Publication details
Zajímavé případy kraniosynostóz v kostnicovém materiálu ze 13.-18.století
| Title in English | Interesting Cases of Craniosynostoses in Osteological Material from 13th-18th Centuries |
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| Year of publication | 2001 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Antropologický sborník Liblice-Sborník České společnosti antropologické |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | paleopathology; ossuary; oxycephaly; plagiocephaly; craniosynostosis; malformations |
| Description | The osteological material from Krtiny ossuary (13th-18th centuries) contained skeletal remains of about 1000 individuals. Four cases of premature neurocranium suture obliteration (craniosynostoses) were found among the skulls. One of them shows typical oxycephaly (tower -shaped skull). Second skull has affected only the right half. This conspicuously deformed skull is a typical example of the so-called plagiocephaly. Other two skulls show a premature obliteration of the sagittal suture and the right half of the lambdoid suture. But these two anomalies have led only to a slight asymmetry of the skulls. The etiology and classification of craniosynostoses have not been completely explained so far. Most authors assume it is one of the symptoms of some genetically conditioned malformations. |
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