SEXUAL FEATURES OF LINEAR AND ANGULAR INDEXES OF SKULL OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE QUARTER OF IXA OF NORTHLAND OF KHERSONES IN ХIII-ХIV CENTURIES A.D.

Abstract

It was the aim of this study to investigate variability of cranial linear and angular marks in the neuro- and viscero-cranium of 11 normal and 7 artificially deformed skulls of adult individuals who lived in the the quarter of IXa of northland of Khersones in ХIII-ХIV centuries A.D. in relation to sexual features. Linear and angular marks were measured on a lateral roentgenograms between the following points: Ba, B, v, g, L, N, op, or, Pr, S, Fca.The mean value (M), standard quadratic deviation (sd), standard error of mean (m), coefficient of variation (C) were determined. Statistical analysis between groups was carried out using the Manna-Whitney test. A great number of linear and angular marks can be classified on the degree of variations into 3 groups with low, middle and high variation. Similar for a group with low variation were next marks: G-Op, S-Pr, Ba-B, Ba-V, S-B, S-Fca, S-N, S-Or, N-S-B, N-S-L, N-S-Ba, S-Ba-O, S-N-Pr, N-Pr-S in normal skulls, and S-N, S-Fca, S-B, Ba-V, S-L, S-Pr, S-Or, Pr-N, Pr-Or, G-Op, Ba-B, N-S-Ba, N-S-L, N-Pr-S, S-N-Pr, S-Ba-O in artificially deformed skulls. The most studied craniometric indexes are not had reliable distinctions depending on a sex (at P<0.05), except for the indexes of S-Pr and B-Ba in normal skulls and S-Or and S-Ba in artificially deformed skulls.