Biologia scheletrica e paleopatologia del gruppo umano dell'Età del Ferro di Polizzello (Mussomeli-CL)

STUDIO ANTROPOLOGICO SUL GRUPPO UMANO DI POLIZZELLO (MUSSOMELI-CALTANISSETTA)

Variabilità morfometrica delle popolazioni della Sicilia occidentale, dal Mesolitico al Tardo Medioevo

La Bioarcheologia umana: problematiche e prospettive

Analisi morfometrica su un cranio neolitico rinvenuto nella grotta Abisso del Vento (Isnello, Palermo).

Fatal cranial injury in an individual from Messina (Sicily) during the times of the Roman Empire.

Forensic and archaeological examinations of human skeletons can provide us with evidence of violence. In this paper, we present the patterns of two cranial lesions found on an adult male (T173) buried in a grave in the necropolis ‘Isolato 96’, Messina, Sicily, dating back to the Roman Empire (1st century BC - 1st century AD). The skull reveals two perimortem traumatic lesions, one produced by a sharp object on the right parietal bone and the other one on the left parietal bone, presumably the result of a fall. The interpretation of fracture patterns found in this cranium are an illustration of how forensic approaches can be applied with great benefit to archaeological specimens. 2013 Elsevi…

Una nuova sepoltura mesolitica al Riparo dell'Uzzo (Trapani)

The Cave of Vecchiuzzo: anthropology, paleopathology and hierarchy of the human group with a statistical overview (Petralia Sottana – Palermo, Italy)

Lo scavo della Grotta del Vecchiuzzo fu il primo effettuato nelle Madonie (Sicilia centrooccidentale). Fin dalla sua scoperta avvenuta per mano di Collisani e Carapezza nel 1936, il ritrovamento di manufatti nel vano principale indicò che la grotta era stata abitata. Gli scavi, effettuati a partire dal 1937, indicarono che la grotta era stata adibita ad abitazione o forse a santuario e che era stata abitata intorno al terzo millennio a.C. I resti scheletrici, attribuiti ad almeno quindici individui, sono stati studiati dal punto di vista antropologico, antropometrico e paleopatologico, combinando metodologie tradizionali a quelle più moderne. Sui dati odontometrici raccolti è stata effettua…

Presenza di Osteoartrite in un campione scheletrico proveniente da una necropoli paleocristiana di Marsala (Italia)

TAFONOMIA E ANTROPOLOGIA FORENSE SU REPERTI SCHELETRICI RINVENUTI SULL'ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE (PALERMO-ITALIA)

TENDENZA ALLA GRACILIZZAZIONE NEI GRUPPI UMANI SICILIANI ARCAICI

TRE SITI MINORI DEL PANORAMA PREISTORICO DELLA SICILIA OCCIDENTALE. GROTTA DEL PORCOSPINO (VILLAFRATI, PA), GROTTA DEL FERRARO (MONTE PELLEGRINO, PA), ABISSO DEL VENTO (ISNELLO, PA).

CRIBRA ORBITALIA AND ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA OF THE IRON-AGE (IX-VII CENTURIES B.C.) HUMAN GROUP OF POLIZZELLO (SICILY)

Ecology, morphometry, and genetics of the Palaeo-Mesolithic human remains of Grotta d'Oriente, Favignana (Italy)

New data on Sicilian prehistoric and historic evolution in a mountain context, Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Italy)

Vallone Inferno rock-shelter is an archaeological site located in the Madonie mountain range in Sicily. Archaeological excavation and research have provided a long prehistoric and historic sequence from the Neolithic to the medieval period, this being the most complete work in this area at present. In this paper we present the preliminary data provided by a multidisciplinary study based on pottery, lithic, human, faunal and plant remains. Stratigraphic studies have identified four complexes, of which complex 3 has provided almost all the archaeological remains. 14C AMS dates, obtained from four samples, place the human activities between 2601 cal BC and 644 cal AD. These dates are coherent …

Dati preliminari sui reperti umani di Montepetroso, Palermo (Collezione Correnti)

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS OF THE BEHAVIOUR IN TWO CAPTIVE CHIMPANZEES (PAN TROGLODYTES) AT BIOPARCO (CARINI, PALERMO)

Early human peopling of Sicily: Evidence from the Mesolithic skeletal remains from Grotta d'Oriente

The site of Grotta d'Oriente, Island of Favignana, Sicily has yielded the complete skeleton of an adult female (OB) dated to the Mesolithic age. The cranial morphometry of this individual can provide us with some useful information about the peopling of Sicily in the Early Holocene period.Morphological affinities of OB and other Sicilian Mesolithic specimens were assessed to verify hypotheses concerning the early peopling of Sicily.Craniofacial metric data were employed in a comparative analysis with European Upper Palaeolithic (UP), Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Copper/Bronze age samples, and contemporary Italians. Both a model-free and a model-bound approach were used not only to calculate c…

Origin and Diet of the Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers on the Mediterranean Island of Favignana (Ègadi Islands, Sicily)

Hunter-gatherers living in Europe during the transition from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene intensified food acquisition by broadening the range of resources exploited to include marine taxa. However, little is known on the nature of this dietary change in the Mediterranean Basin. A key area to investigate this issue is the archipelago of the Ègadi Islands, most of which were connected to Sicily until the early Holocene. The site of Grotta d'Oriente, on the present-day island of Favignana, was occupied by hunter-gatherers when Postglacial environmental changes were taking place (14,000-7,500 cal BP). Here we present the results of AMS radiocarbon dating, palaeogenetic and isotopic ana…

SKELETAL BIOLOGY AND PALAEODEMOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-AGE HUMAN GROUP OF POLIZZELLO (MUSSOMELI-CL)

Miosite traumatica ossificante e suo valore diagnostico in un caso di Antropologia forense.

ANALISI METRICA E MORFOMETRICA DI UN CAMPIONE DI CRANI DELLE CATACOMBE DEI CAPPUCCINI DI PALERMO

Gli inumati di Cozzo Sorbo. Nota Paleobiologica

AN UNUSUAL CASE OF COMMINGLED HUMAN REMAINS FROM ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE (PALERMO, ITALY)

I resti scheletrici della grotta di S. Teodoro presso il Museo Gemmellaro di Palermo: il nuovo restauro conservativo di ST2

The work describes the restoration of the cranium ST2 of the Epipalaeolithic site of S. Teodoro, Sicily. This restoration has been conducted in accordance to modern criteria of conservation limiting the integrative and reconstructive interpretation to the minimum. After the restauration ST2 has been morphologically described and measured. The fortuitous recovery of a left incus bone allowed its morphological and metrical description.

EARLY HOLOCENE HUMAN DISPERSAL IN SICILY, ANALYSIS OF CRANIAL REMAINS FROM FAVIGNANA (EGADI ISLANDS)

OLD WORLD NEOGENE PRIMATES: DISCUSSION OVER AN UPDATED DATABASE

IL SITO DI SHIYUK TAHTANI: DATI ANTROPOLOGICI DALLA CAMPAGNA DI SCAVO 2009

Ecologia, morfometria e genetica dei reperti paleo-mesolitici di Grotta D'Oriente (Favignana, TP)

ODONTOMETRY AND SEX DETERMINATION: A TEST ON ANCIENT SICILIAN HUMAN REMAINS

A Revised Sex Assessment of the Epigravettian Human Remain ST1 from San Teodoro Cave (Messina, Sicily)

Bias in skeletal sexing is well known and depends upon the completeness of the skeletal remains. The problem is very hard concerning prehistorical remains. We applied ‘Visual methods’ and ‘Probabilistic Sex Diagnosis’ (DSP) on the coxal bones on the Epigravettian skeleton (ST1) from San Teodoro (Messina, Sicily). On the basis of cranial characters and the overall robustness of the postcranial skeleton, it was suggested, since the time of the discovery, a male sex for ST1. This determination was later modified on the basis of the pelvic girdle morphology, and the skeleton was attributed the female sex for many years by large consensus. Our results indicate without ambiguity that ST1 is a mal…

Antropologia scheletrica dei reperti della grotta del Porcospino, Villafrati, Palermo