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Preliminary report on human remains from Tell Masaikh (MK 15) Season 2010

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Tomczyk J.

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

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2013

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tom 11

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nr 2

163-174

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The manuscript presents the results of anthropological work in Tell Masiakh, conducted in 2010 season. Unfortunately the 15th season of excavation was conducted only in Tell Masaikh. The second site (Terqa) was closed for the excavation. The human remains were studied in an excavation house in Tell Ashara, and some samples were prepared for further analyses in specialist laboratories (histological, radiological and molecular examination). In sum, the remains of 70 individuals were examined: 18 (2 males, 2 females, the sex of the rest is unknown) come from Tell Masaikh from this season, 52 were found at Tell Masaikh and Tell Ashara in the previous seasons (2008, 2009).

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Preliminary report on human remains from Qasr Shemamok (Erbil, Federal region of Iraqi Kurdystan). Season 2012

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Tomczyk J.

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

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2013

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tom 11

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nr 3

173-178

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Qasr Shemamok, a large tell situated about 30 km South West of Erbil, close to the village of Tarjan, is a well-known site of Iraqi Kurdistan. It has been identified as the remains of the ancient city of Kakzu (or Kilizu) since the 19th century. In 2012, a French Archaeological Mission, guided by O. Rouault with a European team, and funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, came to work in Erbil, answering an invitation from the Kurdish authorities, and from the Erbil Salaheddin University, thanks to the strong support of the local French Consulate. The text presents the first results of the anthropological work at Qasr Shemamok, conducted in 2012 season

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Preliminary report on human remains from Qasr Shemamok (Erbil): Season 2013 and concept of anthropological project

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Tomczyk J.

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

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2013

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tom 11

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nr 4

143-152

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For four years the French archaeological expedition, guided by Prof. Olivier Rouault (University Lyon 2 – Lumière) and Prof. Marii Grazi Masetti-Rouault (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris), has been conducting research at Qasr Shememomk. The excavation site, citadel and lower town, covering an area of around 70 hectares, is situated about 25 km from Erbil (capital of Kurdystan). Since 2013, the projects have also involved research on human remains. The biological project (Qasr Shememomk site) is conducted by the Department of Anthropology of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (Poland). The aim of our research is to try to give biological characterization of the human population of Qasr Shememok in different chronological periods, and compare the obtained data with other sites from the Near East (e.g. Terqa, Tell Masaikh) (e.g. Tomczyk 2009, 2008; Tomczyk, Sołtysiak 2007). Human bones from Qasr Shemamok were studied in the laboratory in Erbil’s museum. All teeth and bone samples were exported to Poland for further laboratory studies. The fieldwork protocol was based on Standards of Data Collection (Buikstra, Ubelaker 1994), with some additional observations and measurements. In sum, remains of 6 individuals have been found at Qasr Shememok (Table 1). They were dated to the Middle Assyrian periods. However, there are no doubts that Qasr Shememok has got older history. (…)

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Preliminary osteological investigation of early medieval site Gz 10 in Giecz, Poland

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Justus H. M. , Agnew A. M.

Studia Lednickie

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2017

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tom 16

61-67

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Badania wykopaliskowe na nowo odkrytym wczesnośredniowiecznym cmentarzysku w Gieczu (woj. wielkopolskie) dostarczyły interesującej kolekcji kości ludzkich. Stanowisko 10., zlokalizowane zaledwie 500 m w kierunku NW od stanowiska 4., zostało odkryte w 2013 roku podczas rutynowej prospekcji terenowej prowadzonej przez pracowników Rezerwatu Archeologicznego Gród Wczesnopiastowski w Gieczu, oddziału Muzeum Pierwszych Piastów na Lednicy. W latach 2015 i 2016 autorki artykułu uczestniczyły w badaniach wykopaliskowych na stanowisku, obejmując opiekę na materiałem kostnym i rozpoczynając jego analizę antropologiczną, której wstępne wyniki przedstawia niniejszy artykuł. Do tej pory odkryto groby 55 osobników. Większość (51%; n=28) stanowiły szkielety dzieci i młodzieży, spośród których prawie 80% w momencie śmierci miało mniej niż sześć lat. Spośród osobników zmarłych w dorosłym wieku (trzynaście kobiet, dwunastu mężczyzn, dwie osoby o nieokreślonej płci) większość (37%; n=10) zmarła pomiędzy 35 a 50 rokiem życia. Na kościach i zębach zaobserwowano typowe wskaźniki stresu biologicznego, takie jak liniowa hipoplazja szkliwa czy zagojone cribra oribitalia i porotic hyperostosis, jak również ślady infekcji, chorób przyzębia czy urazy przedśmiertne. Dodatkowo rozpoczęto analizy pod kątem chorób zwyrodnieniowych stawów, ogólnej budowy ciała czy odległości biologicznej. Badania te będą kontynuowane podczas najbliższych sezonów wykopaliskowych prowadzonych równolegle ze Szkołą Letnią Archeologii w Gieczu organizowaną przez Rezerwat Archeologiczny w Gieczu we współpracy z Fundacją Slavia.

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Wyniki prac antropologicznych w krypcie kościoła oo. Franciszkanów w Gnieźnie

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Wrzesińska A.

Studia Lednickie

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2023

191-243

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The subject of this study was the abundant osteological material from the renovation and preservation works carried out in 2016 in the crypt of the Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gniezno (Fig. 1). During the works, human skeletal material characterized by significant destruction of bone structures was extracted from under the crypt floor and from the ossuary from the disturbed layers. In the analysis of skeletal material and with an intention to assess the general number of individuals, without the knowledge on how large was the space where the bones were collected and what was their position in relation to each other, it was only possible to attempt a minimal count of the number of individuals. Assuming the compactness of the site and the occurrence of bones on a small area (where most of the bones are from the same damaged skeletons), it was possible to estimate a lower limit of the number of individuals. Thanks to the precise indications of the anthropological analysis, which allowed the detailed determination of both the age and sex of some of the individuals examined, as well as the distinguished bone materials duplicated in the course of the expertise, the research was mainly supported by the highest recorded frequency among the bones, i.e. the skull bones, the occurrence of femurs, tibias and arm bones. The results of the study were included in measurement tables, separately for the burials of children and separately for adult individuals, male and female. The analysis of the material made it possible to determine that remains from under the floor were obtained from no less than 41 individuals, of different ages and sexes: children of the youngest Infans I (5), older children Infans II (3), juvenile Juvenis (4), Juvenis-Adultus (1), and adult and elderly individuals, no less than 28. Male burials were the most numerous – the probable ages were Adultus, Adultus-Maturus, Maturus, Senilis or “adult” age. Fewer female individuals were recorded – those who died at Adultus, Maturus, Maturus-Senilis, Senilis ages. The ossuary was also examined, where the deposited human remains belonged to no less than 111 individuals. The remains of burials of the youngest children Infans I (8), older children Infans II (3), juvenile individuals Juvenis (5) and adult and elderly individuals were uncovered here, numbering no less than 95. Male burials were the most numerous – the probable ages were Adultus, Adultus-Maturus, Maturus, Maturus-Senilis, Senilis or “adult” age. Fewer female individuals were recorded – probable ages Juvenis-Adultus, Adultus, Maturus, Maturus-Senilis, Senilis and “adult” (see Table 14). It is difficult to determine unequivocally the time of the original deposition of the burials whose remains have been discussed. However, both anthropological analysis and scraps of cloth and modest devotional items suggest that the described fragments belonged to the deceased buried on the grounds of the Franciscan monastery during the late 18th-19th centuries.

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Past inhabitants of Garbary – a biocultural perspective

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Przesmycka A. , Dryja S. , Szostek K. , Niedźwiecka E. , Lempart A. , Haduch E.

Folia Historica Cracoviensia

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2015

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tom 21

209-249

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The present work analyses the bone material unearthed at the graveyard of St Peter the Little’s Church in Garbary. The study is based on research from the years 1978 and 2012. A total of 111 skeletons were analysed, all of them of medium condition, dating back to the modern period. The material’s diversity level was verified by biological distance assessment. Ward’s method was used for selected measurement features of the neurocranium and the facial skeleton. Sex and age were established simultaneously by means of methods commonly applied in anthropology. The assessment was based on the morphology of the skull and pelvic bones as well as the deciduous and permanent teeth eruption sequence. Cranial measurements and indices were subjected to analysis. Osteometric data provided the basis for an analysis of long bone symmetry, limb length and proportions and bone massiveness indices. A multi-planar reconstruction of individuals’ stature was performed by means of regression formulas developed by various authors. Sexual dimorphism index served indirectly as a measurement of the living conditions of individuals in the population, whereas an analysis of muscular and skeletal stress markers on bones allowed us to evaluate build types. Calculated life expectancy table parameters were used to recreate e.g. individuals’ lifespans and life expectancy structure (by age at death) characteristic of historical populations of Krakow.

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W pracy dokonano analizy materiału kostnego wyeksplorowanego z obszaru cmentarza przy kościele św. Piotra Małego na Garbarach. Badania prowadzone były w latach 1978 i 2012. Analizie poddano 111 szkieletów, o średnim stanie zachowania, datowanych na okres nowożytny. Sprawdzono stopień różnorodności materiału z wykorzystaniem oceny odległości biologicznej. Zastosowano metodę Warda dla wybranych cech pomiarowych mózgoczaszki i twarzoczaszki. Płeć i wiek zostały ocenione kompleksowo z zastosowaniem metod powszechnie przyjętych w antropologii. Wykorzystano ku temu morfologię czaszki i kości miednicznych, jak również sekwencję wyrzynania się zębów mlecznych i stałych. Analizie poddano pomiary i wskaźniki czaszek. W oparciu o pomiary osteometryczne wykonano analizę symetryczności kości długich, długości i proporcji kończyn oraz wskaźników masywności kości. Wielopłaszczyznową rekonstrukcję wysokości ciała osobników przeprowadzono przy użyciu równań regresji różnych autorów. Wskaźnik dymorfizmu płciowego pośrednio posłużył jako miara warunków życia osobników w populacji, natomiast analiza wyznaczników stresu mięśniowo-szkieletowego na kościach pozwoliła na ocenę typu budowy ciała. Obliczone parametry tablicy wymieralności posłużyły odtworzeniu m.in. długości życia osobników i struktury wymieralności według wieku zmarłych zachodzącej w jednej z dawnych populacji krakowskich.

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Osteological characteristics of selected cranial bones of juvenile reciprocal hybrids of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., and sea trout, Salmo trutta L.

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Kirczuk L. , Domagala J.

Archives of Polish Fisheries

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2011

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tom 19

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nr 1

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Four cranial bones (supraethmoid, glossohyal, premaxilla, vomer) of nine-month-old reciprocal hybrids of Salmo salar and Salmo trutta and the arrangement of the opercular bones in reciprocal hybrids aged from 4 to 24 months were analyzed. The supraethmoid bone in the majority of the hybrids studied was similar to that of salmon. In some hybrids, an atypical additional process was found on the lower part of the supraethmoid bone. The large process of the premaxilla bone had a short base in the two groups of hybrids as in salmon, and it was low as in trout. The shape of the vomer plate was intermediate between a triangle (as in trout) and a pentagon (as in salmon) in the majority of salmon x trout hybrids and almost half of the trout x salmon hybrids. The glossohyal in some hybrids had an uneven number of teeth in each row, and these rows of teeth were uneven.

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Characteristics of the grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus ) diet in the Vistula River mouth (Mewia Łacha Nature Reserve, Southern Baltic Sea), based on the osteological and molecular studies of scat samples

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Keszka S. , Panicz R. , Stepanowska K. , Biernaczyk M. , Wrzecionowski K. , Zybala M.

Oceanologia

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2020

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tom 62

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nr 3

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Wyniki prac antropologicznych w krypcie kościoła oo. Franciszkanów w Gnieźnie

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Wrzesińska A.

Studia Lednickie

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2023

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nr XXII

191-243

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The osteological material obtained during the renovation and restoration works carried out in 2016 in the crypt of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Franciscan Fathers in Gniezno was subjected to anthropological studies. Numerous human remains located loosely in the crypt were examined and put in order. In the course of the analysis, it was determined that they came from no less than 41 individuals, who died at various ages and who were of different sexes. The ossuary was also examined, where the deposited human remains belonged to no less than 111 individuals.

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Opracowaniu antropologicznemu poddano materiał osteologiczny pozyskany podczas prac remontowo-konserwatorskich prowadzonych w roku 2016 w krypcie kościoła oo. Franciszkanów w Gnieźnie pw. Wniebowzięcia NMP. Przebadano i uporządkowano znajdujące się luźno w krypcie liczne szczątki ludzkie. W toku analizy uznano, że pochodzą one od nie mniej niż 41 osobników, zmarłych w różnym wieku i o różnej płci. Przebadano również ossuarium, w którym zdeponowane szczątki ludzkie należały do nie mniej niż 111 osobników.

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Value of craniometrical traits in chinchillas [Chinchilla laniger] skulls considering teeth defects

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Baranowski P. , Wojtas J. , Cis J. , Musial G. , Wroblewska M. , Sulik M.

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Puławy

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2008

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tom 52

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nr 2

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The study aimed at determining whether teeth defects in chinchillas (Chinchilla laniger), consisting in excessive growth of I, P, and M1-M3 teeth, bring about differences in the value of cranial breadth-length traits in those rodents. The examinations were made on 109 skulls of somatically mature chinchilla females aged 1 to 3 years. The skull's weight and that of mandible was determined, as well as 48 craniometrical traits of the braincase and the splanchno-cranium was measured. For each craniometrical trait, its mean value, standard deviation, and minimum and maximum values were determined, as well as cranial indices and simple correlations between the traits were calculated. Statistical analysis did not show normal distribution of traits. It was showed that the mean skull weight as well as that of the mandible in chinchillas without teeth defects was significantly lower than in animals with such defects. On the other hand, teeth defects brought about differences in the basic values of metrical traits for the lateral part of skull, basal skull, and mandible. No differences were found in the values of the nuchal part traits of the examined chinchilla skulls.

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Late Miocene snakes [Reptilia: Serpentes] from Polgardi [Hungary]: a second contribution

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Venczel M.

Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia

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1998

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tom 41

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nr 1

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Osteology of Russian toads and frogs for paleontological researches

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Ratnikov V. Y.

Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia

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2001

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tom 44

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nr 1

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The comparative osteology of grebes [ Aves: Podicipediformes ] and its systematic implications

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Bochenski Z. M.

Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia

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1994

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tom 37

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nr 1

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The osteology and ossification variability of the skull of Antarctic white-blooded fish Chaenodraco wilsoni Regan, 1914 [Channichthyidae, Notothenioidei]

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Zabrowski M.

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria

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2000

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tom 30

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nr 2

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A detailed osteological analysis of the skull of an Antarctic fish, Chaenodraco wilsoni Regan, 1914 (Channichthyidae, Notothenioidei) was done, focusing on the bone structure and osteological variability. A notable reduction of the ossification was observed, which took place in several ways: replacement of the whole bone with cartilage, only superficial ossification (e.g. in the ethmoid region), separation of the bones by wide cartilage areas (e.g. in the brain case), and reduction of bone dimensions. An extreme case was complete loss of the opisthootic-the first record of this kind within this family of fishes. The reduction of ossification in Ch. wilsoni resulted in high osteological variability that was observed in the case of reduced bones. Instances of asymmetry of paired elements of the skeleton were observed as well.

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Przeprowadzono szczegółową analizę czaszki antarktycznego gatunku Chaenodraco wilsoni Regan, 1914 (Channichthyidae, Notothenioidei, Pisces) pod kątem struktury poszczególnych skostnień, jak i zmienności osteologicznej. Zaobserwowano znaczną redukcję skostnień, mającą charakter zastąpienia całych skostnień chrząstką lub tylko powierzchniowego kostnienia (np. w rejonie węchowym), rozdzielenia skostnień szerokimi pasmami chrząstki (np. w obrębie puszki mózgowej), redukcji rozmiarów kości. Skrajnym przypadkiem jest zupełny zanik opisthooticum - stwierdzony po raz pierwszy u ryb tej rodziny. Redukcja skostnień u Chaenodraco wilsoni pociąga za sobą wysoką zmienność osteologiczną, obserwowaną w przypadku kości zredukowanych. Zaobserwowano także przypadki asymetrii parzystych elementów szkieletu.

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Systematics of Polish populations of European whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus [ L.], based on skull osteology

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Heese T.

Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii

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1992

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tom 39

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nr 3-4

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Osteological characteristics of fish remains from early medieval sedimentary layers of the port in the town of Wolin

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Filipiak J. , Chelkowski Z.

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria

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2000

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tom 30

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nr 1

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seventeen early medieval sedimentary layers of the port of the town of Wolin, corresponding chronologically with the time period from the beginning of the 9th till the middle of the 13th century, the occurrence of 3 537 bone remains was stated, of which 2 784 pieces had their anatomy determined. In the identified archaeological material 33 types of bones were found, belonging to 15 species of teleost fishes, as well as 4 kinds of common sturgeon remains (Acipenser sturio). The bones of viscerocranium, mainly of zander (Stizostedion lucioperca), bream (Abramis brama), and perch (Perca fluviatilis), were dominant (57.23%).

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Podczas prowadzonej w latach 1977-1985 eksploracji w wykopie archeologicznym znajdującym się w obszarze starego portu w mieście Wolinie znaleziono 3 537 sztuk szczątków ichtiologicznych, które do tej pory nie były przebadane. Szczątki te w różnej liczebności zalegały w 17 wczesnośredniowiecznych warstwach osadniczych, obejmujących okres od IX do XIII wieku. Badania porównawcze, podczas których wykorzystywano kilkadziesiąt szkieletów współcześnie bytujących na Zalewie Szczecińskim ryb, pozwoliły na określenie co do nazwy anatomicznej i gatunkowej 2 584 sztuk kości. W tym materiale archeoichtiologicznym stwierdzono 33 rodzaje kości należące do 15 gatunków ryb kostnoszkieletowych oraz 4 rodzaje szczątków jesiotrów zachodnich (ten ostatni jako jedyny gatunek występował we wszystkich 17 warstwach osadniczych). Z kości należących do ryb kostnoszkieletowych największą częstotliwość występowania stwierdzono w przypadku cleithrum, operculum (w 16 warstwach), parasphenoideum i praeoperculum (w 15 warstwach), natomiast najrzadziej, bo tylko w jednej warstwie stwierdzono alisphenoideum i scapula. Zdecydowanie najwięcej kości (l 478 szt.) jak i ich rodzajów (17) pochodziło z trzewioczaszki Wśród nich dominowały praeoperculum, operculum, dentale, oraz pharyngeum, należące najczęściej do sandaczy, leszczy i okoni. Razem z interoperculum i articulare stanowiły one 41% wszystkich kości. Udział innych części szkieletu, należących do mózgoczaszki, oraz pasów barkowego i miednicowego ograniczał się odpowiednio do 323 szt. (12,5% - dom ino wała parasphenoideum) oraz 352 szt. (13,6% - zdecydowanie przeważała cleithrum). Udział szczątków jesiotra zachodniego, wśród których dominowały tarcze kostne, był stosunkowo wysoki i wyniósł 11,6% wszystkich oznaczonych anatomicznie kości.

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Osteological characteristics of selected cranium bones of salmon [Salmo salar L., 1758] and sea trout [Salmo trutta m.trutta L., 1758]

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Kirczuk L. , Domagala J.

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Piscaria

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2003

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tom 02

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nr 1

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Morphological characteristics and variation of gudgeon, Gobio gobio (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae), from the Odra River drainage, Poland

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Szlachciak J. , Zabkiewicz D.

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria

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2008

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tom 38

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nr 1

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Background. The gudgeon is a small fish of limited economic importance. Species of the genus Gobio bear a strong superficial resemblance to one each other, what has led to the misidentification of Central European gudgeons for many years. Consequently, accurate information about Polish populations of gudgeon is still scarce and more studies are needed to fill this gap. The purpose of the presently reported study is to describe the gudgeon on the basis of its morphological characters and to compare the results published by other authors. Materials and Methods. A total of 46 specimens of the gudgeon, Gobio gobio, were caught in the Zimnik Stream, the Skóra system, the Odra River drainage, western Poland, in October 2002. For each fish, 24 biometric features of the body and 20 features of the skull were measured. Selected meristic features (external and internal) were determined. Cephalic sensory canals were studied and their pores were counted. Results. The coefficient of variation for the body proportions of the sample of gudgeon from the Odra River drainage ranges from 1.7% to 7.2% and its principal features are as follows: D III 7–9; A III 6–7; P I 11–15; V I 6–8; l.l. 37–41. Two rows of pharyngeal teeth are present, most frequently, in 2.5–5.2 pattern. The total number of vertebrae ranges from 46 to 48 (mean 47.38). Conclusion. This study shows that the sample analyzed has the shortest head length in relation to other measurements and the body length, as compared to other populations from Polish rivers. The majority of values of meristic features do not differ significantly from those found in literature. The presently provided internal meristic and osteological features of gudgeon are among very few such data available.

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Opracowanie antropologiczne szczątków ludzkich z wczesnośredniowiecznego cmentarzyska rzędowego w Gołuniu, stan. 23/24, woj. wielkopolskie

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Wrzesińska A.

Studia Lednickie

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2015

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tom 14

177-237

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The Early Medieval cemetery in Gołuń is archaeologically dated to the period from the end of the 10th c. to the mid-11th c. (Małgorzata Talarczyk-Andrałojć in this volume). The span of use of the cemetery was about 50 years. In the nearest neighbourhood there is no other uncovered and examined cemetery from this period. Only in the second half of the 11th c. did two cemeteries in a close vicinity commence to exist next to each other — Dziekanowice Site 2 and Dziekanowice Site 22. Both are situated on the eastern coast of Lake Lednica (to the north, c. 10 km from Gołuń). The anthropological analysis first of all concerned the age and sex assessment (of adult individuals) (Table 1), the structure of deaths for the examined cemetery (Table 2) and the reconstruction of intravital body height, done individually for each adult individual (Table 5; Table 6). Based on measurements of the long bones of the upper and lower limbs, the average intravital body height of the examined individuals was reconstructed. It was found that the inhumation burials and stray human bones belong to no less than 54 individuals. The bones of 5 individuals were found in 2007, while the bones of another 49 individuals were discovered in 2011 (Table 1). The group of children’s burials was composed of 10 skeletons (or skeleton fragments). Among these, 7 died at the age of Infans I, while three — at the age of Infans II (for one individual the age was assessed as 13–15 years, i.e., the end of Infans II and the beginning of Juvenis). 4 burials were classified as juvenile persons (the age of Juvenis): 3 of these were female burials and 1 was a male burial. 13 individuals died at the age of Adultus: 3 females and 10 males. Yet another burial was that of a woman who died at the age of Adultus–Maturus. 13 individuals died at the age of Maturus: 4 females and 9 males. One man died at the age of Maturus–Senilis. 7 persons: 3 females and 4 males died at the age of Senilis. Gender was assessed for 39 adult or juvenile individuals. 14 female individuals and 25 male individuals were isolated. For 5 individuals their age was assessed as “Adult” (Table 2). The state of health of the examined group can be assessed, with some approximation, on the basis of the changes which have come into existence in the bones [Gładykowska-Rzeczycka, Sokół 2000]. In the group of analysed skeletons, lesions of disease were found within 34 skeletons (Table 1), more often in male than female ones (22:10). Two skeletons with recorded lesions of disease belonged to children (Table 1). The bone material was measured using the anthropometric technique. Individual results for each person are offered in the Tables. A poor state of preservation of the bone material rendered most measurements impossible. The obtained results of intravital body height, separately for women and men, were compared with data for various Early Medieval skeleton series from the territory of Poland. The average height of female individuals (157.9 cm) and male individuals (169.3 cm) buried in the cemetery in Gołuń displays the greatest similarity to a series from Dziekanowice 2 (women 157.0 cm, men 170.1 cm) [Henneberg, Puch 1989: Table 7, p. 153]. We can assume that the group buried in the cemetery in Gołuń was remarkable for their considerable body heights. These values are higher than the average value of this trait in the Early Middle Ages in Poland (men — 165.7 cm, women — 153.6 cm) [Stolarczyk, Lorkiewicz 1993]. Thus, the body height of individuals from this population was above the average in this period. Thanks to the detailed anthropological analysis of the examined bone remains, it was possible to carry out a reconstruction of mortality processes in the group from Gołuń. The distribution of mortality of the examined group (Table 9) diverged from the mortality model which is typical for prehistoric populations [Henneberg, Strzałko 1975; Piontek 1979]. What is absent are evenly distributed frequencies of mortality of the adult individuals, and the frequency of mortality of children too is low (18.5%). If one assumes, however, that this is a reflection of the actual mortality conditions in the examined group, it would be necessary to state that the group from Gołyń does not significantly differ from other groups from the territory of Poland in terms of their biological condition. Differences in values of individual measures, i.e., the percentage of individuals who lived until the age of x (lx), the probability of death (qx), and the average further continuation of life of an individual at the age of x (eo x) (Table 9 and 11), confirm the observations of Janusz Piontek [1979] on the considerable diversification of biological conditions of local groups in historical periods. The anthropological analysis of even such a small and poorly preserved group can be a valuable contribution to the reconstruction of the structure and the age of the dead and the reconstruction of the biostructure of this population. Based on the nature of the changes, we are able to say that in spite of the fact that in a majority of cases the dead suffered from childhood diseases related to periodical malnutrition, they belonged to a “wealthy” group, whose living conditions were at least good. The adult population rather suffered from diseases progressing with age than from too onerous physical labour.

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Osteology of the Late Cretaceous alvarezsauroid Linhenykus monodactylus from China and comments on alvarezsauroid biogeography

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Xu X. , Upchurch P. , Ma Q. , Pittman M. , Choiniere J. , Sullivan C. , Hone D. W. E. , Tan Q. , Tan L. , Xiao D. , Han F.

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

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2013

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tom 58

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nr 1

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The alvarezsauroid theropod Linhenykus monodactylus from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China is the first knownmonodactyl non−avian dinosaur, providing important information on the complex patterns of manual evolution seen in alvarezsauroids. Herewe provide a detailed description of the osteology of this taxon. Linhenykus shows a number of fea− tures that are transitional between parvicursorine and non−parvicursorine alvarezsauroids, but detailed comparisons also re− veal that some characters had a more complex distribution. We also use event−based tree−fitting to perform a quantitative analysis of alvarezsauroid biogeography incorporating several recently discovered taxa. The results suggest that there is no statistical support for previous biogeographic hypotheses that favour pure vicariance or pure dispersal scenarios as explana− tions for the distributions of alvarezsauroids across SouthAmerica, NorthAmerica andAsia. Instead, statistically significant biogeographic reconstructions suggest a dominant role for sympatric (or “within area”) events, combined with a mix of vicariance, dispersal and regional extinction. At present the alvarezsauroid data set is too small to completely resolve the biogeographic history of this group: future studies will need to create larger data sets that encompass additional clades.