Prehistoric Old World Scalping
New Cases from the Cemetery of Aymyrlyg, South Siberia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4540577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eileen Murphy (0000-0002-8310-9997), Ilia Gokhman, Yuri Chistov (0000-0001-8347-3484), Ludmila Barkova |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/507186 |
| OpenAlex | W2025585427 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 3 |
Evidence for three definitive cases of scalping have been identified among the corpus of human skeletal remains excavated from the Iron Age south Siberian cemetery of Aymyrlyg in Tuva. The osteological evidence for scalping that is apparent in these individuals is presented here, as are the results of a recent reexamination of a previously known south Siberian case from the royal burial in Kurgan 2 at Pazyryk. These four Iron Age Siberian cases of scalping are important in part because they support the literary references pertaining to the practice contained in Herodotus's Histories, written in the fifth century B.C. Osteological evidence for scalping in prehistoric Old World contexts, including cases previously reported only in German and Russian publications, is also reviewed
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · German · Osteology · Prehistory · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |