Human Skeleton with Cranial Traumatism, Discovered in a 17th – 19th Century Necropolis of Iași City (Romania)
In this study, the authors present a human skeleton with cranial trauma discovered in a 17th–19th century necropolis of Iaşi City (Romania), during the 2022–2023 archaeological campaigns. Standard paleoanthropological methods, as well as stereomicroscopy and computed tomography were applied to ana...
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| author | Vasilica-Monica Groza George Bilavschi Ludmila Bacumenco-Pȋrnău Luminița Bejenaru Mariana Popovici Ozana-Maria Ciorpac-Petraru |
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| description | In this study, the authors present a human skeleton with cranial trauma discovered in a 17th–19th century necropolis of Iaşi City (Romania), during the 2022–2023 archaeological campaigns.
Standard paleoanthropological methods, as well as stereomicroscopy and computed tomography were applied to analyse this skeleton.
Results indicate that the skeleton belonged to an adult male of 30–35 years (i.e., young adult). The preservation status of the bones is satisfactory, the morphometrical data showing a general background of Europoid type, with the body height of 165.50 cm.
At skull level, on the right parietal bone, a large perforation (traumatism) was identified. In terms of healing, bone regeneration had begun, indicating that the subject survived after the impact, but not for long.
Dental calculus is present on mandibular teeth (i.e., all incisors, and canines), and maxillary ones (all incisors, and canines). Microdontia was also identified, at the upper right third molar (M3). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-63efa756580d42f7889d24d0b60622be2025-08-20T02:53:37ZengPublishing House of the Romanian AcademyMemoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy1224-14072343-70492024-11-01XLVII129140Human Skeleton with Cranial Traumatism, Discovered in a 17th – 19th Century Necropolis of Iași City (Romania)Vasilica-Monica Groza0George Bilavschi1Ludmila Bacumenco-Pȋrnău2Luminița Bejenaru3Mariana Popovici4Ozana-Maria Ciorpac-Petraru5“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Faculty of Biology, Romania; Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, “Olga Necrasov” Center of Anthropological Research“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Faculty of Biology, Romania; Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Institute of Archaeology“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Faculty of Biology, Romania; Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Institute of ArchaeologyAlexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Faculty of Biology, Romania; Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, “Olga Necrasov” Center of Anthropological Research“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Faculty of Biology, Romania; Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, “Olga Necrasov” Center of Anthropological Research“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Faculty of Biology, Romania; Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, “Olga Necrasov” Center of Anthropological ResearchIn this study, the authors present a human skeleton with cranial trauma discovered in a 17th–19th century necropolis of Iaşi City (Romania), during the 2022–2023 archaeological campaigns. Standard paleoanthropological methods, as well as stereomicroscopy and computed tomography were applied to analyse this skeleton. Results indicate that the skeleton belonged to an adult male of 30–35 years (i.e., young adult). The preservation status of the bones is satisfactory, the morphometrical data showing a general background of Europoid type, with the body height of 165.50 cm. At skull level, on the right parietal bone, a large perforation (traumatism) was identified. In terms of healing, bone regeneration had begun, indicating that the subject survived after the impact, but not for long. Dental calculus is present on mandibular teeth (i.e., all incisors, and canines), and maxillary ones (all incisors, and canines). Microdontia was also identified, at the upper right third molar (M3).http://mss.academiaromana-is.ro/mem_sc_st_2024/10.pdfhuman skeletoncranial traumatism17th–19th centuriesiași (romania) |
| spellingShingle | Vasilica-Monica Groza George Bilavschi Ludmila Bacumenco-Pȋrnău Luminița Bejenaru Mariana Popovici Ozana-Maria Ciorpac-Petraru Human Skeleton with Cranial Traumatism, Discovered in a 17th – 19th Century Necropolis of Iași City (Romania) Memoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy human skeleton cranial traumatism 17th–19th centuries iași (romania) |
| title | Human Skeleton with Cranial Traumatism, Discovered in a 17th – 19th Century Necropolis of Iași City (Romania) |
| title_full | Human Skeleton with Cranial Traumatism, Discovered in a 17th – 19th Century Necropolis of Iași City (Romania) |
| title_fullStr | Human Skeleton with Cranial Traumatism, Discovered in a 17th – 19th Century Necropolis of Iași City (Romania) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human Skeleton with Cranial Traumatism, Discovered in a 17th – 19th Century Necropolis of Iași City (Romania) |
| title_short | Human Skeleton with Cranial Traumatism, Discovered in a 17th – 19th Century Necropolis of Iași City (Romania) |
| title_sort | human skeleton with cranial traumatism discovered in a 17th 19th century necropolis of iasi city romania |
| topic | human skeleton cranial traumatism 17th–19th centuries iași (romania) |
| url | http://mss.academiaromana-is.ro/mem_sc_st_2024/10.pdf |
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