Ancient Italy peopling process : anthropometric analysis (original) (raw)

Human Evolution, 2007

Abstract

A comparative anthropometric analysis was carried on, with the purpose of contributing to the reconstruction of the peopling dynamics in ancient Italy. A lot of skeletal samples (184) coming from different archaeological sites from the Copper age to the historical times (first millennium A.D.) were measured. More than one hundred measurements were selected and collected on each individual of each sample, when the preservation conditions of the material allowed it. Historical and archaeological criteria were used for subdividing and grouping the samples. Multivariate statistical tools were used to compare them. The results can be the starting point to extend the research to other peoples of the Mediterranean basin.

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