Anthropology  

Pererva E.V., Krivosheev M.V. (Volgograd, Russian Federation)

This paper represents an attempt to conduct a bioarchaeological study of the anthropological materials of the Late Sarmatian period from burials of the late 3^rd — 4^th c. AD in the Lower Volga Region. The examined group consisted of osteological remains of 24 individuals. The standard assessment program of skeletal pathological conditions and univariate and multivariate statistics methods were applied. The study has shown that the series from the late 3^rd — 4^th c. AD nomadic burials of the Lower Volga Region is generally compatible with the Sarmatian group of the late 2^nd — early 3^rd c. AD and that of the late Sarmatian time. Yet, there are identifiable differences in the late group, which must be related to negative factors associated with the environmental changes during that period.

Key words: Late Sarmatian culture, chronological periods, stress markers, pathology, enamel hypoplasia, porotic hyperostosis.

Pererva E.V.

Volgograd State University, prosp. Universitetsky, 100, Volgograd, 400062, Russian Federation

E-mail: evgeniy.pererva@volsu.ru

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8285-4461

Krivosheev M.V.

Volgograd State University, prosp. Universitetsky, 100, Volgograd, 400062, Russian Federation

E-mail: arhlab@volsu.ru

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4847-8209