Physical anthropology
Gli scalottati di Vicenza. Analisi antropologica dei resti rinvenuti a Palazzo San Michele
By: ALBERTO ZANATTA, FABIO ZAMPIERI – In 2016, during the restoration of San Michele Palace in Vicenza, several human bones were found in two types of different burials: the first is a mass grave with more than 1100 bone elements arranged chaotically, while the second burial concerns an isolated hole with inside skulls with clear…
New studies on human skeletal remains from the ancient Herdonia (southeast Italy). Evidences of tuberculosis and brucellosis: two diseases connected with farm animals
archeology, brucellosis, farm animals, Herdonia, Italy, osteoarchaeological collection, Physical anthropology, tuberculosisBy: CINZIA SCAGGION, NICOLA CARRARA – In Spring of 2015 the collections of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Padua, have been transferred in a single location – Palazzo Cavalli – after many decades of alternate events. Here it is intended to reach a rapid conclusion of the cataloguing, studying and valorisation of the entire…
Antropologia ed evoluzione umana nel Museo Sardo di Antropologia ed Etnografia. Finalità didattico-educative
Human Evolution, Italy, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museo Sardo di Antropologia ed Etnografia, Museum Education, Physical anthropologyBy: MARCO SARIGU, ROSALBA FLORIS, GIOVANNI UMBERTO FLORIS, VALERIA PUSCEDDU – The Anthropological room located in the Sardinian Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Cagliari University, exhibits a permanent collection of human skeletal remains and replicas of fossil hominids related to human evolution. The educational role of the museum is supported by several exhibitions and…
Paleopatologia e marker occupazionali dei reperti scheletrici rinvenuti nella Cappella di San Floriano, Rio di Pusteria (V-XVII sec.)
By: ALBERTO ZANATTA – Nel 1998, durante dei lavori di restauro della cappella di San Floriano a Rio di Pusteria (Bz) sono stati trovati 30 m3 di reperti ossei disposti caoticamente e non in connessione anatomica risalenti al periodo che va dal V al XVII secolo. Le indagini antropologiche si sono concentrate sull’analisi degli 8484…