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S.S. Toor

Odontological Analysis of Population in a Period of Andronovo Archaeological Culture in Altai

In the article odontological analysis of cranial samples (n=94) from Andronovo archaeological culture in Altai in the Middle Bronze Age is introduced. The research program included 33 discrete-variable traits of various taxonomic level.
Correspondence analysis was used for investigating intersample variability - analysis of the main components for high grade traits, and Smith#s mean measure of divergence distance was used for calculating biological distances between groups. As a result it was discovered that odontological type of population from Andronovo archaeological culture was descended from southern Europe.

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