PENZA POPULATION IN 17TH – 18TH CENTURIES ON THE BASIS OF CRANIOLOGY DATA
Keywords:
Penza, craniology, population, morphological featuresAbstract
A large accumulation of human bones was discovered during the construction work at the Soviet Square of Penza in May 2010. These bones belonged to the population of the 17th – 18th centuries. The skulls from this collection were examined. Morphological features and the degree of morphological homogeneity were identified. A series of skulls are Caucasian. A minor morphological heterogeneity was observed. The craniological data of the Penza series was compared with the materials from other regions of Eastern Europe. The Penza series was generally similar to the other Russian craniological series. However, the Penza sculls had
tendency towards the reduction of the nose projection angle. It can be a result of participation of the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Volga region in the formation of the Penza population.
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