Bioarchaeological Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains of Iron Age from the Shirakavan Cemetery, Shirak Plateau, Armenia英文文献资料.docVIP

Advances in Anthropology 2012. Vol.2, No.4, 224-233 Published Online November 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/aa) /10.4236/aa.2012.24025 Bioarchaeological Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains of Iron Age from the Shirakavan Cemetery, Shirak Plateau, Armenia Anahit Yu. Khudaverdyan Institute of Archaeology and Еthnography National Academy of Science, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia Yerevan Email: ankhudaverdyan@, akhudaverdyan@mail.ru Received September 7 , 2012; revised October 4 , 2012; accepted October 15 , 2012 th th th This study introduces some diseases which occur among the population of Armenia in the Iron Age. Health issues in the individuals from Shirakavan provoked not by nutritional problems, but problems of infectious nature. The skeletal traumas of the inhabitants of the Shirak plateau are connected only with military conflicts. The results of this study are those that suggest strenuous labor for at least some indi- viduals, based on the presence of osteophytosis, osteoarthritis, enthesopathies, and Schmorl’s nodes. Grooves on the occlusal surfaces of teeth are observed in individuals and were most likely produced dur- ing the processing of fibers from plants and animals, for making items such as cordage and baskets. Keywords: Armenia; Iron Ages; Stress Markers; Trauma; Trepanation; Scalp; Degenerative Disease Introduction Lallo et al., 1977; Stuart-Macadam, 1992; Aufderheide Rod- riguez-Martin, 1998, Larsen, 1997). It is manifested as a wid- ening of the spongy diploe with a corresponding thinning of the outer cortical bone table resulting in the appearance of surface porosity. In severe cases there is a total obliteration of the bone surface with a lattice of trabecular overgrowth (Goodman et al., 1984; Ortner Putshar, 1985). These lesions either