Odontological features of Italians and Italian-Russian mestizos

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2021-53-1/183-201

Authors

  • Kharlamova, N.V. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
  • Zini, S. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
  • Khaldeeva, N.I. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
  • Khokhlov, N.V. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS

Keywords:

Italians of Crimea, non-metric dental traits, physical anthropology, inter-ethnic marriage

Abstract

The article is devoted to the dental morphology of the so-called “Italians of Crimea”. They represent a group of descendants of Italian migrants, who moved to the Black Sea and Sea of Azov regions, to the Crimean peninsula in particular, in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.  The data were collected in the city of Kerch, during field works conducted by S. Zini and N.V. Khokhlov in 2016–2019. The dental wax casts were described according to the A.A. Zubov system. The expression of dental non-metric traits falls into the variation of the Caucasoid (Western) dental complex with some traits that are more frequent among Mongoloid populations: deflecting wrinkle, odontogliphic patterns – 2 med III, 2 pa/pr 3, 1prd/1med 3. The specificity of the collected material and the actual absence of comparative data do not allow us to draw any particular conclusions about the exact origins of the migration flows and ancestors of the modern Italians of Crimea. At the same time, the detailed data on the dental morphology of the Italians of Crimea facilitate further studies of the descendants of the Italians who migrated to Russia, provide material to discuss issues related to biological integration and assimilation based on physical anthropology data.

For Citation: Kharlamova N.V, Zini Stefania,., Khaldeeva N.I., Khokhlov N.V. Nonmetric dental traits of the descendants of Italians in Crimea: a preliminary study. Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii) 1 (53): 183–201

Author Biographies

  • Kharlamova, N.V., Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS

    PhD in hist, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS (Moscow, Russia).

  • Zini, S., Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS

    Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS (Moscow, RF).

  • Khaldeeva, N.I., Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS

    Doctor of hist., Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS (Moscow, RF).

  • Khokhlov, N.V., Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS

    Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS (Moscow, RF).

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Published

18.03.2021

Issue

№ 1 (53) 2021

Section

Physical anthropology