The possibility of using of the paleoanthropological materials in bioarheological reconstructions on the example of the Pokrovsky necropolis of Krasnoyarsk XVII-XVIII centuries

The results of this work are complex paleodemographical, craniological, osteological, histological research of Pokrovskiy necropolis of Krasnoyarsk city XVIIth - XVIIIth centuries. The paleoanthropological series consists of 346 skeletons: 63 - male, 70 - female, 211 - children, two of them are fetus, two individuals sex undetermined. The average life expectancy according paleodemographical research was 32.4 years for men and for women - 33.2 years. The highest mortality was observed among men in the age range 31-35 years, women - 26-30 years. The peak of child deaths was in the first year of life. Preliminary cra-niological analysis showed that the first population of the city belonged to the european type with a touch of local Mongoloid component, which share much more in women than in men. The source of european component was groups of northern, western and central regions of Russia and Ukrainians. Mongoloid component in the male and female populations had different origins. Men had traced the greatest affinity with Khakass groups, especially sagaytsi and kachintsi. Women's group on a range of Mongoloid traits was moving closer to a local group Chulyms basin of rivers Yaya and Kiya. The physical appearance of men and women of Krasnoyarsk city was constructed by osteological research of adult skeletons of Pokrovskiy necropolis. Males had a body length of 165,14 ± 0,70 cm, weight - 64,33 ± 0,30 kg, shoulder width - 35,06 ± 0,34 cm and the width of the pelvis - 28,75 ± 0,42 cm, and the average body length of females was 153,41 ± 0,31 cm, weight -55,08 ± 0,70 kg, shoulder width - 30,79 ± 0,43 cm and the width of the pelvis - 25,98 ± 0,27 cm. The comparative analysis of the size of the pelvic cavity of women XVII-XVIII centuries, with the female population of XVIII-XIX centuries and the XX-XXI centuries showed that women of Pokrovskiy necropolis had more narrow form of the pelvis, which could be a reason for adverse birth outcomes and high mortality of infants. Research of microelement composition of the tibia in the adult population of the city of Krasnoyarsk XVII - XVIII centuries suggested that the diet of male consisted mainly of animal products and fish while women used more plant foods. The diseases of first settlements of Krasnoyarsk city was identified by paleopathological research, such as: rickets, syphilis, tuberculosis, and all sorts of injuries, degenerative joint disease, stress markers, dentoalveolar pathologies.

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