ZALOG NEAR VERD. Stone Age hunters' camp at the western edge of the Ljubljansko barje

Zdravka HINCAK and Marija ŠTEFANČIČ

Anthropological analysis of the cranium

Abstract

The underwater research at the archaeological site of Zalog near Verd has revealed, apart from tools made of stone, bone and antler as well as animal bone fragments, also the remains of a human cranium. Characteristic gender marks have determined it to be of the female sex. Though the comparison of the basic craniometrical data sets for neurocranium enables only a very general assessment, the skull from Zalog near Verd can nevertheless be observed to fi t perfectly within the Mesolithic frame.

Key words: Slovenia, the Ljubljansko barje, Mesolithic, human cranium

The discovery of the human cranium.
Photo: Arne Hodalič.

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2006, (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 11), 233 pp., 37 drawings, photos, tables, graphs and maps, 99 b-w drawings, photos, tables, graphs and maps, 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 961-6568-57-4.

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