Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi (Jan 2017)
Health Problems of Ancient Anatolian Populations
Abstract
One of the most significant study fields of anthropology is paleopathology. In paleopathology studies, effects of past diseases on skeleton system are evaluated in different categories by taking their etiologies into consideration. By the analysis of these traces, information about general life conditions and health profiles of old communities can be gathered. In some researches since the beginning of bringing skeletons of Old Anatolian communities until today, analysis of pathologic features of old Anatolian communities had been carried out. Although studies at the beginning weren’t carried out in details, paleopathologic researches that were done during last 30 years have been analyzed in more details. In this research, eras, in which health problems, life styles and diseases occurred which were revealed through paleopathologic researches on skeletons of communities that had lived in Anatolia from Paleolithic age until 20th century are evaluated chronologically
