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Papers by Borislava Galabova
ANCIENT THRACE: MYTH AND REALITY. THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THRACOLOGY KAZANLAK, SEPTEMBER 3 – 7, 2017, 2022
Preliminary publication of a representative part of the anthropological material found during the... more Preliminary publication of a representative part of the anthropological material found during the rescue excavations of the Dren - Delyan necropolis.
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, 2019
The discovery of imprints of human hands and feet in various archaeological sites and on material... more The discovery of imprints of human hands and feet in various archaeological sites and on materials is extremely rare. Even rarer are the studies of these traces for personal identification. The current article concerns the analysis of a human handprint on a brick, unearthed in a tile kiln, excavated during 2017. The main goal is not only to establish the age and sex of the person left his mark but to pay particular attention to the possibilities of these type of anthropological investigations in the research of the ancient man. The handprint belongs to the right hand. It is preserved partly from second to fifth fingers. The values of the imprint give us reason to assume that the hand on the brick from the village of Ploski belongs to a child aged between 6 and 7 (Infans I/Infans II), most probably a boy (?).
Oltenia. Studii și comunicări. Arheologie-Istorie, 2015
by Oltenia IstorieArheologie, Marius Bâsceanu, Popescu-Vava Lucian, Borislava Galabova, Cristiana Tataru, Silviu - Constantin Nedelcu, Maria Gabriela Groza, popovici sabin, Cătălin Borangic, Popescu Irina, and Mircea Cristian Pricop
OLTENIA STUDII ŞI COMUNICĂRI. ARHEOLOGIE-ISTORIE, 2017
by Borislava Galabova, Francesca Candilio, Michael Francken, Raiko Krauß, Philipp Wolfgang Stockhammer, Isil Kucukkalipci, Darko Komšo, Alexandra Kozak, Catalin A Lazar, Pavel (Cristi) Mirea, T. Douglas Price, Angela Simalcsik, Sineo Luca, Andrej Starovic, Frederique C Valentin, Sergey Vasilyev, Joško Zaninović, Bisserka Gaydarska, Alexey G Nikitin, and Inna Potekhina
To view the full article text and supplements, visit the link: https://rdcu.be/5WSc. Farming w... more To view the full article text and supplements, visit the link: https://rdcu.be/5WSc.
Farming was first introduced to Europe in the mid-seventh millennium BC, and was associated with migrants from Anatolia who settled in the southeast before spreading throughout Europe. Here, to understand the dynamics of this process, we analysed genome-wide ancient DNA data from 225 individuals who lived in southeastern Europe and surrounding regions between 12000 and 500 BC. We document a west–east cline of ancestry in indigenous hunter-gatherers and, in Eastern Europe, the early stages in the formation of Bronze Age steppe ancestry. We show that the first farmers of northern and western Europe dispersed through southeastern Europe with limited hunter-gatherer admixture, but that some early groups in the southeast mixed extensively with hunter-gatherers without the sex-biased admixture that prevailed later in the north and west. We also show that southeastern Europe continued to be a nexus between east and west after the arrival of farmers, with intermittent genetic contact with steppe populations occurring up to 2,000 years earlier than the migrations from the steppe that ultimately replaced much of the population of northern Europe.
Field anthropological investigations aimed analysis, documentation and preservation of human rema... more Field anthropological investigations aimed analysis, documentation and preservation of human remains in studied archeological contexts. Preliminary results give data about age and sex of individuals. Some pathological changes are registered, in one case is supposed incomplete trepanation. Chalcolithic layer of Kozareva mogila provides one more roundel. Grave dated in Ottoman period provided situation of skeletal remains pointing to criminal event or punishment act.
In this paper are summarized the results of anthropological study of 129 skeletons from different... more In this paper are summarized the results of anthropological study of 129 skeletons from different periods. The
investigated bone materials are dated from the Early Bronze Age to the Ottoman period. The age, sex, height and weight
of individuals were estimated. The traces of various diseases were registered on the bones.
As the researched sites are numerous, some of the results are included in fig.1.
Diseases of the jaw apparatus are with the greatest frequency than the established pathological alterations on the
skull. A number of pathological changes, including traces of traumas were revealed on the postcranial skeletons.
A trace of healing dental technique on the mandible (cutting of bone, trepanation) was registered in a juvenile
individual from the site 2 of Sofia’s north high speed ring road, Benkovski quarter. This find is unique for Bulgaria at
this stage of anthropological researches.
The investigations in Sboryanovo in 2015 were carried out in accordance with the program of the B... more The investigations in Sboryanovo in 2015 were carried out in accordance with the program of the Bulgarian-Swiss project “Sboryanovo: Necropolises and Territory”. Twelve specialists and 16 students participated in the investigations that included the study of the ditch of the tumulus 30, geological and lithological investigations and observations on the profiles, archaeozoological and bioanthropological studies, 3D and photogrammetric documentation.
The work presents the anthropological analysis of the 23 graves from Late Bronze Age to Early Iro... more The work presents the anthropological analysis of the 23 graves from Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age
discovered between 2010 and 2013 in the necropolis of prehistoric settlement near village of Baley, Vidin District. The
only burial practices are cremations. The partial skeletal remains of thirty three individuals were recovered. Basic
osteological analysis of the individuals which includes determining of sex and age at death was undertaken.
Dialogue d'Histoire Ancienne n° 40.2 (2014), p. 241-256
In: Археологически открития и разкопки през 2012 г. София, 2013, 494-497/Arheologicheski otkritiya i razkopki prez 2012 g. Sofia, 2013, 494-497.
Ya. Ivanov, Ch. Lalov, G. Radoslavova, B. Galabova, M. Popova, A. Manev, S. Kuleva, D. Kostov. Ex... more Ya. Ivanov, Ch. Lalov, G. Radoslavova, B. Galabova, M. Popova, A. Manev, S. Kuleva, D. Kostov. Excavations at Site No. 4 on Hemus Highway (km. 345 + 380 - km. 345 + 440). Stage II (in Bulgarian).
In: Археологически открития и разкопки през 2012 г. София, 2013, 109-111/Arheologicheski otkritiya i razkopki prez 2012 g. Sofia, 2013, 109-111.
Ya. Ivanov, G. Radoslavova, Ch. Lalov, B. Galabova, M. Popova, D. Kostov, Tz. Popova, R. Zlateva.... more Ya. Ivanov, G. Radoslavova, Ch. Lalov, B. Galabova, M. Popova, D. Kostov, Tz. Popova, R. Zlateva. Excavations at Site No. 4 on Hemus Highway (km. 345 + 380 - km. 345 + 440). Stage I (in Bulgarian).
Rescue archaeological excavations were undertaken in the locality of St. Spas situated in the Var... more Rescue archaeological excavations were undertaken in the locality of St. Spas situated in the Varosh
Quarter, town of Pernik in 2003 and 2004. A sector of wide necropolis was examined, which had been
in use within the periods of the 11th-12th and the 14th-19th c. The 2014 field season excavated fifty-one
burial pits with inhumation, dated in 15th-19th c. Bone remains of a total eighty-seven individuals were
identified. The aim of present study comprised identifying the age and sex of buried and the pathological
changes on postcranial skeletal in the series of the necropolis. The percentage distribution between
adults and subadults is almost equal but children in early childhood prevail. Pathological changes were
observed in 31.51% of the postcranial skeletons: 65.22% were males, 30.43% were females and 4.35%
unsexed individuals (a child). Fractures, arthritis, pathology on the limbs, vertebral pathology, ossified
insertionitis and myositis were registered.
Conference presentations by Borislava Galabova
Poster presented at XX National Congress of the Bulgarian Anatomical Society and IX International... more Poster presented at XX National Congress of the Bulgarian Anatomical Society and IX International Symposium of Clinical Anatomy, September 30 - October 2, 2011, Varna.
This study summarizes the results of anthropological studies of more than 300 skeletons from different periods (from the Early Bronze Age - 3200 BC to the Revival period), excavated during the archaeological survey of five mounds in the area of Bratya Dyaskalovi Municipality. The number of investigated skeletons from different ages is not equable. The received data from anthropological analysis make possible to outline the general picture about the health of the population inhabiting this region from Early Bronze Age to the Revival period. The determination of age and sex was made on the basis of fundamental anthropological methods - a growth of the dentition, fusion of cranial sutures and epiphysis, pelvic features, anthropological observations on cranial and postcranial skeletons and metrical dimensions of individual bones. This report focuses on paleopathological changes caused by different diseases in postcranial skeleton of the investigated buried from the region.
Traces of degenerative-dystrophic diseases (spondylitis, spondylarthrosis, arthrosis and arthritis) are most common in all studied bone remains as the vertebrae are most affected. These changes are observed not only in old adults but in those under 40 years. Other less frequently occurring pathological changes are osteochondrosis; enthesopathies; myositis ossificans. Deformation of the lower limbs bones, most likely caused by rickets is found in an individual about 10 years and in one juvenile about 14-15 years. On the bones of several skeletons were recognised traces of healed trauma. Rare skeletal abnormalities and variations have also presented.
ANCIENT THRACE: MYTH AND REALITY. THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THRACOLOGY KAZANLAK, SEPTEMBER 3 – 7, 2017, 2022
Preliminary publication of a representative part of the anthropological material found during the... more Preliminary publication of a representative part of the anthropological material found during the rescue excavations of the Dren - Delyan necropolis.
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, 2019
The discovery of imprints of human hands and feet in various archaeological sites and on material... more The discovery of imprints of human hands and feet in various archaeological sites and on materials is extremely rare. Even rarer are the studies of these traces for personal identification. The current article concerns the analysis of a human handprint on a brick, unearthed in a tile kiln, excavated during 2017. The main goal is not only to establish the age and sex of the person left his mark but to pay particular attention to the possibilities of these type of anthropological investigations in the research of the ancient man. The handprint belongs to the right hand. It is preserved partly from second to fifth fingers. The values of the imprint give us reason to assume that the hand on the brick from the village of Ploski belongs to a child aged between 6 and 7 (Infans I/Infans II), most probably a boy (?).
Oltenia. Studii și comunicări. Arheologie-Istorie, 2015
by Oltenia IstorieArheologie, Marius Bâsceanu, Popescu-Vava Lucian, Borislava Galabova, Cristiana Tataru, Silviu - Constantin Nedelcu, Maria Gabriela Groza, popovici sabin, Cătălin Borangic, Popescu Irina, and Mircea Cristian Pricop
OLTENIA STUDII ŞI COMUNICĂRI. ARHEOLOGIE-ISTORIE, 2017
by Borislava Galabova, Francesca Candilio, Michael Francken, Raiko Krauß, Philipp Wolfgang Stockhammer, Isil Kucukkalipci, Darko Komšo, Alexandra Kozak, Catalin A Lazar, Pavel (Cristi) Mirea, T. Douglas Price, Angela Simalcsik, Sineo Luca, Andrej Starovic, Frederique C Valentin, Sergey Vasilyev, Joško Zaninović, Bisserka Gaydarska, Alexey G Nikitin, and Inna Potekhina
To view the full article text and supplements, visit the link: https://rdcu.be/5WSc. Farming w... more To view the full article text and supplements, visit the link: https://rdcu.be/5WSc.
Farming was first introduced to Europe in the mid-seventh millennium BC, and was associated with migrants from Anatolia who settled in the southeast before spreading throughout Europe. Here, to understand the dynamics of this process, we analysed genome-wide ancient DNA data from 225 individuals who lived in southeastern Europe and surrounding regions between 12000 and 500 BC. We document a west–east cline of ancestry in indigenous hunter-gatherers and, in Eastern Europe, the early stages in the formation of Bronze Age steppe ancestry. We show that the first farmers of northern and western Europe dispersed through southeastern Europe with limited hunter-gatherer admixture, but that some early groups in the southeast mixed extensively with hunter-gatherers without the sex-biased admixture that prevailed later in the north and west. We also show that southeastern Europe continued to be a nexus between east and west after the arrival of farmers, with intermittent genetic contact with steppe populations occurring up to 2,000 years earlier than the migrations from the steppe that ultimately replaced much of the population of northern Europe.
Field anthropological investigations aimed analysis, documentation and preservation of human rema... more Field anthropological investigations aimed analysis, documentation and preservation of human remains in studied archeological contexts. Preliminary results give data about age and sex of individuals. Some pathological changes are registered, in one case is supposed incomplete trepanation. Chalcolithic layer of Kozareva mogila provides one more roundel. Grave dated in Ottoman period provided situation of skeletal remains pointing to criminal event or punishment act.
In this paper are summarized the results of anthropological study of 129 skeletons from different... more In this paper are summarized the results of anthropological study of 129 skeletons from different periods. The
investigated bone materials are dated from the Early Bronze Age to the Ottoman period. The age, sex, height and weight
of individuals were estimated. The traces of various diseases were registered on the bones.
As the researched sites are numerous, some of the results are included in fig.1.
Diseases of the jaw apparatus are with the greatest frequency than the established pathological alterations on the
skull. A number of pathological changes, including traces of traumas were revealed on the postcranial skeletons.
A trace of healing dental technique on the mandible (cutting of bone, trepanation) was registered in a juvenile
individual from the site 2 of Sofia’s north high speed ring road, Benkovski quarter. This find is unique for Bulgaria at
this stage of anthropological researches.
The investigations in Sboryanovo in 2015 were carried out in accordance with the program of the B... more The investigations in Sboryanovo in 2015 were carried out in accordance with the program of the Bulgarian-Swiss project “Sboryanovo: Necropolises and Territory”. Twelve specialists and 16 students participated in the investigations that included the study of the ditch of the tumulus 30, geological and lithological investigations and observations on the profiles, archaeozoological and bioanthropological studies, 3D and photogrammetric documentation.
The work presents the anthropological analysis of the 23 graves from Late Bronze Age to Early Iro... more The work presents the anthropological analysis of the 23 graves from Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age
discovered between 2010 and 2013 in the necropolis of prehistoric settlement near village of Baley, Vidin District. The
only burial practices are cremations. The partial skeletal remains of thirty three individuals were recovered. Basic
osteological analysis of the individuals which includes determining of sex and age at death was undertaken.
Dialogue d'Histoire Ancienne n° 40.2 (2014), p. 241-256
In: Археологически открития и разкопки през 2012 г. София, 2013, 494-497/Arheologicheski otkritiya i razkopki prez 2012 g. Sofia, 2013, 494-497.
Ya. Ivanov, Ch. Lalov, G. Radoslavova, B. Galabova, M. Popova, A. Manev, S. Kuleva, D. Kostov. Ex... more Ya. Ivanov, Ch. Lalov, G. Radoslavova, B. Galabova, M. Popova, A. Manev, S. Kuleva, D. Kostov. Excavations at Site No. 4 on Hemus Highway (km. 345 + 380 - km. 345 + 440). Stage II (in Bulgarian).
In: Археологически открития и разкопки през 2012 г. София, 2013, 109-111/Arheologicheski otkritiya i razkopki prez 2012 g. Sofia, 2013, 109-111.
Ya. Ivanov, G. Radoslavova, Ch. Lalov, B. Galabova, M. Popova, D. Kostov, Tz. Popova, R. Zlateva.... more Ya. Ivanov, G. Radoslavova, Ch. Lalov, B. Galabova, M. Popova, D. Kostov, Tz. Popova, R. Zlateva. Excavations at Site No. 4 on Hemus Highway (km. 345 + 380 - km. 345 + 440). Stage I (in Bulgarian).
Rescue archaeological excavations were undertaken in the locality of St. Spas situated in the Var... more Rescue archaeological excavations were undertaken in the locality of St. Spas situated in the Varosh
Quarter, town of Pernik in 2003 and 2004. A sector of wide necropolis was examined, which had been
in use within the periods of the 11th-12th and the 14th-19th c. The 2014 field season excavated fifty-one
burial pits with inhumation, dated in 15th-19th c. Bone remains of a total eighty-seven individuals were
identified. The aim of present study comprised identifying the age and sex of buried and the pathological
changes on postcranial skeletal in the series of the necropolis. The percentage distribution between
adults and subadults is almost equal but children in early childhood prevail. Pathological changes were
observed in 31.51% of the postcranial skeletons: 65.22% were males, 30.43% were females and 4.35%
unsexed individuals (a child). Fractures, arthritis, pathology on the limbs, vertebral pathology, ossified
insertionitis and myositis were registered.
Poster presented at XX National Congress of the Bulgarian Anatomical Society and IX International... more Poster presented at XX National Congress of the Bulgarian Anatomical Society and IX International Symposium of Clinical Anatomy, September 30 - October 2, 2011, Varna.
This study summarizes the results of anthropological studies of more than 300 skeletons from different periods (from the Early Bronze Age - 3200 BC to the Revival period), excavated during the archaeological survey of five mounds in the area of Bratya Dyaskalovi Municipality. The number of investigated skeletons from different ages is not equable. The received data from anthropological analysis make possible to outline the general picture about the health of the population inhabiting this region from Early Bronze Age to the Revival period. The determination of age and sex was made on the basis of fundamental anthropological methods - a growth of the dentition, fusion of cranial sutures and epiphysis, pelvic features, anthropological observations on cranial and postcranial skeletons and metrical dimensions of individual bones. This report focuses on paleopathological changes caused by different diseases in postcranial skeleton of the investigated buried from the region.
Traces of degenerative-dystrophic diseases (spondylitis, spondylarthrosis, arthrosis and arthritis) are most common in all studied bone remains as the vertebrae are most affected. These changes are observed not only in old adults but in those under 40 years. Other less frequently occurring pathological changes are osteochondrosis; enthesopathies; myositis ossificans. Deformation of the lower limbs bones, most likely caused by rickets is found in an individual about 10 years and in one juvenile about 14-15 years. On the bones of several skeletons were recognised traces of healed trauma. Rare skeletal abnormalities and variations have also presented.