Anahit Yu Khudaverdyan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3638008 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anahit Yu Khudaverdyan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anahit Yu |
| FAMILY NAME | Khudaverdyan |
| SIGNATURE | KHUDAVERDYAN A Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bioarchaeological Evidence for the Health Status of a Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages Bardzryal Population (Armenia)
Unusual medieval burial of individuals from Syunik province (Angekhakot, Armenia)
Исследованы антропологические материалы 9 индивидуумов раннесредневековой культуры из Армении. Исследование костных останков проводилось комплексно в контексте интегративной антропологии, что является объединением двух ее разделов — физической антропологии и палеопатологии. Для распознавания и описания патологических состояний костей применялись макроскопический, рентгеновский и гистологический методы исследования. Индивиды, перезахароненные у це…
Skeletal evidence of trauma in a Late Antiquity woman from Beniamin, Shirak Province, Armenia
This study presents a detailed analysis of the skeletal remains of a single adult female (30–39 years) from Burial 2 at the Beniamin cemetery, Armenia, dating to the Late Antiquity period (1st century BC – 3rd century AD). The individual was interred in a secondary context within a stone cist, displaying pronounced flexion of the knees and hips, with the thoracic cage, pelvis, and limbs preserved in anatomical position, suggesting that the body m…
Female with Ankylosing Spondylitis from the 7th–6th century BCE Lori Berd burial (Armenia)
A female skeleton from the Lori Berd archaeological cemetery, located near the city of Stepanavan (Lori Province of Armenia) is described. Palaeopathological analysis revealed a variety pathology (ankylosis of the sacroiliac joints, ankylosis of the vertebrae, syndesmophytes, ankylosed of the costovertebral and costotransverse joint fusions, kyphosis, lordosis, fracture of the anterior inferior iliac spine and traumatic lesions). This paper repor…
Bioarchaeological Evidence for the Health Status of a Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages Bover Population (Armenia)
A case of osteomalacia in human skeletal remains from St Hripsime Church (Horom, Armenia)
In this study, we investigated the remains of an individual that were recovered during cleansing work of the Church of St Hripsime. Macroscopic and X-Ray inspections yielded pathological criteria which indicated osteomalacic origin. The findings of the study suggest that the individual who lived in the Late Medieval period may have gone through multiple episodes of vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency as an effect of deficient exposure to s…
Anthropology of Human Remains of the Classical/Late Antiquity Period From Firmi Bagher and Vartaqar Sites, Armenia
Illuminating the processes of microevolution
Anthropological characteristics of the Armenian highlands population and ethnogenetic situation in South Eastern Europe in the Middle Age
The article presents preliminary results of an anthropological research of human bone remains, obtained during excavations of medieval monuments on the territory of the Republic of Armenia. Cases of deliberate artificial modifications of skulls and unintentional cradle deformations were observed. Two unusual shapes (triangular, circular) of gaskets on the occipital bone in the individuals with frontal-occipital deformation were found. An individu…
The Anthropology of Infectious Diseases of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age from Armenia
This study reviews the evidence for thepresence of specific infectious diseases in Armenianskeletal series of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.Throughout human history, pathogens have beenresponsible for the majority of human deaths. Factorssuch as age, sex, and nutritional status can influencewhether an individual contracts and develops aparticular infection, while environmental conditions,such as climate, sanitation, pollution, and contact withoth…
A Comprehensive Study of the 14th-16th Centuries Anthropological Materials From the Zarni Er Cave (Armenia)
Newly excavated materials from the Zarni Er cave (village of Hakhpat) have allowed the anthropological composition of the Late Middle Age (XIV–XVI centuries) inhabitants of Armenia to be characterized for the first time. Two burials were discovered in the Zarni Er cave. In Burial 1, the skeletal remains of two individuals were recovered. They belonged to a subadult, whose age-at-death is estimated to be between 5–6 years, and to a middle-adult ma…
Craniology of the Armenian Highlands and Ethnogenetic Situation in Southern Eastern Europe in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age
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Cranial Injuries in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Population of the Shnogh River Basin, Armenia
Травмы черепа у населения бассейна реки Шнох (Армения)в эпоху поздней бронзы и раннем железном веке Благодаря археологическим раскопкам в Лорийской обл.(Армения) были исследованы костные останки 123 индивидов из могильников позднего бронзового и раннего железного веков.Работа посвящена выявлению и описанию повреждений на черепах из погребений XIII-XI вв.до н.э.в бассейне р.Шнох.Изучение травм позволяет реконструировать аспекты социальной и природ…
Trepanation in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Armenia
Late Bronze And Iron Age Crania from Armenia
Results of a pathological examination of craniodental remains of 71 individuals buried at four Late Bronze and Iron Age cemeteries in the Sevan Basin, Armenia, are outlined. The general adaptation to the local environment appears to have been adequate. Among the pathogenic factors, those causing infections appear to have played a key role. Exposure to cold coinciding with chronic staphylococcal and streptococcal foci was likely the major cause of…
Palaeopathology of human remains of the 1st century BC–3rd century AD from Armenia (Beniamin, Shirakavan I)
The aim of this article was to document the pathology of the individuals from the archeological sites of Beniamin and Shirakavan I, Armenia, dated on the 1st century BC - 3rd century AD. The findings revealed that two groups differed in mean age at death of adults. At Beniamin it was 24 years, 40.8 years for males and 30.9 years for females, whereas at Shirakavanit it was 29.3 years, 29.6 years for males and 35.8 years for females. The greatest m…
Dwarfs in Ancient Armenia
In modern publications dwarfism is uncommon.Here I report a case of possible pituitary dwarfism encountered in a routine analysis of the Beniamin site from the Armenia (Classical/Late Antiquity period).I have also interpreted some of the information with the goal of presenting some information about the life histories of individual
Burials at a Gravesite in Shirak Valley (Armenia)
A comparative paleopathological study was conducted in order to discern the general health and way of life of these populations. All the skeletal remains are dated to late antiquity (213 individuals in total, from 6 osteoarchaeological series in the Shirak valley). The study of bone lesions indicated cases of injury and alveolodental disease. The traces of injuries which were noted appear significantly more frequently in males. As for skeletal ma…
A dental non-metric analysis of the Classical/Late Antiquity period (1st century BC–3rd century AD) population from Armenian Plateau
The aim of the study is to assess of the biological distance between the populations from the Armenian Plateau and Georgia, with samples from Eastern Europe, and Central Asia on the basis of the frequency of dental non-metric traits. It is well known that these traits are characterised by high inter-population differentiation, low sexual dimorphism, and their recording is loaded by relatively small intra and inter observer error. The dental non-m…
Non-Metric Dental Traits in Human Skeletal Remains from Transcaucasian Populations
The aim of the study is the assessment of biological distance between populations from Transcaucasia on the basis of the frequency of dental morphological traits. It is well known that these traits are characterised by a high inter-population differentiation, low sexual dimorphism, and their recording is loaded by relatively small intra and inter observer error. The dental morphological traits are successfully used in the description and explanat…
Diachronic Evidence in Nonmetric Morphological Characters of Teeth in Armenian Highland and Georgia Populations
The aim of the study is the assessment of biological distance between populations from Arme-nian highland and Georgia based on the frequency of nonmetric odontological traits. These traits are characterized by high inter-population differentiation, low sexual dimorphism, and relatively small intra and inter observer recordation error. This paper presents the results of the odontological differentiation of human populations from Armenian highland …
Bioarchaeological Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains of Iron Age from the Shirakavan Cemetery, Shirak Plateau, Armenia
This study introduces some diseases which occur among the population of Armenia in the Iron Age. Health issues in the individuals from Shirakavan provoked not by nutritional problems, but problems of infectious nature. The skeletal traumas of the inhabitants of the Shirak plateau are connected only with military conflicts. The results of this study are those that suggest strenuous labor for at least some individuals, based on the presence of oste…
Armenia in the Eurasian Ethnic Context of Late Classical Antiquity
A statistical analysis of measurements of crania from the 2nd and 3rd century AD cemetery at Beniamin, Armenia, indicates considerable morphological heterogeneity. Between-group comparisons reveal affinities between the Beniamin people and Scythians of the North Pontic region, the Sarmatians of the Volga–Ural region, and the Sacae of Western Central Asia. The results attest to intense migrations of nomads to Transcaucasia during Classical Antiqui…
Trepanation and artificial cranial deformations in ancient Armenia
The purpose of the paper is to review surgical and ritual practices on people living on the Shirak Plateau (Armenia) during the Late Antiquity period (1st century BC – 3rd century AD) and is based on human remains uncovered at sites in Beniamin, Black Fortress I, Shirakavan, Karmrakar and Vardbakh. The basic demographic data for these cases, including the age and sex of the skeleton, the precise location of the trepanation, the form of the trepan…
Indo-European Migrations
Undertaken here is a multi-dimensional odontologic analysis of more than 31 ethnic groups of the Mezolithic and Bronze Ages from the territory of Eurasia. On the basis of the received information, cluster analysis was done and has shown the morphologic condensations of ethnoses and vectors of relatives or, conversely, distinctions between them. The anthropological cover of Eurasia, generated during exclusively difficult historical events, is show…
The Anthropology of Infectious Diseases of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age from Armenia
This study reviews the evidence for thepresence of specific infectious diseases in Armenianskeletal series of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.Throughout human history, pathogens have beenresponsible for the majority of human deaths. Factorssuch as age, sex, and nutritional status can influencewhether an individual contracts and develops aparticular infection, while environmental conditions,such as climate, sanitation, pollution, and contact withoth…
Cranial Injuries in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Population of the Shnogh River Basin, Armenia
Травмы черепа у населения бассейна реки Шнох (Армения)в эпоху поздней бронзы и раннем железном веке Благодаря археологическим раскопкам в Лорийской обл.(Армения) были исследованы костные останки 123 индивидов из могильников позднего бронзового и раннего железного веков.Работа посвящена выявлению и описанию повреждений на черепах из погребений XIII-XI вв.до н.э.в бассейне р.Шнох.Изучение травм позволяет реконструировать аспекты социальной и природ…
Artificial Modification of Skulls and Teeth from Ancient Burials in Armenia
Anthropos , Seite 602 - 609
A Comprehensive Study of the 14th-16th Centuries Anthropological Materials From the Zarni Er Cave (Armenia)
Newly excavated materials from the Zarni Er cave (village of Hakhpat) have allowed the anthropological composition of the Late Middle Age (XIV–XVI centuries) inhabitants of Armenia to be characterized for the first time. Two burials were discovered in the Zarni Er cave. In Burial 1, the skeletal remains of two individuals were recovered. They belonged to a subadult, whose age-at-death is estimated to be between 5–6 years, and to a middle-adult ma…
A dental non-metric analysis of the Classical/Late Antiquity period (1st century BC–3rd century AD) population from Armenian Plateau
The aim of the study is to assess of the biological distance between the populations from the Armenian Plateau and Georgia, with samples from Eastern Europe, and Central Asia on the basis of the frequency of dental non-metric traits. It is well known that these traits are characterised by high inter-population differentiation, low sexual dimorphism, and their recording is loaded by relatively small intra and inter observer error. The dental non-m…
Non-Metric Dental Traits in Human Skeletal Remains from Transcaucasian Populations
The aim of the study is the assessment of biological distance between populations from Transcaucasia on the basis of the frequency of dental morphological traits. It is well known that these traits are characterised by a high inter-population differentiation, low sexual dimorphism, and their recording is loaded by relatively small intra and inter observer error. The dental morphological traits are successfully used in the description and explanat…
Armenia in the Eurasian Ethnic Context of Late Classical Antiquity
A statistical analysis of measurements of crania from the 2nd and 3rd century AD cemetery at Beniamin, Armenia, indicates considerable morphological heterogeneity. Between-group comparisons reveal affinities between the Beniamin people and Scythians of the North Pontic region, the Sarmatians of the Volga–Ural region, and the Sacae of Western Central Asia. The results attest to intense migrations of nomads to Transcaucasia during Classical Antiqui…
Secular dental changes in the populations of the Armenian highland
Based on the comparison of several dental series representing populations which inhabited the Armenian Highland in various periods, from the Early Bronze Age to the present, several diachronic tendencies were revealed. These tendencies were apparently caused by population history and secular trends, the principal one being dental reduction. The traits vary in stability versus lability, correlation with other features, heritability, and the nature…
Trepanation and artificial cranial deformations in ancient Armenia
The purpose of the paper is to review surgical and ritual practices on people living on the Shirak Plateau (Armenia) during the Late Antiquity period (1st century BC – 3rd century AD) and is based on human remains uncovered at sites in Beniamin, Black Fortress I, Shirakavan, Karmrakar and Vardbakh. The basic demographic data for these cases, including the age and sex of the skeleton, the precise location of the trepanation, the form of the trepan…
Indo-European Migrations
Undertaken here is a multi-dimensional odontologic analysis of more than 31 ethnic groups of the Mezolithic and Bronze Ages from the territory of Eurasia. On the basis of the received information, cluster analysis was done and has shown the morphologic condensations of ethnoses and vectors of relatives or, conversely, distinctions between them. The anthropological cover of Eurasia, generated during exclusively difficult historical events, is show…
Secular dental changes in the populations of the Armenian highland
Based on the comparison of several dental series representing populations which inhabited the Armenian Highland in various periods, from the Early Bronze Age to the present, several diachronic tendencies were revealed. These tendencies were apparently caused by population history and secular trends, the principal one being dental reduction. The traits vary in stability versus lability, correlation with other features, heritability, and the nature…
Artificial Modification of Skulls and Teeth from Ancient Burials in Armenia
Anthropos , Seite 602 - 609
Bioarchaeological Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains of Iron Age from the Shirakavan Cemetery, Shirak Plateau, Armenia
This study introduces some diseases which occur among the population of Armenia in the Iron Age. Health issues in the individuals from Shirakavan provoked not by nutritional problems, but problems of infectious nature. The skeletal traumas of the inhabitants of the Shirak plateau are connected only with military conflicts. The results of this study are those that suggest strenuous labor for at least some individuals, based on the presence of oste…
Armenia in the Eurasian Ethnic Context of Late Classical Antiquity
A statistical analysis of measurements of crania from the 2nd and 3rd century AD cemetery at Beniamin, Armenia, indicates considerable morphological heterogeneity. Between-group comparisons reveal affinities between the Beniamin people and Scythians of the North Pontic region, the Sarmatians of the Volga–Ural region, and the Sacae of Western Central Asia. The results attest to intense migrations of nomads to Transcaucasia during Classical Antiqui…
Burials at a Gravesite in Shirak Valley (Armenia)
A comparative paleopathological study was conducted in order to discern the general health and way of life of these populations. All the skeletal remains are dated to late antiquity (213 individuals in total, from 6 osteoarchaeological series in the Shirak valley). The study of bone lesions indicated cases of injury and alveolodental disease. The traces of injuries which were noted appear significantly more frequently in males. As for skeletal ma…
A dental non-metric analysis of the Classical/Late Antiquity period (1st century BC–3rd century AD) population from Armenian Plateau
The aim of the study is to assess of the biological distance between the populations from the Armenian Plateau and Georgia, with samples from Eastern Europe, and Central Asia on the basis of the frequency of dental non-metric traits. It is well known that these traits are characterised by high inter-population differentiation, low sexual dimorphism, and their recording is loaded by relatively small intra and inter observer error. The dental non-m…
Non-Metric Dental Traits in Human Skeletal Remains from Transcaucasian Populations
The aim of the study is the assessment of biological distance between populations from Transcaucasia on the basis of the frequency of dental morphological traits. It is well known that these traits are characterised by a high inter-population differentiation, low sexual dimorphism, and their recording is loaded by relatively small intra and inter observer error. The dental morphological traits are successfully used in the description and explanat…
Diachronic Evidence in Nonmetric Morphological Characters of Teeth in Armenian Highland and Georgia Populations
The aim of the study is the assessment of biological distance between populations from Arme-nian highland and Georgia based on the frequency of nonmetric odontological traits. These traits are characterized by high inter-population differentiation, low sexual dimorphism, and relatively small intra and inter observer recordation error. This paper presents the results of the odontological differentiation of human populations from Armenian highland …
Palaeopathology of human remains of the 1st century BC–3rd century AD from Armenia (Beniamin, Shirakavan I)
The aim of this article was to document the pathology of the individuals from the archeological sites of Beniamin and Shirakavan I, Armenia, dated on the 1st century BC - 3rd century AD. The findings revealed that two groups differed in mean age at death of adults. At Beniamin it was 24 years, 40.8 years for males and 30.9 years for females, whereas at Shirakavanit it was 29.3 years, 29.6 years for males and 35.8 years for females. The greatest m…
Dwarfs in Ancient Armenia
In modern publications dwarfism is uncommon.Here I report a case of possible pituitary dwarfism encountered in a routine analysis of the Beniamin site from the Armenia (Classical/Late Antiquity period).I have also interpreted some of the information with the goal of presenting some information about the life histories of individual
Trepanation in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Armenia
Late Bronze And Iron Age Crania from Armenia
Results of a pathological examination of craniodental remains of 71 individuals buried at four Late Bronze and Iron Age cemeteries in the Sevan Basin, Armenia, are outlined. The general adaptation to the local environment appears to have been adequate. Among the pathogenic factors, those causing infections appear to have played a key role. Exposure to cold coinciding with chronic staphylococcal and streptococcal foci was likely the major cause of…
Craniology of the Armenian Highlands and Ethnogenetic Situation in Southern Eastern Europe in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age
e. , , , , 90 (57
Cranial Injuries in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Population of the Shnogh River Basin, Armenia
Травмы черепа у населения бассейна реки Шнох (Армения)в эпоху поздней бронзы и раннем железном веке Благодаря археологическим раскопкам в Лорийской обл.(Армения) были исследованы костные останки 123 индивидов из могильников позднего бронзового и раннего железного веков.Работа посвящена выявлению и описанию повреждений на черепах из погребений XIII-XI вв.до н.э.в бассейне р.Шнох.Изучение травм позволяет реконструировать аспекты социальной и природ…
Illuminating the processes of microevolution
Anthropological characteristics of the Armenian highlands population and ethnogenetic situation in South Eastern Europe in the Middle Age
The article presents preliminary results of an anthropological research of human bone remains, obtained during excavations of medieval monuments on the territory of the Republic of Armenia. Cases of deliberate artificial modifications of skulls and unintentional cradle deformations were observed. Two unusual shapes (triangular, circular) of gaskets on the occipital bone in the individuals with frontal-occipital deformation were found. An individu…
The Anthropology of Infectious Diseases of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age from Armenia
This study reviews the evidence for thepresence of specific infectious diseases in Armenianskeletal series of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.Throughout human history, pathogens have beenresponsible for the majority of human deaths. Factorssuch as age, sex, and nutritional status can influencewhether an individual contracts and develops aparticular infection, while environmental conditions,such as climate, sanitation, pollution, and contact withoth…
A Comprehensive Study of the 14th-16th Centuries Anthropological Materials From the Zarni Er Cave (Armenia)
Newly excavated materials from the Zarni Er cave (village of Hakhpat) have allowed the anthropological composition of the Late Middle Age (XIV–XVI centuries) inhabitants of Armenia to be characterized for the first time. Two burials were discovered in the Zarni Er cave. In Burial 1, the skeletal remains of two individuals were recovered. They belonged to a subadult, whose age-at-death is estimated to be between 5–6 years, and to a middle-adult ma…
Anthropology of Human Remains of the Classical/Late Antiquity Period From Firmi Bagher and Vartaqar Sites, Armenia
A case of osteomalacia in human skeletal remains from St Hripsime Church (Horom, Armenia)
In this study, we investigated the remains of an individual that were recovered during cleansing work of the Church of St Hripsime. Macroscopic and X-Ray inspections yielded pathological criteria which indicated osteomalacic origin. The findings of the study suggest that the individual who lived in the Late Medieval period may have gone through multiple episodes of vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency as an effect of deficient exposure to s…
Female with Ankylosing Spondylitis from the 7th–6th century BCE Lori Berd burial (Armenia)
A female skeleton from the Lori Berd archaeological cemetery, located near the city of Stepanavan (Lori Province of Armenia) is described. Palaeopathological analysis revealed a variety pathology (ankylosis of the sacroiliac joints, ankylosis of the vertebrae, syndesmophytes, ankylosed of the costovertebral and costotransverse joint fusions, kyphosis, lordosis, fracture of the anterior inferior iliac spine and traumatic lesions). This paper repor…
Bioarchaeological Evidence for the Health Status of a Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages Bover Population (Armenia)
Unusual medieval burial of individuals from Syunik province (Angekhakot, Armenia)
Исследованы антропологические материалы 9 индивидуумов раннесредневековой культуры из Армении. Исследование костных останков проводилось комплексно в контексте интегративной антропологии, что является объединением двух ее разделов — физической антропологии и палеопатологии. Для распознавания и описания патологических состояний костей применялись макроскопический, рентгеновский и гистологический методы исследования. Индивиды, перезахароненные у це…
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (20 works) · Geography (18 works) · Ancient history (17 works) · Archaeology (17 works) · History (15 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Population (11 works) · Paleopathology and ancient diseases (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Demography (8 works)