Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Human Evolution, cilt.22, sa.3-4, ss.211-229, 2007 (Scopus)
Human skeletal remains provide information regarding body morphology, genetics, diet, and health and living conditions. Anatolia has been mainland for dozen of cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Analyzing skeletal biology of the past Anatolian populations can explain more about the paleo-demographic structure. In anthropological studies, comparison of closeness of the skeleton populations with others could be determined using cluster analyses. From this starting point, present study based on metric examination of the past Anatolian populations starting from Early Neolithic to Ottoman Empire period. In addition, present study attempts to answer questions that arise on the cultural, economic and biological relationships between past Asian, European and Near East communities prior to different periods. A large scale of comparative materials from several Anatolian sites studied, and populations from Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa and Europe were included. Cranial measurements which provide highly accurate link and distance between groups were used. Due to sexual dimorphism cluster analyses applied separately for each sex using Statistica 6.0. Study findings showed that during Neolithic period the morphological structure of Anatolian inhabitants were different than the near region peoples. During Bronze and Iron Ages, Anatolian people showed considerable heterogenic structure, thus during the Hellenistic-Roman-Byzantine Ages. In addition females had more heterogenic structure comparing to males.