Caratteristiche morfometriche della popolazione sarda dal Neolitico al XIX secolo: craniometria e statura
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description: The aim of this work is to contribute to antropological’ studies of Sardinia from late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) to 19th CE, in order to improve the knowledge of history and biological characteristic of the Sardinians. The study of skeletal material has allowed to evaluate morphological changes in time and space, to determinate the variability within population and, when possible, to make comparisons with other past and recent populations. Sardinian skeletal series with radiocarbon dates or from culturally well-defined archeological contexts have been studied. The osteometric measurements have been taken on adult’s bone, who had completed growth and who did not present evident pathological conditions. Craniofacial morphometric variation has been used to obtain information on Sardinian population structure, to investigate the biological distance and to evaluate the possible congruence with the genetic data. Biological relationships with populations of peninsular Italy and Europe, from Paleolithic to Modern period, have been also analysed to detect influences from and towards extra-Sardinian sources The analysis is based on multivariate techniques including R-Matrix analysis, principal coordinate analysis, discriminant functional analysis and cluster analysis. The results have showed a clear separation among Paleo-Meso-Neolithic populations and others more recent European populations. It has also noticed the tendency to a progressive differentiation between Sardinian groups and peninsular Italian groups with the possible exception of a discontinuity showed by the Bonnànaro (Early Bronze Age) Sardinian sample and the Sardinian Punic-Roman and Medieval samples. In fact, these groups show biological affinities with Italian coeval groups and a discontinuity with other Sardinian ancient populations. The morphological results are in agreement with the current genetics evidence for the present-day Sardinian population and ancient DNA of Sardinia sample. These data demonstra…
abstract: The aim of this work is to contribute to antropological’ studies of Sardinia from late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) to 19th CE, in order to improve the knowledge of history and biological characteristic of the Sardinians. The study of skeletal material has allowed to evaluate morphological changes in time and space, to determinate the variability within population and, when possible, to make comparisons with other past and recent populations. Sardinian skeletal series with radiocarbon dates or from culturally well-defined archeological contexts have been studied. The osteometric measurements have been taken on adult’s bone, who had completed growth and who did not present evident pathological conditions. Craniofacial morphometric variation has been used to obtain information on Sardinian population structure, to investigate the biological distance and to evaluate the possible congruence with the genetic data. Biological relationships with populations of peninsular Italy and Europe, from Paleolithic to Modern period, have been also analysed to detect influences from and towards extra-Sardinian sources The analysis is based on multivariate techniques including R-Matrix analysis, principal coordinate analysis, discriminant functional analysis and cluster analysis. The results have showed a clear separation among Paleo-Meso-Neolithic populations and others more recent European populations. It has also noticed the tendency to a progressive differentiation between Sardinian groups and peninsular Italian groups with the possible exception of a discontinuity showed by the Bonnànaro (Early Bronze Age) Sardinian sample and the Sardinian Punic-Roman and Medieval samples. In fact, these groups show biological affinities with Italian coeval groups and a discontinuity with other Sardinian ancient populations. The morphological results are in agreement with the current genetics evidence for the present-day Sardinian population and ancient DNA of Sardinia sample. These data demonstra…
author: MARTELLA, PATRIZIA
language: ita
keywords: Settore BIO/12 - Biochimica Clinica e Biologia Molecolare Clinica
date published: 2017-04-19
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:29:59Z
provider: Università di Cagliari
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Università degli Studi di Cagliari

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