Dra Abu El Naga TT 14 – Midan 05: Preliminary Report on the Anthropological Analysis of the Human Skeletal Remains - by Barbara Lippi

Midan 05

Midan 05 A11
Individual β
This skeleton included the skull, all the limb bones and the left innnominate, in good state of preservation.
Age determination A full adult age (35-50 years) was diagnosed from the pubic symphysis and the auricular surface morphology, given that the skull had to be left in situ.
Sex determination Following Buikstra and Ubelaker (1994) we diagnosed a male sex from the pelvic features.
Stature estimation was calculated on the right humerus and gave a mean value of 162,3.

Individual β1
Individual β1's remains were found lying on the left femur of individual βand they included few bones, right clavicle and some vertebrae.
Age determination It was possible to estimate an age only from the clavicle length that gave an age span of 8 months -1 year (infant - Fazekas and Kosa, 1978).


Midan 05 a1
Individual γ
The skeleton was almost complete, including the skull, almost all the limb bones and the pelvis in good state of preservation.
Age determination We diagnosed a young adult age (20 – 35 years) from the degree of cranial suture synostosis , the pubic symphysis and the auricular surface morphology.
Sex determination A male sex was featured by the overall appearance of the cranial and pelvic bones (prominent supra-orbital ridges and nuchal chrest, large mastoid process and frontal sinuses and square chin).
Pathology On the left parietal bone we observed a small, circular lesion due to a fracture or a trepanation, still under study.

See Figg. 3, 4, 5 and 6


Midan 05 d5
Individual δ
The skeleton was almost complete, including the skull, almost all the limb bones and the pelvis. The state of preservation of the skeleton was good, but the remains are completely burned.
Age determination We diagnosed a young adult age (20 – 35 years) from the degree of cranial suture synostosis , the pubic symphysis and the auricular surface morphology.
Sex determination A male sex was featured by the overall appearance of the cranial and pelvic bones (prominent supra-orbital ridges and nuchal chrest, large mastoid process and frontal sinuses and square chin).
Stature estimation was calculated on the right humerus and gave a mean value of 161,02.

See. Figg. 7 and 8


Midan 05 e
Individual ε
Unfortunately the analysis could be performed only on the skull and four cervical vertebrae, given that the skeleton had to be left in situ.
Age determination The young adult age (20 – 35 years) estimate for the individual was supported by the state of cranial suture closure.
Sex determination A male sex was featured by the overall appearance of the cranial bones (prominent supra-orbital ridges and nuchal chrest, large mastoid process and frontal sinuses).
Pathology We recorded the presence of several osteophytes on the cervical vertebrae, probably due to congenital stiff neck (the case in under study).

See Figg. 9, 10 and 11