The Biological Affinities of the Eastern Mediterranean in the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age: A Regional Dental Non-metric Approach

摘要: This study investigated biological population affinities amongst Eastern Mediterranean Chalcolithic and Bronze Age human skeletal samples. Seven hundred and eighty-six remains from eight different sites in Cyprus, Greece Syria were studied. The range age the Cypriot Chalco lithic (SouskiouVathyrkakas, Lemba-Lakkous Kissonerga-Mosphilia) to Late Bronze Age (Enkomi Ayios Iakovos), Syrian Early (Jerablus-Tahtani) Greek Middle Ages (Lema Asine). Age, sex non-metric traits the dentition, crania post-crania were recorded. Using dental data the biological of these determined. Two statistics utilised with the determine affinities, Mean Measure of Divergence (MMD) Coefficient e (D.e). comparisons bet\veen the sites southwest Cyprus show all three sites, which are close spatial proximity, be statistically biologically similar. Also they appeared some relation site Jerablus-Tahtani. These findings are in contrast material cultures two regions, may suggest the relation based on ancestral contact between the mainland. a mixed with the Chalco samples some relations Middle Greek samples Syria. Where geographical distance is usually factor types of comparisons, this suggests time also factor.