Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 38 (3) 2010

Annotation:  Three Scenarios of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition. Scenario 1: The Middle to Upper Paleo Chronology and Periodization of Upper Paleolithic Sites in Mongolia Projectile Points and their Implications The “Malta Realism”: On Interpreting Siberian Anthropomorphic Figurines from the Upper Paleolithic Private Collection of Seima-Turbino Bronzes from the Irtysh: The Tragedy of a Unique Site Destroyed Sargat Burial Sites in the Middle Irtysh Area: A Gender Analysis The Archaeological and Geophysical Study of Defense Works Yenisei Kyrgyz “Forts” in the Russian Reports of the 17th Century and the Archaeological Reality The Wusun in Northeastern Central Asia Eighteenth Century Trends in the Development of Buryat Clothing Field Trip by B.N. Gorodkov and G.M. Dmitirev-Sadovnikov to the Vakh River Valley in 1913 A Comparison of the Medieval and Modern Populations of the Novgorod Region, Based on Facial Reconst The Origin of the Late Medieval Population of the Novgorod Republic (13th–16th Centuries), Based on   

A Comparison of the Medieval and Modern Populations of the Novgorod Region, Based on Facial Reconstruction

T.S. Baluyeva, E.V. Veselovskaya, and A.V. Rasskazova.

Sculptural and graphic craniofacial reconstructions of Russians who lived in the village of Katunki, Nizhni Novgorod Province, in the 14th–17th centuries are used to assess variation and adaptation in this group and to compare the group with modern Russians of the same territory. Apart from the actual reconstructions, verbal portraits were compiled, matching the descriptions of the modern population and suggesting biological continuity. The asymmetry of the facial skeleton and within-group variation are evaluated. From the Middle Ages to recent centuries, craniofacial dimensions have decreased in conformity with a general tendency toward gracilization.

Keywords: Facial reconstruction, craniometry, anthropometry, descriptive traits, cranial asymmetry.