Ovaören Erken Tunç Çağı İnsanları: Antropolojik Bir İnceleme
Ovaören Early Bronze Age People: An Anthropological Analysis
Author(s): Okşan Başoğlu, Tuğçe ŞenerSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Ancient World, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Demography and human biology
Published by: Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: The Early Bronze Age; Anthropology; Paleodemography; Paleopathology; Stature;
Summary/Abstract: The human skeletons that are the subject of this study were uncovered from Topakhöyük during the 2012 Nevşehir/ Ovaören excavation season and were dated to Early Bronze Age. Nevşehir/ Ovaören Early Bronze Age skeletons have been analyzed in terms of Paleoanthropology. The age and sex rates of Nevşehir/ Ovaören society has been determinated by some identification methods. Paleodemographic profile was identified and compared with ancient Anatolian populations. In the light of the pathological evidence, which are obtained from this research, investigations on Nevşehir/ Ovaören society has been carried out in terms of pathology and some information about the general health condition of society has been provided. Individuals were examined in terms of morphological. The stature and the skull index were determined. Besides Nevşehir/ Ovaören society was evaluated in terms of variations (epi-genetic characteristics). Anatolia generally lacks the skeletal materials that belong to the Bronze Age. This study produced important results for archeology and anthropology.
Journal: Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
- Issue Year: 8/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 455-475
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Turkish