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Abstract. We describe here five new bovid crania from the Çorakyerler fossil site (Tüglu Formation, Çankırı Basin, north-central Anatolia, Turkey), the fauna of which is dated by magneto- and biostratigraphy to the late Miocene, around the Vallesian–Turolian boundary. The material is assigned to a new bovid taxon of medium-to-large size, Gangraia anatolica gen. and sp. nov., characterized by horn cores that are long, keelless, compressed, obliquely inserted on the frontals, transversally ridged, moderately diverging from each other, slightly twisted homonymously, and sigmoidally curved in lateral view with long, fairly straight tips. The horn core features, along with the presence of a single large sinus occupying the pedicle and the base of the horn core, a strong cranial flexion, a short braincase, the presence of a distinct dorsal parietal boss, wide-apart temporal crests, and a widened anteriorly basioccipital, indicate a mixture of caprine-like and alcelaphine-like features that relate Gangraia anatolica gen. and sp. nov. to the Alcelaphini–Caprini–Hippotragini clade.

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The relationship between microwear on human teeth and nutrition: Samples from ancient Anatolian societies

Özdemir¹,

Yavuz²,

Erol³

2013

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The relationship between tooth of living species and nutrition is so important for anthropologic researches that, it is among the most considered issues in almost all the researches that have been made about these topics. Tooth, as being one of the most significant materials that give information about diet, environmental relationships and cultural structure, has been a constant research topic. It has been proved with the researches that, the food stuffs, which living species consumed, have a fundamental role on tooth wear. The recently recognized micro marks on occlusal are also evaluated carefully as well as the macro wears, which are defined as the apparent wears on tooth enamel. These micro marks have several characteristics about the ingredients, hardness, size and chewing force of the nutrients. In this regard, the tooth samples of Agora of Smyrna, Kyzikos, MinnetpInarI and Güllüdere skeletons that lived in Anatolia—also constituted the sample of this research—have been investigated and the diet of these societies has been examined depending upon the micro marks on the teeth of these societies’ people. Firstly, the diet of these societies has been investigated by examining micro tooth wears. Then, the relationship of these societies has been studied. By examining micro tooth wears of these societies, it has been discussed that whether the factors of age, sex, and facet are effective or not on micro wear marks. As a result of this study, it has been observed that societies that lived in different areas have different diets; and micro marks on teeth are significant indicators of living spaces, subsistence economies and life styles of the societies.

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Trauma in Ancient Skeletons: Case reports from Minnetpınarı and Güllüdere Materials

Çeker

Erol

2021

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Amaç: İnsan iskeletlerinde görülen travma bulgularının tanımlanması kişilerin günlük yaşamlarında, ölüm zamanı veya sonrasında başlarından geçen travmatik olaylar hakkında bilgi edinmek açısından önemlidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Minnetpınarı ve Güllüdere arkeolojik kazılarında bulunan antik dönem insan iskeletlerindeki travmaları belirlemek, bu patolojik durumlara neden olan mekanizmaları anlamak adına adli antropolojik incelemelerdeki travma özellikleri ile karşılaştırmak ve antik dönemde yaşamış bu iki insan topluluğunun yaşam koşulları ve sağlık durumları hakkında yapılmış çalışmalara katkıda bulunmaktır.Yöntem: 60 bireye ait kemikler makroskobik olarak incelendi. Çok parçalı kemikler sıcak silikonla rekonstrüksiyon yapılarak bütünlendi. Travma çeşitleri ve kırık morfolojileri tanımlandı. Tüm bulgular fotoğraflanarak belgelendi.Bulgular: 4 bireyde antemortem travma bulgusu, tüm bireylerde çok sayıda postmortem kırıklar ve Güllüdere kafataslarında plastik deformasyonlar görüldü. Antemortem travmaların alt ve üst ekstremitelerde mevcut olduğu ve yüksek olasılıkla künt travma sonucunda meydana geldikleri izlendi.Sonuç: Antik iskeletlerdeki antemortem travma bulgularının, adli antropolojik örneklerdeki bulgularla aynı patolojik özelliklere sahip olduğu görüldü. Antik iskelet materyali üzerinde travma tespiti ve yorumlamasının mümkün olduğu ve kırıkların iyileşme özelliklerinin bireylerin sağlık durumları hakkında bilgi sağladığı görüldü. Güllüdere kafataslarında izlenen plastik deformasyonun postmortem süreçte, kemiğin kolajen yapısını kaybetmediği zaman içerisinde, muhtemelen mezar dolgularından veya zaman içerisinde meydana gelen mezar çökmelerinden kaynaklanan basınçtan ötürü gerçeklemiş olabileceği sonucuna varıldı.

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