Portraits of Medieval Inhabitants of Vologda. Anthropological Reconstruction of Appearance

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2023-2/291-307

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: антропологическая реконструкция внешности, население средневековой Вологды, словесный портрет

Abstract

The biological variability of the population can be clearly shown in portraits reconstructed from crania that come from close burial grounds. Such image galleries give an idea of the range of variations in the main proportions of the head and the variability of different traits. Contour and graphic reconstructions, full-face and profile, were performed on eight skulls representing Vologda’s medieval population. The cranial material comes from three burial grounds: 1) cemetery at Park Lane, 12 (13th‑16th centuries) — three male and one female skulls; 2) burials at the south side of St. Sophia Cathedral (14th‑16th centuries) — 1 skull; 3) cemetery at Burmaginykh Str., 34 — two burials, male and female (15th‑16th centuries) and one male burial (17th century). Hairstyles, clothes and jewelry were designed based on the realities of the corresponding time period. The article also provides verbal portraits of each individual and the calculated lifetime body length and constitutional type of some individuals.

Author Biographies

  • Elizaveta Veselovskaya, The Russian Academy of Sciences N.N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology

    Veselovskaya, Elizaveta V. – Dr. of History, Prof. of Russian State University for the Humanities; Leading researcher, the Russian Academy of Sciences N. N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: veselovskaya.e.v@yandex.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2932-9884

  • Tatiana Panteleeva, Vologda State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve

    Panteleeva, Tatiana A. –  Senior Researcher of the Department of Funds, the Vologda Region Budget Educational Institution of Culture «Vologda State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve» (Vologda, Russian Federation). E-mail: panteleeva081266@mail.ru

  • Yulia Rashkovskaya (Pelenitsyna), The Russian Academy of Sciences N.N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology

    Rashkovskaya (Pelenitsyna), Yulia V. –  Trainee Researcher, the Russian Academy of Sciences N. N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: j.pelenitsyna@gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3378-9151

  • Egor Krykov, Russian State University for the Humanities

    Krykov, Egor A. –  Master in Russian State University for the Humanities, Trainee Researcher, the Russian Academy of Sciences N. N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: theeternalglow@mail.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8104-8353

    For Citation: Veselovskaya, E. V., T. F., Panteleeva, Yu. V., Rashkovskaya (Pelenitsyna) and E. A. Krykov. 2023. Portraits of Medieval Inhabitants of Vologda. Anthropological Reconstruction of Appearance. Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii). 2: 291–307.

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Published

01.06.2023

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No. 2 (2023): Herald of Anthropology

Section

Physical anthropology