Anthropological evaluation of Old Kingdom human burials from the pyramid field of Abusir

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11210/22:10455326

Result on the web

<a href="https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/175172" target="_blank" >https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/175172</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Anthropological evaluation of Old Kingdom human burials from the pyramid field of Abusir

Original language description

Anthropological research has been going on at the archaeological concession of the Czech Institute of Egyptology in Abusir for nearly 60 years. The first burials dated to the Old Kingdom, more specifically to the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties (2510-2365 BC), were found in 1976. Nevertheless, it has taken almost to the present time to gather more than two hundred skeletons needed to carry out a comprehensive study of the Abusir skeletal sample. This task was preceded by the creation of the AnuBase, an extensiveand detailed database of anthropological data, and by the acquisition of a suitable depository space where the human skeletal remains are stored.The present study focuses mainly on the paleodemographic profile of the individuals buried in Abusir cemeteries and the metric analysis of the skeletons dating to the Old Kingdom. The results revealed a lower number of buried females compared to males and very few subadults. Very pronounced sexual dimorphism was noted between the male and female skeletons in both skulls and the infra-cranial skeleton. Male crania are longer but lower than female crania, while females were characterized by higher faces. Although male long bones were longer and more robust than female ones, they do not differ in the proportionality of the upper and lower extremities. High sexual dimorphism in body height is consistent with the presumption of the higher status of individuals buried in Abusir. The results of both anthropological and paleodemographic analyses show a connection with the social status of the individuals in question. The low number of females buried in the cemeteries of Abusir and the almost missing subadults could indicate specific burial strategies in the area governed by strict rules. Future research should address these issues in detail.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Prague egyptological studies

ISSN

1214-3189

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

neuveden

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

54

Pages from-to

28-81

UT code for WoS article

999

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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