Title of article
Ali Kosh Lady and her Artificially Modified Head: An Appraisal
Author/Authors
Niknami Kamal Aldin نويسنده Department of Archaeology, Univesity of Tehran , Ramazani Jolfaii Maryam نويسنده Student Research Committee, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran. , Niknami Narges نويسنده Department of Biology - York University
Pages
8
From page
17
To page
24
Abstract
We had the opportunity to examine the cranium of a young woman found at the well-known Neolithic site of Ali Kosh
on the Deh Luran plain in southwestern Iran. It has previously been claimed that her head shows traces of modification,
a practice which can be termed as either cultural or artificial cranial modification. Here, we describe several macroscopic
characteristics of the modified crania and discuss how this claim can be dismissed. Our craniometric study of the Ali
Kosh cranium showed that the morphological state of that cranium is analogous to that of the crania of modern humans.
A comparison of the morphological change patterns of deformed crania and development of wormian bones with that of
Ali Kosh suggest that the Ali Kosh cranium is not the result of artificial head deformations.
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2011
Record number
2413279
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