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Preliminary Anthropological and Forensic Study of an Individual from Grave No 11 of Excavation CXLIX of Bolgar Settlement

Volkova E.V., Baranov V.S., Kiryagin K.V., Zholobov A.I., Sitdikov A.G. (Kazan, Russian Federation), Rakhmatullin N.R. (Almetyevsk, Russian Federation), Kalyanov V.A. (Kazan, Russian Federation)

UDC 572.08 + 616.7 902/904

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2023.4.46.97.112

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In this article the authors present preliminary data of the skeletal remains from the 11th burial of the CXLIX excavation in Bolgar fortified settlement. Unusual for medieval Bolgar burial rite attracted attention to this burial during the excavations in 2010. The authors provide the characteristics of the individual features of human remains according to the results of cranial- and osteoscopy, their description in accordance with the lifetime changes and postmotem preservation. In the course of research, it was found that the individual was male, age from 35 to 45 years old, the reconstructed body length was 158–163 cm in various methods. Paleopathological research and medical and forensic reconstruction revealed signs of ankylosing spondylitis and the fracture of the sub-language bone. Graphic and plastic reconstructions of the appearance by the M.M. Gerasimov’s method were performed, the non-metric traits of the skull of the studied individual were recorded.

Keywords

archaeologyphysical anthropologynon-metric traitstraumapathologyankylosing spondylitismedical-forensic reconstructionplastic reconstructionMiddle AgesBolgar

About the author(s)

Volkova Elizaveta V. Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; erminea.wolf@gmail.com

Baranov Vyacheslav S. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; sl.baranov@mail.ru

Kiryagin Konstantin V. Forensic Pathologis, the Volga region subsidiary of the Center of forensic expert, Investigating Committee of Russian Federation (Kazan, Russian Federation); kiryagin@mail.ru

Zholobov Albert I. Forensic Pathologist, State Autonomous Health-Care Agency «Republican Bureau for Forensic Medical Examination, Ministry of Health, Republic of Tatarstan» (Kazan, Russian Federation); Albert.Zholobov@tatar.ru.

Sitdikov Airat G. Academician of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Professor. Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420000, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; sitdikov_a@mail.ru

Rakhmatullin Nail R. Forensic Pathologist. Tatarstan Republic Bureau of Medical Jurisprudence expert examination. Shevchenko St., 112a, Almetyevsk, 423461, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; dr.rakhmatullin@yandex.ru

Kalyanov Victor A. Forensic Pathologist. Kazan State Medical University. Butlerov Str., 49, Kazan, 420012, Russian Federation; black-dayver@mail.ru