Склад населення, похованого на могильнику скіфської доби біля м. Світловодськ (за матеріалами краніології)

• Published in: Археологія і давня історія України
• Date: 2021
• Main Authors: Круц, С.І., Рудич, Т.О.
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: Інститут археології НАН України 2021
• Subjects: Антропологія
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/187527
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Склад населення, похованого на могильнику скіфської доби біля м. Світловодськ (за матеріалами краніології) / С.І. Круц, Т.О. Рудич // Археологія і давня історія України: Зб. наук. пр. — К.: ІА НАН України, 2021. — Вип. 3 (40). — С. 282-292. — Бібліогр.: 24 назв. — укр.

У статті подається попередня інформація стосовно краніологічного матеріалу з розкопок скіфського могильника біля м. Світловодськ та аналізується склад його населення в колі скіфських груп
 з території України. The anthropological composition of the population
 buried at the cemetery of the Scythian Age near Svitlovodsk
 city (Kirovograd region) is analyzed in the paper.
 The burial ground is located on the border of the
 Forest-Steppe and Steppe Zones of the Right Bank of
 the Dnieper. The anthropological material under study
 comes from cemetery without mounds. Archaeologists
 date the main massif of burials to the 4th century BC.
 The anthropological composition of the population that
 was buried at this burial ground was not homogenous.
 The male series of skulls is characterized by a long,
 medium-wide, high, dolichocranic skull. The face is of
 medium size, it is mesognathic. The horizontal profile of
 the face at the upper level is medium, but with a tendency
 to the sharp; at the middle level, the face is strongly
 profiled. The orbital and nasal indexes are medium. The
 bones of the nose are moderately protruding.
 The average characteristics of the male population
 fit into the range of variations of the Scythian series.
 The male series belongs morphologically and statistically
 to the circle of the steppe Scythian groups. The
 male group from the burial ground near the city of
 Svitlovodsk is close to the series from the Nikolaevka
 burial ground on the Dnister River, the group of skulls
 from the burial mounds near the village of Shirokoe
 (Left Bank of the Dnieper River), the group of skulls
 from the burial mounds near the village of Vyshchetarassivka,
 a series of skulls from the Mykhailivka
 burial ground.
 Of the forest-steppe series, only the combined group
 of skulls from the Trypillya region is somewhat close
 to it.
 All these statistically and morphologically similar
 groups originate from different territories. This illustrates
 the specifics of the settlement and demonstrates
 the mobility of the Scythian groups.
 The female series from the burial ground is characterized
 by a long, narrow, medium-high skull, mesocranic
 in shape. The size of the face is small, it is mesognathic.
 The horizontal profile of the face at the upper
 level is moderate, at the zygomaxilar level it belongs to
 the category of sharp, but with a tendency to moderate.
 The orbital index is medium, the nasal index belongs to
 the large category. The bones of the nose are medium
 protruding.
 The female series from Svitlovodsk burial ground
 turns out to be the most gracile among the Scythian series
 in Ukraine. For this reason, it differs significantly
 from the entire massif of the steppe Scythian series.
 The closest to the Svitlovodsk series is a group from
 mounds near Nikopol.