajikistan; population close to contemporary times
DOI: 10.32521/2074-8132.2018.1.101-109
Цит.: Kufterin V.V., Dubova N.A., Navruzbekov M.N. Tajiks of Sicharog: to the bioanthropology of the population of Central Tajikistan. Report I: Cranial non-metric traits // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2018; 1/2018; с. 101-109
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