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Demographic characteristics of Early Medieval population of North Ossetia (on anthropological materials of Mamisondon site)

Berezina N.Ya.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia

Berezina Natalia Ya., Ph.D., ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5704-9153, e-mail: berezina.natalia@gmail.com

Abstract

During archaeological excavations in 2007–2008 Early Medieval cemetery was discovered on the territory of North Ossetia (Russia). According to archaeological context the series was divided into two parts. The majority of the bone material represents 185 adult and immature individuals of both sexes. Paleodemographical research of both groups was aimed to analyze characteristics of the population demography. During the study, age and sex in both groups were determined; markers of physiological stress were analyzed, which could have influenced human lifespan. Intergroup analyses was performed, the results were compared with other synchronous populations.

Keywords

paleodemography, stress markers, lifespan, North Caucasus, Early Middle Ages

Цит.: Berezina N.Ya. Demographic characteristics of Early Medieval population of North Ossetia (on anthropological materials of Mamisondon site) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2010; 4/2010; с. 82-87