Bandiera, Pasquale

Carta, Francesco S.

Mazzarello, Vittorio

Sotgiu, Maria Alessandra

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IJAE Vol. 115, n. 1/2 (Supplement), 2010
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Paleoanthropological and Paleopathological study on 
human remains found in the Tombs I (Cell S) of S’Adde 
‘e Asile necropolis (Ossi - Sassari)
Vittorio Mazzarello, Francesco S. Carta, Maria Alessandra Sotgiu, Pasquale Bandiera
 Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sassari, Italy
Introduction The objective of this study was to contribute to increasing the living 
standards of people in North-East of Sardinia lived in the campaniforme age (about 3733 
years ago according to non-calibrated dating), particularly regarding the location of 
Ossi (Sassari), through methods of physical anthropology such as anthropometry and 
skeletal morphology aimed at determining the sex, age at death and diagnosis of pos-
sible paleopathology.
Materials and Methods For analysis were taken into account bones derived from 
the Tomb I, cell S, of the Necropolis of S’Adde ‘e Asile, near Ossi (Sassari). Were ana-
lyzed and classified about 335 bone remains, of which 155 are in good condition, the rest 
were partly intact and partly fragmented. He then proceeded to the determination of: 
Minimum Number of Individuals (NMI), sex by using a technique derived from Acsadi 
and Nemeskeri; age of death in childhood remains using tables of Stloukal and Hanova 
and Ubelaker; age of death in sub-adults by analyzing the epiphysis ossification of long 
bones; age of death in adults by analyzing the morphology of the symphysis pubis and 
the auricular surface of hip bone; determination of stature by the Manouvrier and Trot-
ter and Gleser tables by measurement of long bones; indicators of physical stress associ-
ated with specific diseases (Paleopathology).
Results and Conclusions In cell S of the Tomb I of S’Adde ‘e Asile have been identi-
fied 40 individuals (NMI), the distribution of both sexes was 14 males and 11 females, 
half of the population belonged to sub-adult individuals, from the hip bones was esti-
mated maximum age of 59 years. The population living in precarious conditions and un-
der functional, alimentary and environment intense stress. The stature was low (153,35 
for females and 160,6 for males) have been identified several signs of stress in the lower 
limbs indicative of prolonged march on steep terrain, presence of the facets of “squat-
ting” arising from a usual bent-knee posture, there are several indicators of Paleopa-
thology such as outcomes of fracture, signs of osteoarthritis, osteophytes, osteomyelitis, 
myositis ossificans, spina bifida and osteomas.
Key words
Campaniforme age, paleoanthropology, paleopathology


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