Abstract
In 1981 V. N. Shitov undertook the excavations of three kurgan groups near to thevillage of Alovo, Atyashevskij district, Mordovian ASSR. Kurgan No.1 was ex-cavated in each kurgan group. All the kurgans studied had a round shape. Traces of one burial were found under the kurgans of the first kurgan group. Traces of two burials were found under the kurgans of the second and third kurgan groups. The burial rite and the inventories that accompanied the deceased testify that all the burials belonged to the Srubnaya archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age. The general dating of all the monuments is II-I millennium AD. In the ar-ticle we give a comprehensive and versatile characterization of the anthropolog-ical materials from the Alov kurgan groups. The material is scarce. The degree of its preservation is different. Incomplete skeletons of at least three individuals were found and examined according to craniometric, odontological, osteometric and paleopathological programs. The craniological materials are represented by a single skull from an unidentified burial. The skull is massive. It belonged to a man with Caucasian traits, but with a slight Mongoloid raid. The percentage of the Mongoloid element (according to G. F. Debets) is 21.7%. The odontological features characteristic of the western odontological trunk predominate. The stud-ies of the postcranial skeleton showed that all the individuals from the Alov kur-gan groups experienced significant physical exertion during their lifetime. The body length of two individuals was determined. They both were relatively tall, even by today’s standards.
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