Reconstruction of the physical type of the late medieval Crieman Tatars of the Kerch Peninsula

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2020-52-4/269-281

Abstract

The article provides a comprehensive paleoanthropological analysis of the population from the Bieli necropolis (Kerch, Republic of Crimea). This sample is of great interest in connection with the study of the Crimean Tatars ethnogenesis. The work features a craniological characteristic of the late medieval Crimean Tatars and reconstructions of the face based on the skull by the method of M.M. Gerasimov. Particular attention is paid to the reconstruction of the physical appearance of a given population. High infant mortality and a low indicator of the average life expectancy of the population were revealed, which reflects general low well-being in the studied group.

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