Artificial cranial modification northwest of the Black Sea in the Bronze Age: a case study from Ciulnița, Romania

Angela Simalcsik, Elena Rența

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Abstract

This article presents a case of artificial cranial modification discovered in a Middle Bronze Age grave in the Ciulnița locality of Romania. The skeletal remains from Grave 38 in Mound II belonged to an adult male and indicated a circular/annular or fronto-sincipito-occipital type of artificial cranial modification, depending upon the classification used. The dating of this individual provides an opportunity to discuss the steppe impact along the Lower Danube, including the custom of cranial modification, beyond the Yamnaya migration of the 3rd millennium BC, a period intensively researched in the past decade, extending to the 2nd millennium BC, a period currently understudied.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMoving northward. Professor Volker Heyd's Festschrift as he turns 60
EditorsAntti Lahelma, Mika Lavento, Kristiina Mannermaa, Marja Ahola, Elisabeth Holmqvist, Kerkko Nordqvist
Number of pages20
Place of PublicationHelsinki
PublisherThe Archaeological Society of Finland
Publication date2023
Pages330-349
ISBN (Print)978-952-69942-3-9
ISBN (Electronic)978-952-69942-4-6
Publication statusPublished - 2023
MoE publication typeA3 Book chapter

Publication series

NameMonographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland
PublisherArchaeological Society of Finland
Number11
ISSN (Electronic)1799-8611

Fields of Science

  • 615 History and Archaeology
  • artificial cranial modification
  • burial mound
  • Middle Bronze Age
  • North Pontic steppe

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