The early iron age elite burial from Frankfurt am Main, Stadtwald: a new cranial reconstruction and paleopathological reanalysis

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dc.contributor.author Röding, Carolin
dc.contributor.author Giemsch, Liane
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-22T07:12:23Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-22T07:12:23Z
dc.date.issued 2023-06
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10900/125498
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-66861
dc.description.abstract The Early Iron Age chieftain from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is one of the most important Iron Age grave-finds in Central Europe. It was excavated in 1966/67 and represents a remarkable discovery. An almost complete skeleton together with grave goods, was found in an undisturbed burial mound. The archaeological material is dated to around 700 BCE and therefore one of the oldest known burials of the Early Iron Age elite. The skeletal remains are fragile but allowed for an age estimation of around 50 years at death, while the sex was estimated as male. Here, we present a new reconstruction of the fragmented cranium of the chieftain based on virtual anthropological methods. Furthermore, a study of bilateral asymmetry was carried out on the reconstructed cranium, the 2nd cervical vertebra, and the humeri, in order to explore the possible impact of a healed trauma in the left clavicle on the other skeletal elements. Bilateral cranial linear measurements and surface distance maps between bones and their bilateral counterparts suggest only slight to moderate restrictions in the range of motion caused by the healed trauma. The 3D print of the presented virtual cranial reconstruction together with a facial reconstruction and the original skeletal remains will be on display in a museum context, together with the archaeological material, which will make the Early Iron Age chieftain more accessible to the museum visitors. de_DE
dc.language.iso en de_DE
dc.publisher Tübingen University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series;2
dc.rights cc_by-nc-nd
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
dc.subject.other Early Iron Age de_DE
dc.subject.other virtual reconstruction de_DE
dc.subject.other paleopathology de_DE
dc.subject.other differential diagnosis de_DE
dc.subject.other asymmetry de_DE
dc.subject.other Asymmetrie de_DE
dc.subject.other Paläopathologie de_DE
dc.subject.other Differentialdiagnose de_DE
dc.subject.other virtuelle Rekonstruktion de_DE
dc.subject.other Frühe Eisenzeit de_DE
dc.title The early iron age elite burial from Frankfurt am Main, Stadtwald: a new cranial reconstruction and paleopathological reanalysis de_DE
dc.type BookPart de_DE

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