Long Limb Bones Asymmetry in the Ancient Population of the Volga-Ural Steppe (Neolithic – Middle Ages)
Journal: Nizhnevolzhskiy Arheologicheskiy Vestnik
Year: 2025

The work is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of directional bilateral asymmetry of long limb bones in the population of the Volga-Ural steppe on the basis of osteometric data from the Neolithic/Eneolithic, Early and Late Bronze, Early Iron Age, and the Middle Ages. The epoch of the Late Stone Age is represented by the materials from the Ust-Kama and Khvalynsk cultures. The Early Bronze Age series includes skeletons of the Yamnaya and Poltavka cultures and additionally includes materials fr