Artificial cranial modification on a female skeleton from the Byzantine site of Maroneia (Thrace, Greece)

Tritsaroli, Paraskevi

doi:10.1002/oa.1153

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“…This cranial modification practice was widely distributed both geographically and temporally [1,49,51,[54][55][56]. Despite findings about the presence of ACD in Central Asia [57][58][59], in Near and Middle East [60][61][62], in Eastern [63][64][65][66][67], and Western Europe [68][69][70][71], ACD exhibits particularly high frequencies in the Americas as exemplified in [72][73][74], especially in the South-Central Andes [1,51,55,73,[75][76][77][78][79][80]. Regarding the effect that ACD has on the skull the available evidence shows that ACD is not confined to the calvaria but also affects the cranial base.…”

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Morphological consequences of artificial cranial deformation: Modularity and integration

Püschel

Frieß²,

Manríquez

2020

PLoS ONE

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The cranium is an anatomically complex structure. One source of its complexity is due to its modular organization. Cranial modules are distinct and partially independent units that interact substantially during ontogeny thus generating morphological integration. Artificial Cranial Deformation (ACD) occurs when the human skull is intentionally deformed, through the use of different deforming devices applied to the head while it is developing. Hence, ACD provides an interesting example to assess the degree to which biomechanical perturbations of the developing neurocranium impact on the degree of morphological integration in the skull as a whole. The main objective of this study was to assess how ACD affects the morphological integration of the skull. This was accomplished by comparing a sample of non-deformed crania and two sets of deformed crania (i.e. antero-posterior and oblique). Both developmental and static modularity and integration were assessed through Generalized Procrustes Analysis by considering the symmetric and asymmetric components of variation in adults, using 3D landmark coordinates as raw data. The presence of two developmental modules (i.e. viscero and neurocranium) in the skull was tested. Then, in order to understand how ACD affects morphological integration, the covariation pattern between the neuro and viscerocranium was examined in antero-posterior, oblique and non-deformed cranial categories using Partial Least-Squares. The main objective of this study was to assess how ACD affects the morphological integration of the skull. This was accomplished by comparing a sample of deformed (i.e. antero-posterior and oblique) and non-deformed crania. Hence, differences in integration patterns were compared between groups. The obtained results support the modular organization of the human skull in the two analyzed modules. The integration analyses show that the oblique ACD style differentially affects the static morphological integration of the skull by increasing the covariance between neuro and viscerocranium in a more constrained way than in antero-posterior and non-deformed skulls. In addition, the antero-posterior ACD style seems to affect the developmental integration of the skull by directing the covariation pattern in a more defined manner as compared to the other cranial categories.

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Morphological consequences of artificial cranial deformation: Modularity and integration

Püschel

Frieß²,

Manríquez

2020

PLoS ONE

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“…Auriculo-bregmatic height is the height measured from the porion (po) to bregma (b) by taking the head in the Frankfurt Horizontal Plane. Tritsarol (18) reported this measurement as 128±6.9 mm, and Todd ( 19) reported as 115.2±0.3 mm. In our study, this height was measured as 109.71±4.00 mm.…”

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Evaluation of craniometric measurements in human skulls

Ulcay

Kamaşak

2021

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine

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Aim:We aimed to provide a source of information that could contribute to the determination of normal values in our country and to reveal possible variations by comparing our results with the literature. Material and Method:Our study was carried out on 60 skulls of unknown gender and age found in the Laboratory of the Department of Anatomy. Measurements were made directly on the skull using an inelastic and soft measuring tape, Holtain Harpenden anthropometric set, and a digital sliding caliper (Mitutoyo). In our study, using direct anthropometric measurement techniques, the measurements of the head and face regions were taken by a single researcher three times and their averages were calculated. 19 anthropometric points were determined and used for 22 measurements.Results: As a result of our study, the head and face data were generally lower than the literature. Apertura piriformis height (APH), orbital length (OL) and orbital width (d-ec) results were compared as left and right asymmetry percentages, respectively; it was calculated as 1.35, 0.25, 0.26. Left measurement results were found more than right side. Conclusion:In our study, it was observed that the mean values of skulls in our country were generally lower than those of other studies in the literature. At the same time, we think that comparing data with different nationalities will be important in determining the structural craniometric properties for social diversity. In addition, we believe that our findings will shed light on future research.

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“…The biological profle and, by extension, the social and cultural attributes of women from various archaeological contexts in Greek Αntiquity 3 have been addressed in the bioarchaeological literature very recently, but still remains a largely unexplored feld of research. The risk of death during pregnancy, differential access to foodstuffs by men and women, modifcation of anterior teeth when these were used as a third-hand in spinning thread, occurrence of markers of occupational stress suggestive of squatting found on female skeletons, and evidence of ancient slavery and artifcial cranial modifcation 4 are some of the skeletal and biological features evoked in these works. DOI: 10.4324/9781003014058-11…”

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Ordinary women in Byzantine funerary contexts from Greece; a view from the bones

Tritsaroli¹

2022

Secular Byzantine Women

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Artificial cranial modification on a female skeleton from the Byzantine site of Maroneia (Thrace, Greece)

Cited by 5 publications

References 39 publications

Morphological consequences of artificial cranial deformation: Modularity and integration

Morphological consequences of artificial cranial deformation: Modularity and integration

Evaluation of craniometric measurements in human skulls

Ordinary women in Byzantine funerary contexts from Greece; a view from the bones

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