Morphology of the Skeleton Long Bones and Physique Peculiarities of the Permian Kama Population in the Modern Era

Abstract

The article presents the results of osteometric research of small groups from the Permian Kama region, attributed to the period of Russian colonization (XVI–XVIII centuries). Mainly three groups are compared (the population of Solikamsk, the first settlers at the Yegoshikha copper-smelter works, the Pyskor monastery dwellers). Also, paleoanthropological data on the medieval population and somatological studies of the XIX–XX centuries in the Upper Kama region are used to compare body length. There is an extremely shortish and gracile "solikamsk" group with a feebly marked bone relief and low gender dimorphism of the skeleton. The specificity of this group is seen both in the absolute size of the postcranial skeleton long bones, and in some combined osteometric features: osteological lengths of hands and legs, a conditional index of the skeleton size, reconstructed body length, etc. The average body length of the representatives of the other groups (men) falls within the range of 161–164 cm.

Keywords

• archaeology
• paleoanthropology
• osteometry
• morphology of long bones
• paleosomatological reconstruction
• body length
• kama region
• modern era